MLA Commons | LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/ Activity feed for the group, LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:14:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 034611601fb5c4ba4267565f42616c4a Janice McGregor started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2027 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2027-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:22:19 -0500 Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL)
2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
January 7-10, 2027 in Los Angeles, CA

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL) invites submissions for two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions at the 2027 MLA annual convention.…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf74cccf006facb88bedf383107ea832 Randall Gess started the topic MLA 2026 Session: Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-session-romance-linguistics-3/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:41 -0500 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics welcomes you to our session at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We hope to see you on Friday, January 9th at 5:15 @ MTCC – 205A
Presentations
 The Curious Case of Interconsonantal S in Old French , Francisco Antonio…[Read more]

]]> 0 4dfa1b4f28f04e52917d77088d2d5c38 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:01:27 -0500 The Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 – Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Student…[Read more]

]]> 0 a9dc5d30abd20173f796e3ca138791ff Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-3/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:37:47 -0500 📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review

I’m happy to share that The EUROCALL Review is launching a new thematic issue on:
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”.

This issue focuses on the role and impact of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in language education worldwi…[Read more]

]]> 0 5aa77399e5c07eb50329f24ddad6d61e Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-2/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:04:37 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 0 2660c2c2242df3d80ac42860ffbe65c3 Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 - Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:16:06 -0400 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2baccb0f0531fdcbe119a1ff9a5b4a8 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-15/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:43:51 -0500 (Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities (Online)
Papers should critically address AI’s impact on language pedagogy, focusing on resemblances and disparities between AI-driven and “more traditional” approaches; i.e. AI’s role in language learning, assessment, cultural biases, and ethical implications. Send 30…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d42b6b62d5455a5a89e43e6536ec6e4 Ervin Malakaj started the topic CfP: Sessions Organized by the Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-sessions-organized-by-the-forum-on-second-language-learning-and-teaching/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:02:20 -0400 CfP: Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching2024 Modern Language Association Annual ConventionJanuary 4-7, Philadelphia
The MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2024 MLA…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ccc9751eec316d1953d0a418f8732f7 Rebecca Davis deposited Oops Token Example in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771417/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:51:28 -0500 Example of how to set up a policy of Oops Tokens to build flexibility into attendance policies. This idea comes from the book Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson via Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online.

]]> 0 2a3e38926520e937f4a7fbfb345a8137 Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/invitation-to-join-a-new-commons-group-on-teaching-remotely-5/#post-1026684 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:23:31 -0500 Apologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original post. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.

]]> 0 048523670beabaf272d9a6925ba6c246 Megan M. Ferry deposited Language Programs’ Post-pandemic Future in Designing a Sustainable Life in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1722637/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 03:48:44 -0500 Collegiate language programs faced challenges for survival long before COVID-19 hit the US. Now with the impending financial fallout from having to move online, colleges and universities will be scrutinizing even more so the value and viability of supporting language departments. This presentation will present a snapshot of where language programs…[Read more]

]]> 0 c702d7a3fe304828c01a69e4a39e486d Carmela Mattza deposited VARIEDADES INTERMEDIATE / INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1718533/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:28:01 -0500 VARIEDADES is a Spanish conversation book for the student at the intermediate / advanced intermediate level. Through audiovisual activities, the student is expected to put their previous knowledge into practice and continue to develop their ability to understand, write, listen, and speak in Spanish.
VARIEDADES offers communicative activities…[Read more]

]]> 0 1cbf6c81a5f24079cbcef9ef46396347 Elena Garcia-Martin started the topic CFP for a volume on Pedagogies in Mixed Language Classrooms in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-for-a-volume-on-pedagogies-in-mixed-language-classrooms/ Sat, 02 May 2020 18:40:33 -0400 Please consider contributing to the proposed volume and pass the information to interested colleagues. Many thanks

]]> 0 be0c6f06f4c90bbb501a6ae0c561db25 Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2019 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion The Teaching of Language https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2019-forum-delegate-election-41/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:38:24 -0400 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]

]]> 0 d89b12b7352ff75718ff375de33a665b Robert Troyer posted an update in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning: Dear Members of the MLA Second-Language Teaching and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1588264/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:34:34 -0500 Dear Members of the MLA Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
710. Cash Bar Arranged by the Language Studies and…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6c929d9331978285877a26d0365ce3d Lee B. Abraham started the topic CfP: Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces – NeMLA 2018 in the discussion The Teaching of Language https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-approaches-to-teaching-and-learning-with-urban-spaces-nemla-2018-5/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:13:50 -0400 Call for Papers

Approaches to Teaching and Learning with Urban Spaces

49th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention
“Global Spaces, Local Landscapes and Imagined Worlds”
April 12-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

NeMLA Web Site: http://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html

The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries…[Read more]

]]> 0 5411d29918e462f69e03a42f007f5a30 Mary Wildner-Bassett deposited Applying Theories in Language Programs in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1560501/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:11:21 -0500 Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions, methods, categories, and perspectives of ISLA.
The discussion proceeds with a very short…[Read more]

]]> 0 37c004186888d82a40966f77d9f5a6d5 Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic MLA 2018, CFP: "Language Change: Global (Im-)gration and Linguistic Insecurity" in the discussion The Teaching of Language https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2018-cfp-language-change-global-im-gration-and-linguistic-insecurity-11/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:25:01 -0500 Dear colleagues,

The Executive Committee of the Forum on Language Change is seeking proposals for the session “Language Change: Global (Im-)migration and Linguistic Insecurity”.  See short and long CFP below.

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Papers exploring how global and local migrations affect language practices and patterns (e.g. linguistic in…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d5907232bcd8899025b8cf69152963f Colleen M. Ryan posted an update in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning: I am honored to have received a nomination to candidacy for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/552212/ Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:10:01 -0400 I am honored to have received a nomination to candidacy for the LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum. With 20 years of combined experience as director of language program and director of undergraduate studies at two different universities, I bring a holistic perspective to questions of articulation, assessment, classroom teaching, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 40131d4165228f04d883d3c374ab7841 Fabiana E. Martínez deposited 12 Random Words / 12 Palabras al Azar in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/549193/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:17:57 -0400 Peter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making everything in her coloring book orange. Eve defies darkness turning past dreams into future memories.

12 Random Words / 12 Palabras al Azar is a bilingual collection of interior vignettes told in both…[Read more]

]]> 0 4ee60d3c421b477e2f3cdde41afddb13 Natalie Berkman deposited Exercices de Style Activity in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/549093/ Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:07:31 -0400 This PowerPoint can be used to accompany a creative writing workshop in an intermediate or advanced French language class. It serves as an introduction to French literature and notions of style, which will be important once the students have satisfied their language requirements, as well as a tool for creative student production in the target language.

]]> 0 cdf196e5a52b0e3ac77039cd735e4122 Peter C. Pfeiffer started the topic Consortium on Useful Assessment of Language & Humanities Education in the discussion The Teaching of Language https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/consortium-on-useful-assessment-of-language-humanities-education/ Wed, 25 May 2016 02:28:54 -0400 The Consortium on Useful Assessment of Language & Humanities Education (CUALHE) is a loose confederation of programs and departments engaged and interested in learning outcomes assessment of humanities and languages. We have had a couple of meetings where projects have been presented and certain issues of humanities learning have been highlighted.…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc92265800ed2e1aa77c4ebeedfa32ec Charlotte Ann Melin deposited Beyond Enrollment Data: Why Students and Program Evaluation Matter in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/543941/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:14:15 -0500 Session #339: paper for AAUSC panel QUO VADIMUS?

]]> 0 25c7f825c8d46e32517229874e98f163 Laura Barbas Rhoden deposited Connecting Curriculum to Context: Our Story of Two Liberal Arts College Spanish Programs Engaged in a Changing South in the group LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538860/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:33:17 -0500 The purpose of this article is to refl ect upon the process by which two professors in Spanish programs at small liberal arts colleges in the southeastern United States developed courses with civic engagement components that enabled our students to engage with the local Hispanic community in meaningful ways. From the outset, we focused on what we…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ccd115e3357f68da90aa1f89c05475b Roberto Rey Agudo started the topic CFP NEMLA 2016 Digital Humanities in the Modern Language Curriculum in the discussion The Teaching of Language https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-nemla-2016-digital-humanities-in-the-modern-language-curriculum/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:32:33 -0400 This session seeks to expand scholarly dialogues about digital humanities beyond so-called content courses to include all levels of the language curriculum. In particular, it will explore the following questions: How can the pedagogical affordances provided by digital humanities be used in language courses? Can digital humanities applications…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d718d7b7854f8c9786da026fd924170 Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-2015-sotl-commons-conference-in-savannah-3/ Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:02:24 -0400  

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Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
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When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

“the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for…[Read more]

]]> 0 91e4c498d5d5912a304d0ad785e26412 Maria Luisa Martinez started the topic CFP for 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-for-46th-annual-convention-nemla-2015-embracing-language-musicality-in-l2-3/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:28:45 -0400 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson University
Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms

This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional

The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for L2…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e38a17ae660b295d6dd5f11b23d0cba Maria Luisa Martinez started the topic CFP for 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-for-46th-annual-convention-nemla-2015-embracing-language-musicality-in-l2-2/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:25:48 -0400 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015

Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015

Host institution: Ryerson University

Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms

This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional

The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for…[Read more]

]]> 0 7dba8c78d90b1f5c384eb10e3b11d89c Selma R. S. Vital replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-roundtable-for-ne-mla-46th-annual-convention/#post-4616 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:34:52 -0400 Hi Dennis,

I would love to participate of this workshop, but unfortunately I cannot go to Ohio at this time. Please, keep us informed about any other similar event in the east coast. Due to our big load of work in the last week of classes, Marion and I were not able to put together a panel for Toronto. I still believe we can do something to make…[Read more]

]]> 0 9e12b847e1764c90e16bec3a5293ce9d Dennis Looney replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-roundtable-for-ne-mla-46th-annual-convention/#post-3396 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:32:43 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

I receive these posts as a member of this discussion group in my capacity as a faculty member of Italian at the University of Pittsburgh.  Since January 2014, I have assumed the directorship of ADFL and in that new capacity I write to announce a workshop connected with the topic Selma and Marion are discussing.  At the ADFL s…[Read more]

]]> 0 693430bed8fbfef35296f7c53521d009 Marion Gehlker replied to the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-roundtable-for-ne-mla-46th-annual-convention/#post-3388 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:04:02 -0400 Hi Selma,

I’d be interested. What topics did you have in mind? I teach German and include literature at all levels of language instruction.

Thanks,

Marion

]]> 0 e51cb3d55e592064d2e59967670e1650 Selma R. S. Vital started the topic CFP -roundtable for Ne MLA 46th annual convention in the forum The Teaching of Language http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-language/forum/topic/cfp-roundtable-for-ne-mla-46th-annual-convention/ Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:31:42 -0400 I am proposing a round table discussing new ways/approaches  and successfull strategies integrating the literary text into the language class. The subject is not new, however a lot has been changing in this particular “field”. If interested, please, contact me as soon as you can, since the deadline for submissions is approaching. The convention…[Read more]

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