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ACTFL resource – How to move online in a hurry

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 traditional timelines and according to proven methods.

Geddes Mini-Grant Recipients for 2019-2020

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 Placement Exam for Portuguese." Congratulations to all!

Article Recommendation on Classroom Technology

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.

Forthcoming book co-authored by Prof. Manuela Wagner, Univ. of Connecticut

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 on the connection between the classroom and the outside world. The need "to create learning experiences that lead students to 'go outside' so they discover 'what's inside'" has relevance for us as we continue to build out courses within the BU Hub. Stay tuned for more on this topic at Geddes, including a copy of this volume for check-out by faculty following its publication date later this fall.

Recent Film Acquisitions

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 Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Damage
Passage to Marseille
The Formula
You Can't Take it With You
American Madness
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank Capra's American Dream
Dark Passage
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Reflections in a Golden Eye
All Through the Night
Action in the North Atlantic
To Have and Have Not
A Prairie Home Companion
The Maltese Falcon (1931); Satan Met A Lady
Mulan
Mulan 2
Finding Altamira

French:
Milou en mai
Farewell My Queen
Four Days in France
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Félicité
The Workshop
Marcel Proust's Time Regained
Comment j'ai tué mon père
Le père Goriot
Uncle Yanco; Black Panthers
Mur Murs; Documenteur
Lions Love (...and Lies)
Love At First Fight
Avalon
Le huitième jour
À Tout de Suite
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Place Vendome
Sequins
L'amour à mort
Gilles' Wife
Baisers cachés
Girl
Les evénements Mai 68
La Grande Vadrouille
Memoir of War
Sorry Angel
The Wild Boys
Cold Water
Becassine!
Sink or Swim
Dilili in Paris
The Guardians
Something in the Air
Nocturama
Histoires d'une nation
In Safe Hands

Hausa:
Hausar baka

Hebrew:
Zero Motivation
The Wedding Plan
Traduire
Langue Sacrée, Langue Parlée
D'une langue à l'autre; Vaters Land / Perte

Hindi:
Masaan

Italian:
Palio
Before the Revolution
1938: When We Discovered We Were No Longer Italian

Japanese:
Oh Lucy!
Blade of the Immortal
Like Father Like Son

Korean:
The World of Us
1987
Jiseul

Spanish:
Tesis
Flores de otro mundo
Cautiva
7 Boxes

Turkish:
Kis Uykusu

Congratulations to Geddes Graduating Students

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 to the Geddes environment in ways large and small. You've also shown your dedication and work ethic, and we wish you the best of luck as you carry those skills on with you to your next steps in life, hopefully bolstered by what you've learned here. What you've each brought to Geddes has been unique, and your absence next year will be noted!

Sarah Berretta (CAS - graduating in December)
Kate Blanch (CAS)
Abby Herbst (SPH)
John Macksoud (COM)
Nav Ramineni (CAS)
Freddie Ramos (ENG)

Mark Lewis recognized with CAS 2019 Outstanding Service Award

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.

4th Annual Spring Faculty Showcase

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, and Jungsoo Kim – A Web-based Korean Placement Exam for First-Year Korean
• Borja Ruiz de Arbulo Alonso – Course Redesign by the Addition of Technology

Thanks to these faculty for their innovative and fruitful work this year!

Survey Results: The Evolving Role of the Language Resource Center

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.

Boston Area Pedagogy Conference 2019

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