Events

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Nina Garrett , Director, Center for Language Study, Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut (26 February 2007)

"Whither the Language Center? The multiple missions of language learning in today's university”

Constance Knop, Professor Emerita of French, University of Wisconsin, Madison (16 October 2006)

"Increasing the Use of the Target Language in the Second Language Classroom ”

Professor Knop's article "Increaing the Use of the Target Language in Classroom Interactions" (PDF)

Maria Carreira , Associate Professor, California State University,
Long Beach, California (18 September 2006)

"Reconceptualizing Instruction to Meet the Needs of Today's Language Students:
A Model of Differentiated Language Teaching and Learning ”

Rick Donato, Associate Professor, Foreign Language Instruction, University of Pittsburgh (27 February 2006)

"Grammar Teaching as Collaboration: The PACE Model”

Words of Peace (27 January 2006)
A Listening Project in connection with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week

A collection of short readings from writings and speeches of human rights activists
in various countries around the world, in the original languages and with English translations. Presented by faculty and students affiliated with Emory’s language departments.

Pierre Capretz , Director, Language Development Studio, Yale University (28 February 2005)

"Teaching through Interactive Films: An Attempt to Improve Language Teaching Using Current Technology”

National Middle Eastern Language Resource Center (NMELRC)
(28 January 2005)

Dr. Kristen Brustad, Associate Professor in the department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University, will lead a discussion on reading comprehension. She is a co-author of Al-Kitaab, the most widely used textbook for beginning to intermediate Arabic instruction in U.S. colleges and institutions, and is a featured presenter in many training seminars and workshops for Middle East language teachers.

Associated PDF files for download:
Table 1, Text 1a, Text 1b, Text 2, Text 3a, Text 3b, Text 4a, Text 4b, Text 5a, Text 5b

Words of Peace (21 January 2005)
A Listening Project in connection with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week

Rick Donato, Associate Professor, Foreign Language Instruction, University of Pittsburgh (4 October 2004)

"Collaborating for Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom”

Steven P. Cole, Ph.D. Director, Research Design Associates Yorktown Heights, NY (8 November 2004)

"Research Design and Evaluation in Foreign Language Acquisition Research"

Words of Peace (23 January 2004)

A Listening Project in connection with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week