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Speaking of Language

Language Resource Center, Cornell University
Speaking of Language
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  • Speaking of Language

    S17E8 - ALANA

    18/03/2026 | 29 mins.
    Leslie Monter-Casio, Catherine Mao, and Molly Jones, Cornell students from the executive board of ALANA, share the many ways their student organization supports intercultural programming on campus.

    https://www.instagram.com/alanaintercultural 

    https://cornell.campusgroups.com/alana

    Instagram: @alanaintercultural

    #échaleganas

    #cānyù

    #whimsy
  • Speaking of Language

    S17E7 - Nandipa Sipengane - Building Community in the Language Classroom

    11/03/2026 | 31 mins.
    Nandipa Sipengane, isiZulu language instructor from Yale University's Council on African Studies, discusses strategies for pedagogy and community building in less commonly taught languages, both in person and over distance.

    https://macmillan.yale.edu/africa/person/nandipa-sipengane 

    https://sharedcourseinitiative.org/ 

    [email protected] 

    #ubuntu  

    Read a transcription of this episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17lRD9TUGB96Yd4V2eawOjYEkZUReKz3rIeHMKUR_wYk/edit?usp=sharing
  • Speaking of Language

    S17E6 - Naomi Larson - Online Collaborations, Virtual Reality, and Connections between Japan and Brazil

    04/03/2026 | 26 mins.
    Our dear colleague and friend Naomi Larson is in the studio with us today! Naomi is a senior lecturer in Japanese here at Cornell, and we will talk about the many wonderful opportunities she creates for language learners here, and everywhere, to engage with each other and with language and culture.

    https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/naomi-nakada-larson 

    #山眠る

    #山笑う
  • Speaking of Language

    S17E5 - Rosie Nguyen - Creativity, Commerce, and Culture

    25/02/2026 | 27 mins.
    In this episode, Rosie Nguyen, accomplished author and PhD student at Cornell, shares the value in her translinguistic experience writing award-winning fiction in Vietnamese as well as researching communication, media, and digital culture in English here at Cornell.

    https://www.facebook.com/rosienguyenvn/

    https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13852796.Rosie_Nguy_n 

    https://rosienguyen.net/

    #thương
  • Speaking of Language

    S17E4 - Sergiy Sydorenko - Multilingualism and Diplomacy

    18/02/2026 | 26 mins.
    In this episode, we explore how multilingualism and cultural sensibility shape who we are, how we relate to others, and how we move through our professional lives.

    #воля

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About Speaking of Language

Speaking of Language is a podcast recorded at the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. Each week, we explore a topic related to language pedagogy and second language acquisition.
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