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NEWS FROM THE CENTER FOR EDUCATIONALRESOURCES IN CULTURE, LANGUAGE & LITERACY
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Two CERCLL Webinars in September and October
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Participants who attend CERCLL's webinars synchronously can request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 hours of professional development. Participants in the live events will be emailed after each webinar with information about how to apply to receive a digital badge.
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Translating Google Translate: Instructional Strategies for Machine Translation in the Language Classroom
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A webinar presented by Emily Hellmich (University of Arizona) and Kimberly Vinall (UC Berkeley Language Center)
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Wednesday, September 29, 10-11:30AM (Arizona / 10AM PT / 1PM ET / UTC-7)
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Google Translate and other machine translation platforms can be a source of strife and confusion in language learning classrooms. Many instructors wonder if and how to handle these platforms with their students. This webinar presents a series of instructional strategies for how to approach machine translation platforms in the language classroom. These strategies come from findings of a research study that used screen recording and retrospective interviews to observe how foreign language learners (French, Spanish, Mandarin) actually use machine translation platforms while completing a writing task. In the webinar, we present key findings from the study and explore the implications they have for instructional practices.
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: 1) broadly describe how students actually use machine translation; 2) identify a range of instructional strategies in three areas (training, assignment creation, policies); and 3) reflect on how to integrate take-ways from the webinar into their own teaching/learning contexts.
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Devices, Designs and Algorithms: Strategies for Integrating Critical Digital Literacy in the Language Classroom
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A webinar presented by Ron Darvin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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Friday, October 22, 4-5:30PM (Arizona / 4PM PT / 7PM ET / UTC-7)
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As technologies continue to shape the way we construct our identities and access information every day, the integration of digital literacies in the language classroom becomes increasingly significant. Within social media platforms like Instagram or TikTok, learning management systems like Canvas or video conferencing tools like Zoom, there are different cultures and conventions of use that shape the way we communicate online. Recognizing that these communicative practices are constituted not only by users but also by the tools we use, this webinar draws attention to how the devices, designs and algorithms of digital platforms shape online language and literacy practices.
By engaging a material and sociotechnical lens to examine online genres, this webinar provides practical strategies for teaching critical digital literacy. It goes beyond a functional approach that teaches learners how to communicate online, and instead helps learners develop a more critical understanding of why we communicate online in certain ways and how these practices have evolved. Through bridging activities that involve authentic texts and audiences, this genre-based pedagogical approach recognizes that agentive participation online requires an awareness of the often invisible ways these technologies work. By integrating a critical awareness of how online genres and conventions evolve, learners can build metalinguistic and metacommunicative skills that outlive the lifecycles of the online genres themselves.
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CERCLL is a Title VI-funded Language Resource Center housed in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona.
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