Episodes of NCLRC Language Resource Podcast

Oct 20th, 2009 7m 14s

This is a 15 minute interpersonal communication information-gap activity to culminate a lesson in an NCLRC STARTALK summer institute around Arab clothing and colors taught by other instructors. Students are briefly introduced to the idea of an

Teaching Reading in Arabic

Apr 17th, 2009 6m 29s

Mahmoud Al-Batal Ph.D., coauthor of the Al-Kitaab textbook series and Martha Schulte-Nafeh Ph.D. conduct a teacher workshop focused on developing reading strategies for college students of Arabic. This workshop was part of the 2007 NCLRC Arabic

Metacognitive Language Learning Strategies

Apr 8th, 2009 4m 37s

Drs. Chamot and Robbins present a teacher training class with strategies for getting students actively involved in classroom learning. Teachers learn to model metacognitive processes while thinking aloud during reading tasks. Explicit learning

Guitars in the Spansh Language Classroom

Jan 23rd, 2009 4m 1s

This video is from the 2008 NCLRC Summer Institute for teachers of Spanish, Spain: Language And Culture. This summer, instruction in playing guitar in the Spanish language classroom will be provided in a separate institute:GUITARS IN THE SPA

Culture Club Hangout Interview: Natalia in Puerto Rico

Oct 1st, 2008 7m 16s

Adrian Brito interviews a friend in Puerto Rico, Natalia, who is from Argentina. This is part of NCLRC's Culture Club Hangout, where teens from around the world answer questions about their lives. See teachers' guide and interview questions in

Culture Club Hangout Interview: Bayoan Santiago

Oct 1st, 2008 5m 21s

Adrian Brito interviews a friend from Puerto Rico, Bayoan, at NCLRC headquarters in Washington, DC. This is the first video podcast as part of NCLRC's Culture Club Hangout, where teens from around the world answer questions about their lives. B

Introducing La Francophonie by Marcel Lavergne

Oct 1st, 2008 9m 44s

Version française Le français était vibrant cet été à Washinton DC lors de l’Institut d’Immersion française du 30 juin au 3 juillet 2008. Sous la direction de Dr. Catharine Keatley, 18 professeurs de français d’à travers les Etats-Unis se sont

JACKS Graduation

Oct 1st, 2008 1m 49s

The summer intensive language program at Howard University in 2006 was called JACKS, which incorporated the first letters of the languages taught: Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Swahili. This podcast shows a scene from the graduation ce

JACKS Graduation Ceremony - Arabic class

Oct 1st, 2008 1m 46s

The summer intensive language program at Howard University in 2006 was called JACKS, which incorporated the first letters of the languages taught: Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Swahili. This podcast shows a scene from the graduation ce

Capital City Chinatown

Oct 1st, 2008 5m 40s

This is a product of NCLRC's Video Production Summer Institute taught by Rich Robin of George Washington University in July, 2006. It is a tour of DC's Chinatown, narrated in Chinese.

Teaching Techniques for Effective Communication

Oct 1st, 2008 16m 57s

This summer institute was presented on May 25, 2006 by Dr. by Hong Gang Jin. The topic was: Teaching Techniques for Effective Classroom Interaction. Dr. Jin is a Professor at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Hamilton Co

Everette Jordan , National Virtual Translation Center, Global Career Opportunities & Languages

Oct 1st, 2008 49s