Overview I’ve been reading and thinking about play in language learning lately, with an interest both intuitive and intellectual. Before going much farther, I should make a few distinctions clear. The first is that I don’t mean the observation of…
Author: trip kirkpatrick
Conversation on Language and Globalization
Earlier this fall, the Columbia University Language Resource Center held an event questioning “why the issue of language study has hardly been included in the ongoing globalization of the university as an institution.” Since then, they have blogged about it…
NERALLT Spring 2011 Conference
Along with Maria Kaliambou, Senior Lector in Modern Greek, I attended and presented at the spring meeting of NERALLT, held at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. The weather was wonderful, which made for a pleasant drive up and short…
CALICO Conference 2010 Report
This year’s CALICO conference was held in beautiful Amherst, Massachusetts, from 8 to 12 June. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, director of the CLS, and I attended for part of that time. The staff at Amherst College did a good job of…