CONNECTIONS 2023

CONNECTIONS 2023

Connections

A Journal for Foreign Language Educators 

Volume 11 – Fall 2023

About us

Connections is an online yearly peer-reviewed journal published by the Foreign Language Association of Northern California and directed to the world language professional in the classroom. From its origins with SWCOLT and its continuation with FLANC since 2008, the journal has aimed at sharing meaningful research and outcomes in the field of linguistics as well as current pedagogical trends, best practices on technology-mediated tasks, and activities to integrate the intercultural dimension in language teaching and learning.

ISSN Online: 1945-0478

ISSN Print: 1945-046X

For past issues, please, visit our website.  

 Submissions are welcome at any point. Please, visit our website to see the call for papers, authors’ guidelines, and deadline for our next issue: https://www.flanc.net/connections

Index

  1. Agnew, Junko. The Impact of Student Philanthropy on a Japanese Drama Course. Department of

    World Languages and Literature, Northern Kentucky University

  2. Avkhimovich, Irina. Reading Leo Tolstoy in Russian: Motivation, Hybrid Approaches, and Cultural Contexts. Department of Modern Languages, University of North Georgia

  3. Campoy, Maribel. From Translator to Post-Editor: A Different Perspective on Teaching Translation to Language Majors. Department of Global Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies, University of Indianapolis

  4. Fan, Yating. Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Poetry: A Project to Empower Students to Speak Out Against Anti-Asian Discrimination. Department of World Languages and Literatures, Boston University

  5. Grady, Megan and Gabriela Muniz. Expanding Intercultural Education Through the Documentary Gaze: A Powerful Tool for Technology and Learning. Center for Academic Technology and Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Butler University

  6. Mac Donald, Kara and Sun Young Park. Empowering Higher Education Foreign Language Teachers with Effective Peer Observation and Feedback Practice. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey, California

  7. Neuman, Nichole. Creating Diverse Encounters Within an Established Short-Term Study Abroad Program. Department of World Languages and Cultures, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  8. Pak, Chin-Sook and Lynne Stallings. Culturally Relevant Community-Based Learning for Heritage Students of Spanish: A Virtual Collaboration with Dual Language Immersion Schools. Department of Modern Languages and Classics and Department of English, Ball State University

  9. Wu, Ming. Incorporating Culture into a Language Classroom through Chinese Character Teaching & Practice. Department of Classical and Modern Languages, University of Louisville

  10. Zimotti, Giovanni, Rachel Klevar, Gabriela Olivares, and Eden Jones. Listening to our Learners: A Thematic Analysis of U.S. College Students’ Preferences in Language Education Resources. Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Iowa, Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, University of Iowa, and Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Northern Iowa

Book reviews

  1. D’Angelo, Oriette (2023). [Review of the book Designing the Modern World Language Classroom: How to Guide Students to Proficiency by M. King]. Tandem Light Press (June 27, 2022), 140 pp. ISBN-13: 979-8985640403 (Paperback)

  2. Walton-Price, Gaye D. (2023) [Review of the book The Literacy Approach to Teaching Foreign Languages by Ana Albach] Palgrave Macmillan (2022), 108 pp. ISBN: 978-3-030-94878-8 (Hardback)