Dr. Charlene Kalinoski and Prof. Iris Myers speak at the Roanoke College Faculty Workshop

 

 

 

Potential Johnson Scholarship recipients learn about foreign language opportunities at W&L

Dr. and Mrs. William  Goodman stop by the TMC for refreshments before participating in a language class.  The Goodmans attended  German, Chinese, Italian, and French mini-classes.   He is from the class of 1958.

Professor Hardin teaches an Italian class to anxious alumni during Reunion Weekend.

Prof. Amato

 

W&L students discuss environmental issues with students at Tsinghua University in Beijing

Prof. Arbulu

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish language Teaching Assistant Carla Narvaez puts into action techniques learned at the Foreign Language Teaching Assistants Workshop

The TMC exhibits works of Pierre Daura during the Parents Weekend Open House.

Washington Scholar Competition Open House

28 February 2007
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Tucker Multimedia Center

Foreign Language Teachers Workshop Series

The Tucker Multimedia Center for Foreign Languages (The TMC) and Modern Foreign Languages at Washington and Lee University hosted two useful workshops during March 2007. 

 

Both workshops were held on the campus of Washington and Lee University in the TMC from 3:30 - 5:00 PM on 01 March and 15 March 2007.   The  workshop topics were Rethinking Language Instructional Programs, and Putting the Language Student to Task.  A synopsis of each workshop is provided below.

 

Rethinking Language Instructional Programs
 

01 March 2007

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Tucker Multimedia Center

Tucker Hall 408

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

 

Think of this workshop as an opportunity to delve into the makings of future language programs across the country.   Is language study at a turning point in this new century?  Is the study of literature a thing of the past?  Should culture study dominate the curriculum?  Where should we be placing the emphasis?  What is the most expedient means to fluency?  Is there any single way to build our language programs and maintain their integrity?  Several of our colleagues from Sweet Briar College, Roanoke College and Washington and Lee University helped us find

direction in our thinking and in our planning for the future. 

 

Join Lynn Talbot, PhD, Professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Department Chairperson, Roanoke College, Salem; Marie-Thérèse Killiam, PhD, Professor of French, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar;  Roger Crockett, PhD, Professor of German and Head, German and Russian Department, Washington and Lee University, Lexington;  John Lambeth, PhD, Associate Professor of French and Head, Department of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; and A.G. Fralin, PhD, Professor of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University, Lexington.  

 

Take a few moments to peruse the article, Dramatic Plan for Language Programs,  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/02/languages , and to get a feeling for what the future might have in store for all of us language educators. What will we make of it?  This article was the base of the discussion.

 

Putting the Language Student to Task
 

15 March 2007

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Tucker Multimedia Center

Tucker Hall 408

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

 

Productive or non-productive?  You define your language classroom by what you do and what you have your students do.  Have you ever thought of applying language in practical ways?  Having students participate in creative and useful task-centered activities adds another,  more relevant side to language learning.  Classroom instruction should not be only about grammar and vocabulary lists.  Students need to be given opportunities to learn how to deal with daily activities and encounters in the target language.  Attendees came to learn and share some handy and informative ways of keeping your living language alive. 

Demonstrations and discussion were led by Domnica Radulescu, PhD, Professor of Romance Languages, Washington and Lee University, Lexington; Ivelise Faundez-Reitsma, ABD, Instructor of Spanish, Washington and Lee, Lexington; and Daniel Kramer, PhD, Assistant Professor of German, Washington and Lee, Lexington. 
 

Past Events and Activities - Fall 2006

Video Production for Language Teaching and Learning
 

15 November 2006

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Tucker Multimedia Center

Tucker Hall 408

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

 

This topic showed instructors the ins and the outs of having students develop their own scripted and filmed telenovelas (soap operas), news broadcasts, or television documentaries. In addition to the creative aspects used in student target language development, participators had the opportunity to discuss the pedagogical do’s and do not’s when using such a technique, the level of expertise required of professor and student, and the assessment process of such a project. Students producing videos in context and in conjunction with language learning boosts the student’s creative spirit in using the target language.

 

Parents Weekend Open House and Demonstrations
 

03 November 2006

9:00 - 3:00 PM

Tucker Multimedia Center

Tucker Hall 408

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

 

With a webcam and the right software, Professor Gregory Dresden of the Mathematics Department demonstrated the Tucker Multimedia Center's newest addition to language learning: cross-cultural communication with native speakers abroad, right from our computers! Freshman Dane Davis gave it a try as well.

 

Intermingling Film, Literature, Language, and Translation
 

05 October 2006

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Tucker Multimedia Center

Tucker Hall 408

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

 

Panelists shared their many successful techniques in using - and sometimes combining - film and literature in translation in the teaching of language and literature. Those leading discussion were Kristin Kopp, PhD (UC Berkeley), Department of German and Russian Studies, University of Missouri (Columbia); Daniel Kramer, PhD (Harvard), Department of German and Russian, Washington and Lee University (Lexington); and Anne McGovern, PhD (Vanderbilt), Mary Baldwin College (Staunton).

 

Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Dick Kuettner, Director of the TMC and Workshop Coordinator.