Charlene Polio discusses facts and myths about the challenges of language learning, and suggests strategies for framing the learning process, whether your students are motivated or anxious.
Dr. Polio is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian & African Languages at Michigan State University, where she teaches in the Master’s Degree Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and also in the Second Language Studies Program. She gave a talk last week as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series titled “Are Some Languages Really More ‘Difficult’ to Learn?” and we will extend our conversation about language difficulty on our podcast.
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S7E13 - Eduardo Viana da Silva - Developing an Open and Inclusionary Language Textbook
S7E12 - Fatema Sumar - Language Access and Equity
S7E11 - Cornell China Center
S7E10 - Bill VanPatten - Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching
S7E9 - Nancy Martinsen - Mentoring and Supporting International Students
S7E8 - Rebecca Roberts - Planet Word
S7E7 - Giulia Andreoni - Theater, Music, and Language Learning
S7E6 - Social Justice and the University Language Learner
S7E5 - N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba - Africana Studies and African Languages at Cornell
S7E4 - Le Anne Spino & Karen de Bruin - Employability and Language Proficiency
S7E3 - Language Tutoring at Cornell
S7E2 - Dustin Crowther - Addressing Speech Comprehensibility in the L2 Classroom
S7E1 - Kelly Moore - Target Practice: Using the TL from the Get-Go
S6E14 - Rachel Beatty Riedl - Cornell's New Migrations Initiative
S6E13 - Sergio Pedro - Pronunciation, Literature, and Music
S6E12 - Heather Rowley - Spanish for Migrant Aid
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S6E11 - Gregory Green - Study Lao: Developing a Language App
S6E10 - Christopher Hromalik - Inclusive by Design: Universal Design for Learning and the World Language Classroom
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