Authoring tools for developing video-based online language lessons

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Multimedia Annotator: Authoring software to provide students with help as they view an authentic video clip.

Multimedia LessonBuilder: Software to create online multimedia listening comprehension lessons

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Upcoming

Home Language: Refuge, Resistance, Resource
Mary McGroarty, Northern Arizona University
12:00 pm, February 12, 2010
254 Van Hise Hall

An invited lecture on the influence of perceptions about languages other than English on language policies and pedagogical practices. Learn more >

Marketing Your Language Skills
Wendy Johnson and Carolina Bailey, Language Institute
3:30-5:00 pm, February 16, 2010
CCAS Exploration Center
6 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive

What do you learn when you learn a language and how can you talk about it with a potential employer? Explore this question and more in this interactive workshop. Learn more>

World Languages Day: A Special Event for the Community
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Saturday, March 13, 2010

Traditionally a program for high school students and teachers, as part of the UW-Madison's Year of the Humanities initiative, World Languages Day will showcase UW-Madison language offerings for the general public with a program of language and culture presentations. Learn more>

"In the Name of Language": The Continuous Cost of Language Learning
Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University
4:00 pm, March 22, 2010
254 Van Hise Hall

The act of acquiring a new language, whether in the context of international migration or in inter-migration between home and school involves high costs in terms of academic achievements, emotional dimensions, exclusion, rejection, discrimination and unrealistic expectations such as via language tests. Immigrants make various sacrifices when they are faced with these requirements. Learn more >