Teaching Roundtable: Ideas from the CARLA Summer Institutes

This roundtable will feature several University of Minnesota language instructors who will share a wide range of practical teaching ideas that they gleaned from taking a CARLA Summer Institute.

Each presenter will give an informal, four-minute presentation about something that inspired them during the institute that they hope to incorporate into their language classroom. After this brief introduction to all of the teaching ideas, attendees will have an opportunity to exchange further ideas with presenters individually or in small groups.

Roundtable Presenters and Titles

Fostering a Classroom Community Cross Pollinates Ideas and Supports Rigor
Presenter: Mai Al-Khatib, Researcher in the Institute of Linguistics
Summer Institute: Creativity in the Language Classroom

Remodeling Our Curriculum and Lessons Through the Lens of Social Justice
Presenter: Chimène Dupuis, Graduate Instructor of French and Masters student in the Department of French and Italian
Summer Institute: Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

Generosity in Authentic Materials for Literacies Acquisition
Presenter: Sally Kessler, Graduate Instructor of French and PhD student in the Department of French and Italian
Summer Institute: Using Target Language Texts to Support Students' Literacies Development

Dispelling Stereotypes and Making it Relevant to Language Learners
Presenter: Marie Mangold, Graduate Instructor of Spanish and PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Summer Institute: Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

Fostering Self-Directed Learning: Reimagining Japanese Language Curriculum with Social Justice Standards
Presenter: Ayumi Mita, Senior Lecturer of Japanese in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Summer Institute: Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice

The Teaching Roundtable presenters were recipients of a scholarship offered through the LC/CARLA Summer Institute Scholarship Program for UMN Language Instructors. This roundtable and the scholarship program are co-sponsored by the Language Center at the University of Minnesota.