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Alison Phipps: Space to Language: Being Intercultural in a Breathless World

Event Start: March 06, 2009 08:00 AM

Event End: March 06, 2009 08:00 AM

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Elena Skapoulli: Youth Identity in "Action": The Symbolisms and Uses of English loanwords among Greek-speaking teenagers in Cypress

Event Start: February 21, 2006 08:00 AM

Event End: February 21, 2006 08:00 AM

Elena Skapoulli

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Grace Kim: Transcultural Literacies: Cross Border Connections and Self-Imagining

Event Start: January 29, 2015 08:00 AM

Event End: January 29, 2015 08:00 AM

Grace M. Kim, UC Berkeley

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Gilberte Furstenberg: Bringing Culture to the Forefront of the Foreign Language Class: The Cultura Project

Event Start: May 25, 2001 07:00 AM

Event End: May 25, 2001 07:00 AM

Gilberte Furstenberg

Teresa McCarty: Indigenous Youth and Language Survival - Some New Directions in Applied Linguistics Research and Praxis.

Event Start: April 15, 2010 07:00 AM

Event End: April 15, 2010 07:00 AM

Teresa McCarty

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Leo van Lier: Sociocultural Theory and the Ecology of Language Learning

Event Start: January 28, 2004 08:00 AM

Event End: January 28, 2004 08:00 AM

Leo van Lier, Monterey Institute of International Studies

1. Sociocultural Theory: The Main Ideas

• Mediation
• Learning and Development
• Action and Interaction
• The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
• Inner Speech

2. An expanded ZPD

• Expert-novice
• Peer collaboration
• Peer teaching
• Self study

Melissa Curtin: The Emergence of 'Bonafide Cosmopolitanism' in the Linguistic Landscape of Taipei

Event Start: January 27, 2011 08:00 AM

Event End: January 27, 2011 08:00 AM

Dr. Melissa Curtin

Gabriele Kasper: Staying on Task in Oral Proficiency Interviews

Event Start: October 26, 2007 07:00 AM

Event End: October 26, 2007 07:00 AM

Gabriele Kasper

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