Seaker Series Archive 2018-2019
Ali Moeller University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Pathways to Language and Intercultural Proficiency | |
Amanda Brown Syracuse University | Immersive versus Non-Immersive Language Teaching: | |
Margaret E. Malone Georgetown University AELRC ACTFL | Language Assessment Literacy | |
Edvan Brito University of Arkansas | Using Social and Cultural Issues to Promote Language Learning and Cultural Awareness: | |
Charlene Polio Michigan State University | Are Some Languages Really More "Difficult" to Learn? | |
Sarah Mercer University of Graz, Austria | The Secret Ingredient of Effective Language Teaching: Teacher Wellbeing | |
Christian Hilchey University of Texas, Austin | Open Media and the Next Frontier in Open Education | |
Patsy Lightbown Concordia University | Putting Form-Focused Instruction in its Place | |
Celeste Kinginger Penn State University | Language Learning in Intercultural Encounters Abroad |
Cornell University | Adair | Wendy Adair, CU Johnson School | Culture and Negotiation: Strategy, Sequences, Schemas, and Synergies | 2005-11-09 |
Amigo-Silvestre | Silvia Amigo-Silvestre and Ute Maschke | Reports from the Summer Institute of Applied Linguistics | 2005-09-20 | |
Cornell University | Andersen | Erik Andersen, Department of Computer Science Fields of Information Science and Cognitive Science Cornell University | Designing Engaging Language Learning Experiences: A Computer Science Perspective | 2016-11-01 |
Brigham Young University | Anderson | Neil Anderson Professor of Linguistics and English Language Brigham Young University | Curricularizing Reading Fluency | 2012-11-07 |
Azama | Yo Azama American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2012 Teacher of the Year | East Asian Language Pedagogy Workshop | 2014-07-12 | |
University of Connecticut | Back | Michele Back, Assistant Professor Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut | Epistemics in interaction: Implications for world language peer tutoring programs | 2016-09-20 |
Baraldi | Michela Baraldi, Italian Program | Peer-to-Peer Active Learning through Skype | 2013-04-23 | |
Wayne State University | Barrette | Catherine Barrette, Associate Professor and Director of Spanish Basic Courses Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Wayne State University | Theory and Practice in Language Program Articulation | 2009-10-21 |
University of Texas Austin | Birdsong | David Birdsong, University of Texas, Austin | Age and L2 Attainment | 2008-04-07 |
University of Texas Austin | Blyth | Representing,Carl Blyth,"Representing language use for foreign language learners: Contributions of the native, the near-native and the non-native speaker | 2003-03-03 | |
University of Texas Austin | Blyth | Carl Blyth, University of Texas, Austin | Cognitive grammar and narrative structure: Approaches and Tasks for Tense/Aspect | 2007-02-13 |
University of Texas Austin | Blyth | Carl Blyth, Associate Professor Director, Texas Language Technology Center Department of French & Italian Director, National Foreign Language Resource Center at Texas Austin | Foreign Language Learning Meets Open Education: The case of Français interactif | 2010-10-07 |
University of Texas Austin | Blyth | Carl Blyth, Associate Professor Director, Texas Language Technology Center Department of French & Italian Director, National Foreign Language Resource Center at Texas Austin | Collaborative Online Reading: a new tool for a new kind of reading | 2010-10-08 |
Washington University St. Louis | Brantmeier | Cindy Brantmeier, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Spanish Washington University in St. Louis | Reading and Assessing Reading | 2010-05-11 |
Buettner | Bonnie Buettner, Gunhild Lischke and Ute Maschke | Adapting the European Frame of Reference for Languages to the American context. | 2005-04-12 | |
Byram | Michael Byram | Talk by Michael Byram | 2003-11-19 | |
Georgetown University | Byrnes | Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University | Linking language acquisition and content in cultural studies departments: Issues and options | 2004-09-20 |
California State University Long Beach | Carreira | María Carreira, Professor of Spanish California State University Long Beach | Principles and Practices of Heritage Language Teaching and Project-Based Learning: What every language teacher should know | 2018-03-14 |
California State University Long Beach | Carreira | María Carreira, Professor of Spanish California State University Long Beach | Project-Based Learning: Creating projects that help students develop language for real-world contexts | 2018-03-15 |
Chaput | Pat Chaput | The Intellectual Substance of Language Courses: Language as the Other Side of the Literary Coin | 2003-04-09 | |
Chi | Richard Chi | Talk by Richard Chi | 2004-02-23 | |
Cornell University | Christiansen | Morten Christiansen, Professor of Psychology Cornell University | Squeezing through the Now-or-Never Bottleneck: Chunking in L1 and L2 Learning | 2017-11-15 |
Barnard College | Crapotta | James Crapotta, Barnard College, and Jesús Suárez Garcia, Barnard and Columbia University. | Advanced Language through Content and the student-centered curriculum: Two models | 2008-02-08 |
University of Oregon | Davis | Robert Davis Associate Professor of Spanish Director, Spanish Language Program Department of Romance Languages University of Oregon | Focus on Output: Using Assessments to Increase Student Accountability | 2005-02-12 |
University of Maryland | DeKeyser | Robert DeKeyser, Professor of Second Language Acquisition University of Maryland | Language learning during study abroad: missed chance or the opportunity of a lifetime? | 2010-09-17 |
University of London Birbeck | Dewaele | Jean-Marc Dewaele University of London, Birbeck | The effect of trait emotional intelligence and sociobiographical variables on communicative anxiety among adult L2 learners and users | 2007-04-18 |
University of London Birbeck | Dewaele | Jean-Marc Dewaele, Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism Dept of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birbeck, University of London | Emotions in Foreign Language Learning | 2016-04-14 |
University of Pittsburgh | Donato | Rick Donato, University of Pittsburgh | Literary Discussions and Advanced Speaking Functions: Researching the (Dis)Connection | 2007-11-09 |
University of Arizona | Dupuy | Beatrice Dupuy, Ph.D Associate Professor of French/Foreign Language Education Department of French & Italian Interdepartmental Ph.D Program in SLAT (Second Language Acquisition and Teaching) University of Arizona | Global simulation: Preparing students for study abroad by promoting depth of learning/assessment in the home curriculum through an experiential approach | 2006-03-29 |
University of Oregon | Falsgraf | Carl Falsgraf, Director, Center for Applied Second Language Studies University of Oregon | Technology-mediated Assessment: Documenting Learners' Progress | 2011-02-10 |
University of Oregon | Falsgraf | Carl Falsgraf, Director, Center for Applied Second Language Studies University of Oregon | Using Student Evidence to Guide Curriculum and Instruction | 2011-02-11 |
Cornell University | Feldman | Dick Feldman, Ute Maschke and Silvia Amigo-Silvestre | Outreach Workshop: Best Practices in Language Pedagogy | 2007-03-23 |
Cornell University | Furman | Nelly Furman, Professor emerita of Romance Studies, Cornell University Director of the MLA's Office of Foreign Language Programs, and Director of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) | Changing Languagescapes | 2006-02-17 |
Hamilton College | Gang | Hong Gang Jin, Hamilton College | Integrating Task-based Instruction into Foreign Language Curriculum: A Working Model for Syllabus Design | 2007-10-16 |
University of Texas Austin | Garza | Thomas Garza, University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor Director, Texas Language Center and Arabic Flagship Program, U Texas Austin | Culturally Speaking: Intercultural Communication and Attaining Advanced Proficiency in L2 | 2017-09-08 |
Michigan State University | Gass | Susan Gass, University Distinguished Professor Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages Michigan State University | Learning to Listen: Can Captions Help? | 2018-02-22 |
University of Maryland College Park | Haarman | Hank Haarman Area Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) University of Maryland College Park | Cognitive control in foreign language learning | 2014-02-26 |
Hoare | Stephanie Hoare | Consortium Grantee Seminar | 2004-03-16 | |
University of Hawaii Manoa | Kasper | Gabriele Kasper, University of Hawaii, Manoa | Bridging the Second-Foreign Language Gap in Learning Pragmatics: Classroom Instruction and Study Abroad | 2002-03-11 |
University of Hawaii Manoa | Kasper | Gabriele Kasper University of Hawaii at Manoa | Emotion in SLA from the Inside Out: From Individual Difference Variables to Interactional Competence | 2012-02-10 |
Kawasaki | Yuka Kawasaki | Coffee/Tea with Yuka Kawasaki | 2017-03-17 | |
Penn State University | Kelly | Joan Kelly Hall Professor of Applied Linguistics Penn State University | Interactional Practices and Actions Comprising L2 Teaching | 2015-04-14 |
University of California Berkely | Kern | Rick Kern Professor of French and Director of the Berkeley Language Center University of California, Berkeley | Principles and practices of a literacy-based approach to language teaching | 2015-02-27 |
University of Ohio | Kessler | Greg Kessler Professor of CALL University of Ohio | New Tools and CALL Methods for Writing Instruction | 2012-10-18 |
Penn State University | Kinginger | Celeste Kinginger, Associate Professor of applied linguistics and French Penn State University | Promoting Engagement in Language Learning Abroad | 2010-11-04 |
Kondo-Brown and Sung-Ock | Kimi Kondo-Brown and Sung-Ock Sohn | Heritage Language Programs: Beginning and Advanced; Testing, Placement and Curriculum | 2009-03-05 | |
Kramsch | Claire Kramsch | The Predicament of Culture in Language Study | 2001-10-22 | |
University of California Berkely | Kramsch | Claire Kramsch University of California, Berkeley | Transcultural competence and the need to 'operate between languages | 2009-04-17 |
Krivitsky | Raissa Krivitsky | From the Primary Source: Using Student-Conducted Interviews with Native Speakers in Language Instruction. | 2005-03-15 | |
Williams College | Kubler | Neil Kubler Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies Williams College | Considerations in Developing a Modern Language Textbook | 2013-01-31 |
University of Michigan | Larsen-Freeman | Diane Larsen-Freeman is Professor of Education, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist at the English Language Institute, University of Michigan | Virtual seminar on "grammaring" | 2008-05-07 |
Larson | Jerry Larson | Applications and models for computer-adaptive and other computerized language tests | 2004-11-10 | |
University of California Irvine | Levine | Glenn Levine Professor of German and German Language Director University of California, Irvine | Language Choice during Study Abroad and in the Classroom | 2013-02-25 |
University of Iowa | Levis | John Levis - University of Iowa, Dick Lyon - Google, Deborah Cordier - SR researcher | Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training Workshop | 2013-09-27 |
University of Iowa | Liskin-Gasparro | Judith Liskin-Gasparro, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of Iowa | Correcting Students' Speaking Errors: Maximizing language learning in a communicative curriculum | 2011-03-10 |
Columbia University | Liu | Lening Liu, Professor in Chinese language and director of Chinese language program Columbia University | The Function and Training of TAs in a Language Program | 2011-04-12 |
University of Maryland | Long | Michael Long, Professor of SLA and Director School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures University of Maryland | Current Issues in Task-Based Language Teaching | 2008-10-02 |
Lubrano | Mary-Jo Lubrano | Shared Course Initiative Testing Workshops | 2014-02-07 | |
Yale University | Lubrano | Mary-Jo Lubrano Testing and Assessment Specialist Yale Center for Language Study | Relating FLAS Assessment to Proficiency Scales | 2015-03-07 |
Harvard University | Luisa | María Luisa Parra, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Harvard University | Designing Magic Portals: how working with languages and visual arts builds translingual and transultural competencies in and out of the classroom. | 2008-04-13 |
Cornell University | Luks | Joanna Luks French Program, Department of Romance Studies | Exploring the Literary in the Everyday | 2013-02-13 |
University of California Los Angeles | Mahajan | Gyanam Mahajan, Chair Language Committee Department of Asian Languages and cultures, UCLA | World Readiness Standards: Paradoxes, Perils and Predicaments | 2015-10-22 |
Malone | Meg Malone Associate Vice President World Languages and International Programs Center for Applied Linguistics | You're majoring in what? Careers in language for language and linguistics majors | 2013-11-11 | |
Malone | Meg Malone Associate Vice President World Languages and International Programs Center for Applied Linguistics | Aligning Curriculum with Formative and Summative Assessment: Examples for Classroom Use | 2013-11-12 | |
Cornell University | Markot | Marina Markot Director of Study Abroad, Cornell University | Language teaching/learning and Study Abroad | 2014-04-16 |
Columbia University | Martyniuk | Waldek Martyniuk - Council of Europe, Barbara Spinelli - Columbia University, Kate McMahon - University of Pennsylvania | "The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" Speakers and panel discussion | 2006-05-05 |
Cornell University | Maschke | Ute Maschke, Department of German Studies | Web tools for collaborative multimedia projects | 2004-12-07 |
Cornell University | Maschke | Ute Maschke | PLONE User's group meeting | 2005-03-17 |
Cornell University | Maschke | Ute Maschke and Elvira Sanchez-Blake | Language and the Media Courses | 2007-03-13 |
Cornell University | Matthias | Grit Matthias, Department of German Studies | Workshop in Student Video Production for Language Learning | 2012-01-19 |
McNamara | Tim McNamara | Claims and Evidence: Assessment in University Language Programs | 2004-10-05 | |
Colgate University | Nakhimovsky | Alexander Nakhimovsky, Colgate University | Language Materials based on Time-Aligned Annotated Digital Video | 2007-10-30 |
University of Hawaii Manoa | Norris | John Norris, University of Hawaii, Manoa | Making the most of assessment and evaluation in college foreign language programs | 2008-03-26 |
University of Roehampton | O'Sullivan | Barry O'Sullivan Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Roehampton, London Director, Centre for Language Assessment Research | Oral Testing and Classroom Oral Performance | 2008-11-05 |
Cornell University | Onnis | Luca Onnis, Cognitive Science, Cornell | Cognitive Science Meets the Language Learner: Language Patterns and their Transgression in Sentence Comprehension | 2006-09-26 |
Georgetown University | Ortega | Lourdes Ortega Professor of Applied Linguistics Georgetown University | Motivation, Aptitude, and Error Correction: Best Research Insights for Language Teaching | 2015-04-18 |
Otto | Karl Otto | Workshop on Oral Proficiency Testing | 2001-09-21 | |
University of Minnesota | Paesani | Kate Paesani Director, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota | Do You Hear What I Hear? Foreign Language Listening and the Multiliteracies Framework | 2017-10-16 |
Cornell University | Paperno | Russian,Slava Paperno,"Russian Program, Cornell University | 2012-10-04 | |
Temple University | Pavlenko | Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University | Corpus-based narrative approach to the study and teaching of advanced language proficiency | 2005-10-20 |
Temple University | Pavlenko | Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University | The words I cannot utter: Second language learning and emotions | 2011-10-21 |
University of Pennsylvania | Pica | Teresa Pica, University of Pennsylvania | Content Based Approaches in Language Education: Contributions, Concerns, and Innovations | 2006-11-01 |
Michigan State University | Polio | Charlene Polio, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Languages Michigan State University Editor, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Responding to Student Writing | 2010-03-16 |
University College London | Revesz | Andrea Revesz, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics Department of Culture, Communication, and Media UCL Institute of Education, University College London | TBLT and Foreign Language Writing | 2017-03-23 |
Carleton University | Rodgers | Michael Rodgers, Assistant Professor School of Linguistics and Language Studies Carleton University | Language learning through Viewing Television: In and Out of the Classroom | 2017-04-17 |
Rodriguez-Velasco | Jesus Rodriguez-Velasco | Who Owns Content? Issues in Content-Based Instruction | 2014-10-03 | |
Ross | Claudia Ross, Holy Cross | Making the not-so-obvious connections: Text Cohesion in Foreign Language Learning | 2011-11-03 | |
Rice University | Salaberry | Rafael Salaberry, Rice University | Theoretical and Pragmatic Principles for Textbook Adaptation and Implementation | 2006-04-18 |
Sandrock | Paul Sandrock, ACTFL Associate Director of Professional Development | Clarifying Our Expectations for Language Learning: Looking through the Lens of Performance Assessment | 2012-04-26 | |
University of Wisconsin Madison | Schleicher | Antonia Schleicher Director of NCTLCTL and African Languages NRC University of Wisconsin, Madison | Goal-Based Approach to Teaching Small Language Programs | 2005-10-13 |
Vanderbilt University | Scott | Virginia Scott, Vanderbilt University | Multicompetent Second Language Learners | 2011-09-22 |
American University | Sheen | Younghee Sheen Research Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics Department of World Languages and Cultures, American University | Pedagogical perspectives on error correction | 2014-11-11 |
University of Aukland | Shintani | Natsuko Shintani, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Education, University of Auckland | Examining the effects of corrective feedback: How, when and on which errors? | 2016-04-07 |
University of Melbourne | Storch | Neomy Storch Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics and ESL University of Melbourne, Australia | Face to face and computer mediated collaborative writing: opportunities for second language learning | 2012-09-11 |
University of Texas Austin | Swaffar | Janet Swaffar Professor Emeritus, University of Texas, Austin | Evaluating Intercultural Growth in Student Essays | 2014-03-20 |
Swain | Merrill Swain | Languaging and second language learning | 2012-04-10 | |
Brigham Young University | Thompson | Chantal Thompson, Teaching Professor, Department of French and Italian Brigham Young University | Saturday Morning Workshop Crossing a Major Border: From Intermediate to Advanced | 2010-05-01 |
Utah State University | Thoms | Joshua Thoms, Asst. Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics Utah State University | Online and Hybrid Language Courses: Research and Practice | 2016-02-24 |
University of Wisconsin Madison | Toth | Paul Toth, University of Wisconsin, Madison | Comparing outcomes for teacher- and learner-led discourse in task-based L2 Spanish instruction | 2007-09-10 |
Turin | Mark Turin, World Oral Literature Project | Cornell's Nepali Language Resources: Online Access and Public Dissemination | 2010-11-17 | |
University of Ottawa | Vandergrift | Larry Vandergrift Institute of Official Languages and Bilingualism, University of Ottawa, Canada and Benjamin Rifkin Professor of Russian, Temple University | Workshop on the Use of Authentic Video in Language Teaching | 2008-05-05 |
University of Arizona | Warner | Chantelle Warner Associate Professor, University of Arizona; Co-director of CERCLL | Foreign Language Literacy as Design and Play | 2015-11-02 |
University of California Irvine | Warschauer | Mark Warschauer, Departments of Education and Informatics University of California, Irvine | Web 2.0 for language learning. | 2009-04-07 |
Welles | ACTFL,Elizabeth Welles,"ACTFL Foreign Language Standards and "Successful" Foreign Language Departments | 2002-10-09 | ||
Portland State University | Wetzel | Patricia Wetzel Portland State University | The Linguistic Landscape of Japan | 2005-04-14 |
University of Buffalo | Wight | Mary Wight, Ph.D. University of Buffalo | Examining the Nature of Disabilities and meeting the Varied Needs of Learners | 2015-09-23 |
University of Wisconsin Madison | Willis | Heather Willis Allen Associate Professor of French University of Wisconsin-Madison | Collegiate Foreign Language Teacher Development: Challenges and Strategies to Meet the MLA's Call for Change | 2015-04-09 |
Michigan State University | Winke | Paula Winke, Associate Professor, Michigan State Program in Second Language Studies | In Search of the Holy Grail of Classroom Language Learning Success: Is it Aptitude? | 2013-10-23 |
Michigan State University | Winke | Paula Winke Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages Michigan State University | Let's listen and talk about listening: Theories and practice on listening for the language teacher | 2016-10-13 |
Rice University | Yeh | Meng Yeh, Rice University | Performance Based Assessment | 2010-02-18 |
Cornell University | Younes | Munther Younes, Department of Near Eastern Studies | A New Multimedia Text for Beginning Arabic | 2006-11-14 |
University of Wisconsin Madison | Young | Richard Young Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Teaching as Discursive Practice | 2009-02-12 |
Yufen | Frances Yufen Lee Mehta | Consortium Grantee Seminar | 2004-03-02 | |
University of California Santa Cruz | Zyzik | Eve Zyzik, University of California, Santa Cruz | Reconciling language and content goals: Research findings and pedagogical solutions | 2008-09-16 |