Russian Teaching Methodology (405-0-1)

Instructors

Elisabeth M Elliott
847/491-8082
Kresge Hall, 3-305, 1880 Campus Dr.
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am to 12pm and by appointment

Meeting Info

Locy Hall 303: Tues 3:00PM - 5:50PM

Overview of class

This course is for students interested in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Pedagogy, Digital Humanities vis-à-vis language teaching, teaching assistantships, professional education, and generally those interested in working with languages in academia. Slavic 405 is intended to introduce students to the major trends, theories, and scholarship of Applied Linguistics and SLA, as particularly addresses the complexities of teaching Russian (and upon interest, other Slavic languages) with respect to heritage and non-heritage language learners. We also explore some tools in Digital Humanities (DH) and look at the growing trend of language learning with MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) and hybrid or blended teaching. The seminar will be a "hands-on" course, requiring the active participation of all attending. Students will learn how to work with and apply to language teaching the more popular forms of technology often used in language, literature, and culture teaching, including Canvas, Power Point, and also DH tools such as Voyant, Omeka, and others.