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Course Description What does it really mean to speak a language fluently? In order to become fully competent in an additional language, learners must not only gain mastery of the grammatical system and vocabulary of the target language but also…
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Course Description The Language Concepts course in the MA in Foreign Language Teaching program aims to provide current and aspiring language teachers with the foundational knowledge of linguistics that is necessary to support planning, instruction, and evaluation in our courses…
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Course Description The field of second language acquisition (SLA) seeks to understand and explain the development of proficiency in multiple or additional languages as a cognitive and social process. This course provides an overview of the major concepts, theories, and…
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As many scholars in foreign language education and applied linguistics have noted, culture is one of the most widely-used and least agreed-upon concepts in our field. This course is intended to embrace that complexity but also lead toward some clarity…
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Advocating for Japanese as a Foreign Language… with strategies that can be used to promote any language program.
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Michigan World Language Association Paper presented in person at the annual meeting of MIWLA in Lansing, Michigan Presenters: Amanda Lanier, Teryn Henderson, Betty Brown, and Tammy Schmidt Full post available on the MAFLT website: maflt.cal.msu.edu/pd-posts/2022/miwla2022-make-virtual-community-reality Related content on the the…
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Using Gather.Town to re-imagine interaction in virtual and hybrid language learning
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World language departments are composed of teachers of many different languages. How can we work together and grow even when our languages are wildly different? This presentation focuses on the experiences of teachers of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) and…
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Also published on the MAFLT blog: https://maflt.cal.msu.edu/program-news. Advocacy has been a prevalent theme for world language teachers and programs in the U.S. recently. Teachers are overworked, programs are closing, funding is drying up, new programs are not getting off the…
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Department of One: How Isolated Teachers Collaborate and Connect – Session presented with MAFLT alum Jaime Danks at Central States 2022
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