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 […]
Below are a list of films added to the Geddes Library between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019. Chinese: Lust Caution Timber Gang Oxhide Oxhide II Raised from Dust English: Dolores The Others Notorious Brooklyn The Adventures of Tintin Key Largo Gentleman’s Agreement Across the Pacific Letters from Iwo Jima The Good Shepherd Butch […]
All of us here at Geddes (and I’m sure the instructors we serve as well) would like to thank our graduating student employees for all they’ve done for the Center over their time here. Whether it be greeting everyone with a smile, dealing with student emergencies, or being unfairly good at trivia, you’ve all contributed […]
On Thursday, April 25th, Mark Lewis, Director of the Geddes Language Center, was presented with this year’s BU College and Arts and Sciences Outstanding Service Award for Partnership for his invaluable work and service to the College by Daryl Healea, Assistant Dean of Academic Programs.
On Wednesday, April 17 we hosted one of our most successful Spring Faculty Showcase events yet! The program consisted of presentations from our 2018-19 Geddes Mini-Grant recipients: • Shutan Dong – Supporting Student Engagement through Open Educational Resources • Sue Griffin and Laura Brusetti – Italian for Speakers of Spanish • Heeju Lee, Junga Yoo, […]
Thank you to all who completed our recent survey. A digest of our work was presented recently at the NERALLT Spring Mini-Conference at Connecticut College, in a panel entitled “The Evolving Role of the Language Resource Center.” A more detailed presentation is available below, and the survey results can be found at tinyurl.com/geddes2019.
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