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Adding Technology To Your Language Course, Pilar Munday Sep 2015

Adding Technology To Your Language Course, Pilar Munday

Languages Faculty Publications

Invited presentation at Capital Community College in Hartford, CT.


Task Design Challenges: The Meta Task Of Building Plns For Foreign Language Acquisition, Pilar Munday, Jaya Kannan Jan 2015

Task Design Challenges: The Meta Task Of Building Plns For Foreign Language Acquisition, Pilar Munday, Jaya Kannan

Languages Faculty Publications

Our latest collaborative research has primarily focused on studying challenges for digital pedagogy in promoting active learning and learner autonomy. These action research projects have been anchored in foreign language contexts in higher education settings. Here is a summary of two projects from 2014-2015: 1) With the goal of enhancing teaching practices in foreign language classrooms, the research project analyzed the use of student created videos to promote active learning. Using a case study of concrete tasks integrating student created videos in strengthening Spanish Language Acquisition (SLA), we were able to a)identify key characteristics of active learning, b)present the challenges …


Duolingo For Homework Practice, Pilar Munday Apr 2014

Duolingo For Homework Practice, Pilar Munday

Languages Faculty Publications

A guide for language educators to use DUOLINGO as homework for their students. Each student can go at their own pace, and can focus on areas which are more difficult to them.


Usos De Google Docs En La Clase De Ele, Pilar Munday Apr 2011

Usos De Google Docs En La Clase De Ele, Pilar Munday

Languages Faculty Publications

Presentación hecha en los I Encuentros virtuales de la Comunidad Todoele.


Making The Internet Friendlier For Mfl Educators, Pilar Munday Mar 2010

Making The Internet Friendlier For Mfl Educators, Pilar Munday

Languages Faculty Publications

Tools and tips for the foreign language teacher (particularly Spanish teachers).


Redes Sociales Y Unas Innovaciones En La Comunicación Global, Pilar Munday Sep 2009

Redes Sociales Y Unas Innovaciones En La Comunicación Global, Pilar Munday

Languages Faculty Publications

Ning es una herramienta útil para formar redes sociales entre estudiantes: tanto los estudiantes de español como segundo idioma como hispanohablantes que quieran contactarse con ellos. Ning ofrece una multi- plicidad de componentes para lograr la formación de una red social. Ning es fácil de usar y se puede implementar con poco entrenamiento porque nuestros estudiantes ya usan otras redes sociales como MySpace y Facebook.