The Spring 2023 LRC Learning Community will offer an interinstitutional opportunity to exchange best practices in language teaching and review basic principles of SLA, content-based language teaching, and assessment. The LC is organized as part of the Central New York Humanities Corridor Working Group on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC). Our monthly meetings will connect the four CLAC Working Group partner campuses (Cornell, Colgate, Skidmore, and Syracuse) via Zoom to discuss readings by Roy Lyster (Content-Based Language Teaching, 2018, Routledge) and the recent book by Florencia Henshaw and Maris Hawkins (Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom, 2022, Hackett). This LC will be relevant for seasoned language instructors and those new to the field. The first 15 applicants will receive free copies of both books.

Apply here: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3UnaygjEJy5JzM

The LC will be lively, exciting, and a combination of analytical, theoretical, and philosophical discussions. We hope you’ll join us!

Dates:
There will be four synchronous meetings throughout the semester.

Friday, February, 17, 2-3:30 pm on Zoom: Content-based language teaching (reading: Lyster, 2018)Saturday, March 25, 11-12:30 at Cornell: Guiding SLA principles and assessment (reading: Henshaw & Hawkins, 2022, Section I)
Author Florencia Henshaw will give an in-person workshop at Cornell, followed by a reception.Friday, April 21, 2-3:30 pm on Zoom: The role of input and skills (reading: Henshaw & Hawkins, 2022, Section II)Friday, May 5, 2-3:30 pm on Zoom: Integrating output and interaction (reading: Henshaw & Hawkins, 2022, Section III)Application Process:
All faculty and graduate students with an interest in language teaching are invited to apply for this learning community. Please complete the online application by 5 pm on Monday, February 6, 2023. Applicants will be notified by February 10, 2023. Space is limited.

More information can be found at https://lrc.cornell.edu/learning-communities.