A Kaleidoscopic Look at Texts: Engaging Novice LCTL Learners Through Literacies-Informed Teaching
Saturday, November 11, 2023
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (Central Time)
Online via Zoom

The term kaleidoscopic implies a wide range of possibilities when it comes to promoting language learning with a variety of multimodal texts. In this workshop, we demonstrate how different textual genres can be used in beginning less commonly taught language (LCTL) classrooms to promote students’ literacies development. Specifically, we focus on the textual types found in linguistic landscapes and social media platforms and we discuss texts in relation to research findings to address some of the challenges LCTL language educators face related to literacies-informed teaching practices. You will leave this workshop with tools to help you select and analyze texts of different genres. With the kaleidoscope now in your hands, new possibilities will come to the surface for effectively using texts with your beginning LCTL learners.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of texts as an essential component of beginning LCTL courses
  • Apply criteria for selecting texts appropriate for your students
  • Identify textual features of specific genres present in target language texts
  • Formulate, experiment with, and evaluate ideas for engaging beginning LCTL learners with texts.
Presenters: 

Yuri Kumagai is a senior lecturer and the head of the Japanese language program at Smith College. She teaches all levels of Japanese language and culture courses. She has been developing a project-based language learning curriculum by collaborating with other language teacher-researchers. She is the co-author/co-editor of Multiliteracies in World Language Education (Routledge, 2015) and A Genre-Based Approach to Reading as a Social Practice (Routledge, 2015).

Borbala Gaspar is a Lecturer at The University of Arizona where she teaches Italian and is involved in research projects focusing on learners' literacy practices, engagement, and development of their sense of self.

Target Audience: This workshop is open to teachers of less commonly taught languages (i.e., languages other than ESL/EFL, French, German, and Spanish) who work in the United States with beginning-level students in secondary and postsecondary contexts.

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