Over 100 language teachers will participate in the Boston Area Pedagogy Conference on March 18, 2022. This annual event is organized by the Department of World Languages & Literatures and co-sponsored by the Geddes Language Center and brings together expertise in language teaching and learning among dozens of area institutions. The event will be held […]
Shawn Provencal, Assistant Director came across a treasure trove of hardcover books published by Professor of Romance Languages James Geddes, Jr., for whom this Center is named. The first one entitled the Geddes Seminar Room – 1938 – Waxman is rather brief but very informative.
The year like no other! Read about it in our Annual Report 2020-2021.
The attached Letter of Support – Recognition for Faculty Workgroup was sent to member of the CAS administration on July 27, 2020. We are thrilled that the members have agreed to serve on the newly formed Geddes Language Center Advisory Board, beginning in Fall 2020.
The Summer 2020 Faculty Workgroup developed an open site with wide-ranging solutions for language educators. The site expands on the live sessions (called “Pop-up Sessions”) taking place throughout May and June. All session recordings can be found here.
OK, you’re teaching remotely and things are moving along relatively smoothly. Now what? Is there still room for reflection as we start our third online week? This video by Chris Hromiliak, Chair of the ACTFL Distance Learning SIG, has some solid advice for language educators who don’t have the time to design and develop along […]
We are pleased to announce four projects that will receive funding in the form of a Geddes Mini-Grant this year. They are: Boris Corredor: “Language Learning through Film Adaptation”; Svitlana Malykhina: “BU Digital Russian Poetry Project”; Jaemin Roh: “Designing Vlog Projects and Learning Portfolios with SeeSaw”; and Celia Bianconi: “Design and Delivery of an Online […]
Here is a good Chronicle of Higher Education article offering a basic roadmap for anyone curious about the relationships between backwards design and adopting classroom technology. The print version is out on our coffee table at Geddes this month.
As one of the presenters at the NERALLT 2018 Conference at Boston University, Dr. Manuela Wagner highlighted the importance of educating today’s language learners for intercultural citizenship. Her forthcoming book Teaching Intercultural Citizenship Across the Curriculum: The Role of Language Education which Wagner has co-authored with Fabiana Cardetti and Michael Byram, places much needed emphasis […]
The Department of World Languages & Literatures at Boston University invites interested faculty from all Boston Area Consortia institutions to attend the: Boston Area Pedagogy Conference An Inter-Institutional Dialogue on the Teaching of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Cinema Friday, March 22, 2019 at Boston University Register here