Center for Integrated Language Communities, CILC

05/10/2024

ILETC’s LaPEL Team Presents by Invitation at the Interagency Language Roundtable!

We’re pleased to announce that the LaPEL (Language Placement for Equitable Learning) team has been invited to present our study on using vocabulary knowledge as a proxy for proficiency level at the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR), hosted by the Foreign Service Institute, both online and in Arlington, Virginia.

The three-year LaPEL project, funded by a U.S. Department of Education IFLE (International and Foreign Language Education) grant, is a pioneering initiative to improve instruction in modern heritage languages by investigating sustainable, proficiency-based placement methods for college-level Spanish heritage language learners, a historically underserved population.

Cristina Lozano Argüelles and Alberta Gatti will be presenting. The roundtable will take place on May 17th, 2024, and registration for both virtual and in-person attendance closes on May 10th at noon.

05/10/2024

We’re pleased to announce that the IPAP (Investigating Pedagogies for Advanced Proficiency) team has been accepted to present our Complexity study at the Heritage Languages Around the World 2 (HLAW2) conference taking place from May 29th to 31st, 2024 at UMass, Amherst.

The complexity component of the IPAP project has the goal of understanding the patterns of syntactic complexity, accuracy, and lexical use in the writing of heritage language learners (HLLs) at two major levels of functional proficiency: Intermediate and Advanced (following the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, ACTFL, 2012 Guidelines).

Alberta Gatti, Daniela Castillo, and Syelle Graves will be presenting. Registration to attend all presentations is open at HLAW’s registration website.

About HLAW2 After the very successful HLAW 1 at the University of Lisbon in 2022, the Heritage Languages Around the World 2 (HLAW2) conference will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from May 29th to 31st, 2024. This is a joint initiative of the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Prog...

11/03/2023

Join us on Thursday, December 7 at 1:00PM for a presentation by Dr. Dianna Murphy and Lidia Gault of University of Wisconsin-Madison! Free and open to the public. For more information and to register, click here: https://iletc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/09/20/presentation-the-speaking-proficiency-outcomes-of-face-to-face-and-online-intensive-language-instruction/

10/02/2023

Please join us for Fitting the Program to the Learners: Adapting Translation Competence Models to Heritage Speakers, a presentation by CUNY professors Cristina Lozano Argüelles and Aída Martínez-Gomez, this Thursday, October 5th, from 3:00-4:00 PM!

For more information and to register for the Zoom link, click here: https://cilc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/presentation-fitting-the-program-to-the-learners-adapting-translation-competence-models-to-heritage-speakers/

The Center for Integrated Language Communities (CILC) is a Language Resource Center housed at . CILC projects are funded through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

05/30/2023

From our colleagues at CERCLL - Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲
𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜
𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟮-𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯

Plenaries:
𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤- 𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘤, University of Sarajevo
𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘢 𝘖𝘹𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥, University of Maryland

In 2015, The United Nations (UN) adopted a 2030 agenda, which included peace at its core. Based on this blueprint, the UN member states agreed to…

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴.

Peacebuilding here is focused at the macrolevel of government actors and institutions, including educational organizations; however, work within language and culture education suggests that individuals, including those in conflict-ridden parts of the world, often cite inner and interpersonal dimensions of peace as central. What roles might intercultural learning play in fostering peace across and between these disparate levels? What might an intercultural education for peacebuilding that is cognizant of disparity and pain look like? What kinds of connections between intercultural peace and other dimensions including inner peace and ecological peace can our language curricula and programs help students to explore? How can language educators promote respect for all, build a sense of belonging to a common humanity, and help learners become responsible and active global citizens?

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗜𝗖𝗖.𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗢𝗡𝗔.𝗘𝗗𝗨/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰𝗖𝗙𝗣/

For other details, see the ICC Website: 𝗜𝗖𝗖.𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗢𝗡𝗔.𝗘𝗗𝗨

03/23/2018

Documentary Screening ~ Princeton University ~ April 5, 2018

The Eyes of the Journey

The documentary premiered at the Festival de Cine de Lima in August 2017. It was filmed entirely in Quechua and it follows Hipolito Peralta, a healer and a strong proponent of the revitalization of Andean thought and spirituality in his journey through several sacred spaces in the Andean world. Peralta has an MA in Bilingual Intercultural Education from the Universidad de San Simón (Cochabamba, Bolivia) and has worked extensively on revitalizing the Quechua language. He has researched Quechuan traditional knowledge about human relations with nature to find a balanced way of living with ecological preservation.

Watch the trailer at https://vimeo.com/225506894

02/27/2018

Reminder: register today for FREE!

Community-College-Language Forum 2018 - May 4
& Pre-conf. workshops May 3

02/09/2018

📢 Language educators — registration now open!

Community-College-Language Forum 2018
May 4, 2018. Pre-conference workshops May 3, 2018.
The Graduate Center, CUNY

The Forum and workshops are free.

Keynote by Marty Abbott, Executive Director of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Co-sponsored by Modern Language Association.

To register: https://www.cilc.gc.cuny.edu/cclf-2018-registration

01/30/2018

📢 is out!

Theme: "Authentic Language, Authentic Learning".

Deadline May 4, 2018
Conference Feb. 7-9, 2019, NYC.

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Call for Workshop and Session Proposals Northeast Conference 2019 Authentic Language, Authentic Learning NY Hilton Midtown February 7–9, 2019 Rosanne Zeppieri, Chairperson Deadline for submission: May 4, 2018 Thank you so much for considering submitting a proposal to present at the 2019 NECTFL Con...

01/16/2018

Want to collaborate with other heritage Spanish instructors online? Of course you do! http://teleplaza.gc.cuny.edu/ 😎

Join Teleplaza! It's a free service for Spanish Language and Latino Studies educators. If you're already a member, please log in.

10/31/2017

Announcing the launch of Teleplaza—a new platform for heritage Spanish language telecollaboration! Teleplaza connects college classes from different communities with diverse experiences, encouraging students to learn together and from one another. Sign up for Teleplaza today and find a partner for your next telecollaboration!

Teleplaza is an online platform that connects instructors of heritage Spanish and/or Latinx Studies courses across the US. You can post a telecollaborative project and find a partner for it, or respond to a call for partnership already posted on the portal. Projects may range from short-term collaborations to semester-long partnerships, and can be set up using synchronous or asynchronous communication technologies. These projects can be integrated into language or content courses to support a variety of learning objectives, such as proficiency development, literacy development, and/or the exploration of specific content.

In one pilot project, Teleplaza connected Latinx students attending a community college on the East Coast with a heritage Spanish class at a private 4-year school on the West Coast. Participants discussed interpretations of the “American Dream” in the context of issues of unequal access to education. Another pilot connected Latinx students of Caribbean descent with Latinx students of Mexican descent, who together explored issues of language and identity.

If you plan to be in Nashville for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention and Expo, visit us at Booth 1333 and/or plan to attend a presentation on Teleplaza on Saturday, November 18 from 9:45 to 9:55 a.m. at our booth.

Questions? Send us a message on Facebook, use the contact form on the Teleplaza website, or email us at [email protected].

Join Teleplaza! It's a free service for Spanish Language and Latino Studies educators. If you're already a member, please log in.

05/24/2017

CHECK THIS OUT!
The Language at the Community College Nexus project has recently released two reports on results from the 2015 Students and Instructors of Languages at Community Colleges Surveys. One report presents results from the Student Surveys, the other presents results from the Instructor Surveys. Both can be found on the CILC website at www.cilc.gc.cuny.edu/resources-lccn.

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