The Bi-Weekly MFLL E-Newsletter
MONDAY, September 11, 2006
The Newsletter for Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
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• Nike Arnold's (German) co-edited book "Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching" was introduced at this year's CALICO Conference and distributed to all conference attendees.



• Kathryn Atkins-Roberson's (French) article "Tell a Story, Learn a Language!" was published in the National Storytelling Magazine, March 2006. Kathryn was also invited by the Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennesse to present "Total Physical Response Storytelling: A Proven Approach with Dynamic Results" at the 2006 Academy for Instructional Excellence for the Tennessee Association for Adult and Community Education. ESL Teachers from across the state learned how to create TPR Storytelling lessons that achieve real fluency in the classroom. The conference was July 10-13 in Memphis.

  Kathryn also returned to France again this year conducting research in Paris and Normandy in June and traveled to Québec in July.




• Laura Trujillo (Spanish) read the paper titled “Memoria colectiva y memoria alternativa. La reconstrucción del otro en La novia oscura de Laura Restrepo“ at the International Conference “Palabras e ideas, idas y vueltas. Las relaciones culturales y lingüísticas entre Europa y América Latina,” organized by IILI (Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana). The conference took place in Genoa, Italy, June 26 – July 1.

To map out the current situation of L2 instructional technology use and services at the University of Tennessee, the Language Resource Center invites _all_ MFLL faculty, lecturers, GTA and staff to complete the survey found here.

By taking time to complete this survey, you will help the Language Resource better support your efforts to integrate technology in your courses. The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your responses are voluntary and strictly confidential. No individual responses will be reported. If you have any questions or concerns about the survey, please contact Doug Canfield in the Language Resource Center (974-6494, dcanfie1@utk.edu).

As part of its mission of faculty development, the Language Resource Center provides workshops to MFLL faculty, staff and instructors to support the creation of technology-enhanced instruction materials for use in UT-Knoxville timetable courses. Registration is required and space is limited so please register promptly. While we will alert you of upcoming events via this MFLL E-Newsletter, a complete schedule and other useful resources will be made at the LRC Faculty Development Center Blackboard site, of which all MFLL instructors are already members.

(Here are the workshops taking place in the next two weeks)
The LRC invites you to a workshop in the Audio/Video Series:

Introduction to Audacity (1 to 1.5 hours)
Tuesday, September 19, 10:00 AM, HSS 206 (For Macintosh users)
Thursday, September 21, 11:00 AM, HSS 205 (For PC users)

Goals:
This session is a resource for instructors who would like to create, edit and export MP3s using Audacity, and explore effective instructional examples. Information on downloading and installing necessary tools will be covered. Then, procedures for creating, editing and exporting MP3s will be described. We will discus how and when to use Audacity in an instructional setting. We will also provide participants an opportunity to discuss their interests in using Audacity in instruction in an effort to explore deployment strategies.

To register:
By calling Doug Canfield at 4-6494, dropping him a line at dcanfie1@utk.edu, or coming into the LRC, whatever works for you.

• Michael Handelsman (Spanish) has been invited by the Banco Central of Ecuador, that country's Central Bank, to give a keynote address at a conference intended to create a general consensus among Ecuadorians vis-a-vis public policy and future directions that might be adopted by local and national government. The conference has six modules, and the one he will address is titled "Culture, Identity, and Development."

  These programs are to generate a series of policy recommendations that will coincide with Ecuador's presidential election, which will take place October 15, 2006. His presentation is scheduled for September 15 in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the Regional Director of the Central Bank's Cultural Division expects some 300 people to be in attendance; many of these people will be reps from NGOs, government agencies, political action groups, educational institutions, and the Arts.

• German Film Series Fall 2006 INSIDERS / OUTSIDERS
  Monday, September 11, 7.30 p.m. Hodges Library Auditorium Happy Birthday, Türke!1992