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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S6E8 - David Forman - Yiddish at Cornell
S6E7 - Steve Henhawk - Cayuga at Cornell
S6E6 - Kate Paesani - Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Teacher Professional Development
S6E5 - Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom
S6E4 - Daniel Gallagher - In Vino Veritas: Bringing Latin to Life
S6E3 - Cornell’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic
S6E2 - Julio Torres - The Effects of Instruction on Heritage Language Learners
S6E1 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
S5E16 - Voices from the Field: Students’ Perspectives on Learning Languages Remotely
S5E15 - Voices from the Field: Instructors’ Perspectives on Teaching Languages Remotely
S5E14 - Simon Zuberek - Extended Reality (XR) in the Language Classroom
S5E13 - Lauren Rosen - Looking Back and Ahead: Successes and Challenges in Moving Language Instruction Online
S5E12 - Shannon Spasova - The Online Language Teacher’s Toolbox
S5E11 - David Ortega - Engaging Learners in the Virtual Environment
S5E10 - Andrew Ross - The Role of the Language Center in Times of Remote Instruction
S5E9 - Assessment in the Online Language Classroom
S5E8 - Adeolu Ademoyo (rebroadcast) – Storytelling Across Sites
S5E7 - Story/Lines - The Manga Universe
S5E6 - Ali Moeller - Pathways to Language and Intercultural Proficiency
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