Language Collaboratory series of online talks and conversations for language educators, co-sponsored by a number of Big 10 institutions.
PARKER HENRY
Educational Content Developer
Duolingo
ELISA CAMPS TRONCOSO
Educational Content Developer
Duolingo
3:30 pm CDT, Thursday, April 20
on Zoom, recording coming soon
Description: Join us as we unpack the skills we gained in language classrooms that we leverage every day as language professionals. We’ll explore how broad understandings of language typology, familiarity with language acquisition, and creativity in language teaching have led us to our positions at Duolingo and how language teachers can build these skills for their students. We’ll also cover how language learners can frame relevant classroom experiences to apply for industry jobs.
About the discussants: PARKER HENRY is an Educational Content Developer at Duolingo, which has allowed him to work on English course content for Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese speakers. He also serves as the Learning & Curriculum representative for the Duolingo for Schools product which allows teachers to leverage Duolingo content in their classrooms. Before joining Duolingo, Parker held teaching positions in the Czech Republic and his hometown of Memphis, TN, where he taught 6th through 8th grade ESL. He holds degrees from Indiana University in Linguistics, International Studies, and Music Theory.
ELISA CAMPS TRONCOSO is an Educational Content Developer at Duolingo working on the Spanish course. Mainly, she manages a team in order to create and review functional, communicative, and engaging content. Before joining Duolingo, Elisa was a Spanish instructor for six years in Mexico and led a Creative Writing class. She carried out her graduate studies at Purdue University, where she also taught several Spanish classes. She specializes in hispanic linguistics, pragmatics, and syntax.
Delivery format: Zoom meeting
Contact: Jana Martin, Associate Director, Language Institute. Email Jana for access to a recording of the session.
If you need accommodations to participate in this event, contact Adolfo Carrillo Cabello at least three business days prior to the event.
Sponsors: University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Language Media Center; University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) Language Resource Center; University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Language Center; Michigan State University, Center for Language Teaching Advancement; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Language Institute