HASTAC Commons | Justin Quam | Group Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/justinquam/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Justin Quam is a member. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:51:55 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 41d469254d019584f61548901caf2719 Janice McGregor replied to the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2027 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2027-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/#post-1040972 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:08:33 +0000 <p dir=”ltr” style=”text-align: left;”><b data-olk-copy-source=”MessageBody”>CALL FOR PAPERS:</b></p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”><b>Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL)</b></p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention</p>
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]]> 0 ec26dcb009d3e359d86a30b6abaf7f67 Janice McGregor started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2027 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2027-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:26:47 +0000 Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL)
2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
January 7-10, 2027 in Los Angeles, CA

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL) invites submissions for two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions at the 2027 MLA annual convention.…[Read more]

]]> 0 034611601fb5c4ba4267565f42616c4a Janice McGregor started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2027 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2027-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:22:19 +0000 Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL)
2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
January 7-10, 2027 in Los Angeles, CA

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL) invites submissions for two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions at the 2027 MLA annual convention.…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf74cccf006facb88bedf383107ea832 Randall Gess started the topic MLA 2026 Session: Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-session-romance-linguistics-3/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:41 +0000 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics welcomes you to our session at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We hope to see you on Friday, January 9th at 5:15 @ MTCC – 205A
Presentations
 The Curious Case of Interconsonantal S in Old French , Francisco Antonio…[Read more]

]]> 0 5cb977d7c22d40c171f8796b792d59a0 Randall Gess started the topic MLA 2026 Session: Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/mla-2026-session-romance-linguistics-2/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:58:58 +0000 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics welcomes you to our session at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We hope to see you on Friday, January 9th at 5:15 @ MTCC – 205A
Presentations
 The Curious Case of Interconsonantal S in Old French , Francisco Antonio…[Read more]

]]> 0 24f691d1d98a07e8a06137884b1cf12d Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-2/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:06:54 +0000 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 – Reimagining Learning and T…[Read more]

]]> 0 4dfa1b4f28f04e52917d77088d2d5c38 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:01:27 +0000 The Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 – Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Student…[Read more]

]]> 0 a9dc5d30abd20173f796e3ca138791ff Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-3/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:37:47 +0000 📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review

I’m happy to share that The EUROCALL Review is launching a new thematic issue on:
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”.

This issue focuses on the role and impact of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in language education worldwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 18928065a324382ad98b093da06a76a5 Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-2/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:36:20 +0000 📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review

I’m happy to share that The EUROCALL Review is launching a new thematic issue on:
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”.

This issue focuses on the role and impact of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in language education worldwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 5aa77399e5c07eb50329f24ddad6d61e Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-2/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:04:37 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 0 4480d86ecd68e930f16cab70a71ecac4 Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:01:09 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Family Resemblances in Language Contact and Change

How do languages evolve through…[Read more]

]]> 0 4acf9610d65a7230e5ce9bcfb355468f Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:01:46 +0000 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 0 2660c2c2242df3d80ac42860ffbe65c3 Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 - Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:16:06 +0000 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 0 f840b7d578d435d7b21c12bdf89a253c Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-16/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:46:43 +0000 <div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
(Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities (Online)
Papers should critically address AI’s impact on language pedagogy, focusing on resemblances and disparities between AI-driven and “more traditional” approaches; i.e. AI’s role in language learning, assessment, cultural biases,…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2baccb0f0531fdcbe119a1ff9a5b4a8 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-15/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:43:51 +0000 (Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities (Online)
Papers should critically address AI’s impact on language pedagogy, focusing on resemblances and disparities between AI-driven and “more traditional” approaches; i.e. AI’s role in language learning, assessment, cultural biases, and ethical implications. Send 30…[Read more]

]]> 0 4710ca9664a8d50f75fec67761488beb Steve McCarty deposited English Education and Bilingual Education in Japan in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1889643/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:00:19 +0000 The Japan Times quoted the author extensively in a recent article on bilingual education. The reporter agreed to share the full interview with the Japan Association for Language Teaching Bilingualism Special Interest Group (JALT Bilingualism SIG) publication Bilingual Japan. Asked why the level of English in Japan remains low, the author goes well…[Read more]

]]> 0 da4b628dce83e06304a7a9c064b86e26 Anne Furlong deposited LSL Linguistics and Literature (D036) Abstracts for the 2025 MLA Convention, New Orleans in the group LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1881934/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:04:35 +0000 The LSL Forum is hosting two panels (both in person) at the 2025 MLA Convention in New Orleans: Panel I: Visibility, Language, Style: Authorship as Resistance, and Panel II: Translation, visibility, and style: accommodating audiences. I am uploading the abstracts for those planning their visit to the Convention.

]]> 0 ad8efbb4010df6cbc3f18e5c2445e1e4 Katherine S. Flowers started the topic Calls for Abstracts on Global Englishes for MLA 2025 in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/calls-for-abstracts-on-global-englishes-for-mla-2025-2/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:36:44 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share two CFPs for MLA panels sponsored by the Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Global English. The MLA Convention will be January 9–12, 2025, in New Orleans. 250-word abstracts are due by March 15 and we will respond by March 22. More information on presenting at MLA is available here. Here are the d…[Read more]

]]> 0 72975dc8aa83d8ad850a79fae88a92bb Francisco Marcos-Marín deposited Serán ceniza, mas tendrán sentido: orígenes de las humanidades digitales en España in the group LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870998/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:09:46 +0000 Se recogen en este capítulo los movimientos iniciales y proyectos de humani-dades digitales sobre la lengua española entre 1971 y 1993. Se trata, sobre todo, de proyectos españoles desarrollados principalmente en relación con universidades y centros de investigación de Madrid. Se hace referencia también a otros centros y otros proyectos, sobre…[Read more]

]]> 0 1342ec51098ddc98b288a6f2ca731469 Catherine Fountain started the topic Nominations for the LSL General Linguistics Forum Committee in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/nominations-for-the-lsl-general-linguistics-forum-committee-5/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:22:44 +0000 Colleagues in the MLA’s Language Studies and Linguistics (LSL) forums, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to serve on the LSL General Linguistics Forum Committee. Forum Committee members help to organize a guaranteed session at the annual MLA conference, bolster and promote activity in linguistics in the MLA, and get to meet and i…[Read more]

]]> 0 c17e22d689062098a393eedbd0bf743b Randall Gess started the topic Nominations sought for the LSL Romance Linguistics Forum Committee in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/nominations-sought-for-the-lsl-romance-linguistics-forum-committee-7/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:07:26 +0000 Dear member of the LSL Romance Linguistics MLA Forum (or related forum), It’s that time of the year again! The Romance Linguistics Forum is currently seeking candidates to participate in the group’s governance. Nominees will have a chance to decide the forum’s priorities, organize panels, and interact with other standing member organizations of…[Read more]

]]> 0 8771cba4aca5223da953e49779f4abe3 Karin Bagnall started the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion 2018 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2018-mla-convention/forum/topic/restaurant-recommendations-and-more-5/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:04:29 +0000 If you’re a Philadelphia local (or power user!), please share your expertise by suggesting nearby restaurants, bars, or things to see or do. Provide as much information as you can: Distance from the convention venue, price range, URL, and what you like about a place are particularly useful.

]]> 0 48485b3b467b6f1540ca9c398910f473 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2024-forum-delegate-election-37/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:07:39 +0000 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> 0 0308f9a0183da5fa1aa224b805831ee1 Steve McCarty deposited Bilingual Perspectives on Language Teaching: The View from the Goal in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1840369/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 02:23:58 +0000 A goal for language learners is to function in plural languages according to their own needs and purposes. A bilingual perspective starts from that attainable goal. Learners in Japan tend to idealize L2 mastery or becoming bilingual, so it becomes other people’s business. Monolingual teachers tell students by their example, “go where I have not…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d42b6b62d5455a5a89e43e6536ec6e4 Ervin Malakaj started the topic CfP: Sessions Organized by the Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-sessions-organized-by-the-forum-on-second-language-learning-and-teaching/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:02:20 +0000 CfP: Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching2024 Modern Language Association Annual ConventionJanuary 4-7, Philadelphia
The MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2024 MLA…[Read more]

]]> 0 12c615852fdbc5d1a03f386d63ad7422 Katherine S. Flowers started the topic Call for Abstracts on Global Englishes for MLA 2024 in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/call-for-abstracts-on-global-englishes-for-mla-2024-2/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:44:23 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share a CFP for an upcoming MLA panel sponsored by the Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Global English. This forum has a guaranteed panel for the next MLA Convention, which will be January 4–7, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 250-word abstracts are due by March 15 and we will respond before April 1. <…[Read more]

]]> 0 6fbbb161ec24386d4dedba01f7e7a61e Shakil Rabbi started the topic CFP for LSL Sponsored Session for MLA 2024: Feelings for Our Languages in the discussion TM Language Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-theory/forum/topic/cfp-for-lsl-sponsored-session-for-mla-2024-feelings-for-our-languages-7/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:11:32 +0000 Languages are primary sites of emotional and ideological development. This guaranteed sponsored roundtable invites topics on how our feelings for languages play out in aesthetics, cultures, rhetorics, writings, etc. Perspectives of graduate students and early career scholars especially encouraged. Please submit a 250-word abstract and brief bio to…[Read more]

]]> 0 fc10426a3aa8c286d3a96911879a4511 Katherine S. Flowers started the topic Nominations for the Executive Committee of LSL Global English in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/nominations-for-the-executive-committee-of-lsl-global-english-2/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:10:57 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

It’s that time of year, when MLA forums collect nominations (including self-nominations) for future Executive Committee members. If you would be interested in being on the LSL Global English forum’s Executive Committee from January 2024-January 2029, or if you know someone who could be a good fit, please email me with any…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd663204db51950d43787caec1a80212 Steve McCarty deposited Peace Dialogue among Religions: Influence of Religions on Laws and Moral Values in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789347/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:25:20 +0000 Illustrated script of a stage play created by the author, a peace dialogue among an American Christian, an Israeli Jew, a Saudi Arabian Muslim, and a Japanese Buddhist. It draws from the conflict resolution process pioneered by Johan Galtung and practiced in Peace Studies classes taught by the author and others at Osaka Jogakuin University. It…[Read more]

]]> 0 78f973e72c3ab892dac8cc742367f110 Steve McCarty deposited Podcasting Reconsidered in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775388/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:25:03 +0000 Slideshow for a forthcoming invited presentation. ABSTRACT: Podcasting originated as a new form of audio broadcasting, but by 2006, issues of ease of use, proprietary technology, and finances slowed its momentum. Now podcasting is more popular than ever. This presentation therefore traces the author’s initial and current CALL podcasting p…[Read more]

]]> 0 882ef7f38c5419bf0cdb3a159ba01b4a Matthew Giancarlo started the topic Language Theory Session CFP topics posted for MLA 2023: invitation to submit in the discussion TM Language Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-theory/forum/topic/language-theory-session-cfp-topics-posted-for-mla-2023-invitation-to-submit/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:28:17 +0000 Members of the Language Theory group,

The Call for Papers topics for the 2023 MLA Annual Convention have been posted here: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2023/webprogrampreliminary/Session13763.html

Please consider submitting a paper proposal for one of the topics, and please circulate them to interested colleagues!

The deadline for submissions is…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ccc9751eec316d1953d0a418f8732f7 Rebecca Davis deposited Oops Token Example in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771417/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:51:28 +0000 Example of how to set up a policy of Oops Tokens to build flexibility into attendance policies. This idea comes from the book Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson via Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online.

]]> 0 64cc7e342d7ff72adc2177474f030c43 Matthew Giancarlo started the topic Call for Executive Committee nominations from the TM Language Theory membership in the discussion TM Language Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-theory/forum/topic/call-for-executive-committee-nominations-from-the-tm-language-theory-membership/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:36:44 +0000 To the TM Language Theory Group membership: we invite nominations—and self-nominations—to join the Executive Committee of the TM Language Theory group. Nominations would be for the coming year going forward, for the standard 5-year cycle of Executive Committee activity. This primarily involves determining, advertising, and selecting the topics and…[Read more]

]]> 0 9fd91932d769c0529254b76743a99f69 Chantelle Warner started the topic Seeking Nominations for New Executive Committee Members: LSL Applied Linguistics in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-new-executive-committee-members-lsl-applied-linguistics/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:30:14 +0000 Thanks to all who attended our panels this past week. Please also join me in thanking Joshua Thoms, our outgoing LSL Applied Linguistics forum president, who did much of the work organizing and coordinating those talks.
On behalf of my colleagues on the Executive Committee, I am writing to solicit nominations (including self-nominations) for a…[Read more]

]]> 0 feba3fe8d9f1345a98b8323a58762815 Mahmoud Azaz started the topic Mahmoud Azaz -Applied Linguistics Forum Executive Committee Candidate Statement in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/mahmoud-azaz-applied-linguistics-forum-executive-committee-candidate-statement-2/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:33:38 +0000 Dear Colleagues:  My name is Mahmoud Azaz. I am honored and excited to have been nominated for the Applied Linguistics Executive Committee (LSL) at the Modern Language Association (MLA). I am an associate professor of Arabic and Second Language Acquisition & Pedagogy at the University of Arizona. I am also a Distinguished Fellow at the University…[Read more]

]]> 0 a02902d0c83c99f8200565edc32de3e6 Mahmoud Azaz started the topic Mahmoud Azaz -Applied Linguistics Forum Executive Committee Candidate Statement in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/mahmoud-azaz-applied-linguistics-forum-executive-committee-candidate-statement/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:32:44 +0000 Dear Colleagues:  My name is Mahmoud Azaz. I am honored and excited to have been nominated for the Applied Linguistics Executive Committee (LSL) at the Modern Language Association (MLA). I am an associate professor of Arabic and Second Language Acquisition & Pedagogy at the University of Arizona. I am also a Distinguished Fellow at the University…[Read more]

]]> 0 2a3e38926520e937f4a7fbfb345a8137 Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/invitation-to-join-a-new-commons-group-on-teaching-remotely-5/#post-1026684 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:23:31 +0000 Apologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original post. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.

]]> 0 048523670beabaf272d9a6925ba6c246 Megan M. Ferry deposited Language Programs’ Post-pandemic Future in Designing a Sustainable Life in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1722637/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 03:48:44 +0000 Collegiate language programs faced challenges for survival long before COVID-19 hit the US. Now with the impending financial fallout from having to move online, colleges and universities will be scrutinizing even more so the value and viability of supporting language departments. This presentation will present a snapshot of where language programs…[Read more]

]]> 0 825a9ea3b0742d952ecb808826d044cd Steve McCarty deposited Global Faculty Development in Practice in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1719873/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 02:24:15 +0000 Highlights and insights from the author’s unique Global Faculty Development position at Kansai University in Osaka from 2016-2020. The article, published in Australia, summarizes data on the expressed needs of faculty clients, cites international research on English-Medium Instruction programs, and shows how globalization pressures reach the level…[Read more]

]]> 0 c702d7a3fe304828c01a69e4a39e486d Carmela Mattza deposited VARIEDADES INTERMEDIATE / INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1718533/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:28:01 +0000 VARIEDADES is a Spanish conversation book for the student at the intermediate / advanced intermediate level. Through audiovisual activities, the student is expected to put their previous knowledge into practice and continue to develop their ability to understand, write, listen, and speak in Spanish.
VARIEDADES offers communicative activities…[Read more]

]]> 0 c753b00d76835407ff6312f22a2aa79d Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association in the discussion 2018 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2018-mla-convention/forum/topic/diasporic-italy-journal-of-the-italian-american-studies-association-2/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:19:05 +0000 Please see the announcement and call for papers for Diasporic Italy.

Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies AssociationInaugural Volume (2021) – Call for Papers Description:Diasporic Italy is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Italian American / Diaspora studies, focusing on timely a…[Read more]

]]> 0 913e6862928511539614bc8c00124916 Ellen Spolsky deposited The Gap between Fairness and Law: Hamlet and Equity from a Cognitive Perspective in the group TM Language Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1695916/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:27:38 +0000 This essay explores the gap between the abstract ideal of fairness and the bodily materiality of retribution. My aim is to suggest how some current cognitive science affords a helpful way of talking about the breaks between abstractions, or thoughts of fairness, and the judgments and punishments produced by actual legal systems. It is remarkably…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f5777388210871e782c115b36a7ca0a Ellen Spolsky deposited Cognitive Poetics in the group TM Language Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1695722/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:28:54 +0000 In her introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies, Lisa Zunshine, scholar in the field and its best historian, describes cognitive literary critics as working “not toward consilience with science but toward a richer engagement with a variety of theoretical paradigms in literary and cultural studies” (2015). Scholars from m…[Read more]

]]> 0 a7875a705fdb8752b5b5bdad4b856ef2 William Nichols deposited At the Crossroads: Learning to Speak the (Foreign) Language of Higher Education Leadership in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1692098/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:48:49 +0000 More than ten years have passed since the 2007 MLA Ad Hoc Committee of Foreign Languages report recommended structural and curricular change initiatives to counteract the growing crisis in postsecondary world language education. Almost a decade earlier, Heidi Byrnes had already expounded on the need to replace persistent bifurcated curricular…[Read more]

]]> 0 08a39491dacd4e22080c0aadee09d4cb Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic What’s the future have in store for the Italian American Studies Association? in the discussion 2018 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2018-mla-convention/forum/topic/whats-the-future-have-in-store-for-the-italian-american-studies-association-2/ Tue, 19 May 2020 02:23:17 +0000 What’s the future have in store for the Italian American Studies Association? Join the Italian American Studies Association on May 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time for a Zoom Q&A regarding the Lucca Symposium, Pittsburgh Conference, and the new IASA journal published by the University of Illinois Press. The participants will provide updates and a…[Read more]

]]> 0 1cbf6c81a5f24079cbcef9ef46396347 Elena Garcia-Martin started the topic CFP for a volume on Pedagogies in Mixed Language Classrooms in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-for-a-volume-on-pedagogies-in-mixed-language-classrooms/ Sat, 02 May 2020 18:40:33 +0000 Please consider contributing to the proposed volume and pass the information to interested colleagues. Many thanks

]]> 0 7cf7e56b5c869559955e279ae98be5cc Roshawnda Derrick started the topic Extended deadline---please submit your abstracts by March 30th in the discussion LSL Applied Linguistics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/applied-linguistics/forum/topic/extended-deadline-please-submit-your-abstracts-by-march-30th-2/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:22:08 +0000 Please consider submitting an abstract by March 30, 2020 for the following panels:

Panel 1:

“A (Socio)Historical Perspective” Papers should address how language attitudes and/or ideologies have persisted, evolved, and/or changed over time and its socio-political implications. 300-word abstracts to Roshawnda Derrick, roshawnda.derrick@pepperd…[Read more]

]]> 0 713156b47092527ad6bf58e3a5f40fa3 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: LLC Italian American - MLA 2021 in the discussion 2018 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2018-mla-convention/forum/topic/cfp-llc-italian-american-mla-2021-2/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:37:03 +0000 Title: Trauma & Its Consequences in Italian-Americana E-mail Address: rcalabretta@gmail.comDescription & Requirements: This session explores trauma and Italian Americans, individually, collectively as a community, and on a larger scale as a culture. Open to representations in literature, cinema, and the arts.Submission Deadline: Friday, 20 March…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a2531dd738066aa51f70514b91cc546 Felipe Furtado Guimaraes deposited Adopting English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Brazil and Flanders (Belgium): a comparative study in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1677709/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:25:24 +0000 The objective of this study is to discuss the adoption of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the Brazilian and Flemish contexts, considering the influence of globalization and internationalization on the languages in higher education. To reach this goal, a bibliographic research was carried out, in order to analyze documents related to…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbb46a6f680f170564a68d2f71a4d17a Felipe Furtado Guimaraes deposited Affordances of language teacher training in the digital era in the group Language requirements in higher education https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1675878/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:25:21 +0000 The objective of this study is to discuss affordances in foreign language (L2) teacher education in the digital age. With that aim, some pedagogical interventions were carried out in the course of “Supervised Internship” within the context of the Undergraduate Degree in English Language Teaching, at a federal university in the Southeast of Bra…[Read more]

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