New Trends in Foreign Language Pedagogy

Location: Student Success Center President’s Suite B

This panel of to-the-point six-minute presentations focuses on innovative approaches to foreign language learning, including content-based instruction and emphases on intercultural communication and global competence. 

MODERATOR: Jan Uelzmann, Assistant Professor of German, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of Technology. 

PRESENTATIONS: 

• Awad Awad, Lecturer of Arabic, University of North Georgia. "Developing Critical Intercultural Competence in Arabic Language Programs."

• Wei Wang, Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow of Chinese in the Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. “Teaching Mandarin Tones with Speech Visualization Technology.” 

• Adèle Douglin, Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow of Spanish in the Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies Program, Georgia Institute of Technology.  “Public Health and STEM: Teaching Intercultural Health Humanities to the STEM Student in Spanish.” 

• Viola Green, Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow of French in the Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. “Pedagogical Summer Workshop for K12 Educators.”  

• Hakyoon Lee, Lecturer of Korean, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Georgia State University. "Geolocative Linguistic Landscape Project: Language learning in urban space" 

• Hyoun-A Joo, Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow of German in the Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. “Learning about Intercultural Competence in the German Business Context”  

• Matthew Mangold, Post-doctoral Teaching Fellow of Russian in the Global Languages, Cultures, and Technologies Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. “Developing Professional Intercultural Competence: Guest Speakers Discuss their Professions”