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PLUTO and Language Instruction: Pedagogical InnovationsThe PLU Teaching Online Institute (PLUTO) provides pedagogy and technology training for faculty to learn and to innovate together as a cohort working to design online courses. Over this last year, several faculty from the Department of Languages and Literatures participated in the program. In Summer 2014, Dr. Bridget Yaden (Hispanic Studies) participated in the cohort for developing hybrid courses and, in January-term (J-Term) 2015, Dr
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Re-envisioning the Language Resource CenterThe Language Resource Center (LRC) at PLU has served as a virtual and physical hub for language study since opening in 1996. Our mission is to provide a multimedia environment with hardware, software, and learning resources that facilitate and promote the research and study of the world’s languages and cultures. The LRC has kept up with changing technologies over the years and continues to adapt to meet the needs of our students. Over the summer of
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Indivisible: English Faculty Members Join the Anti-Trump Resistance Posted by: Matthew / December 7, 2017 Image: English professors Lisa Marcus, James Albrecht, and Rona Kaufman have gotten involved, with their families. December 7, 2017 By Samanta Barcenas '18PLU HumanitiesWhile the country was divided in joy and grief over Donald Trump being elected President, various U.S Congressional staff members wrote a handbook to encourage resistance to Trump’s political agenda, which sparked the
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December 1, 2012 Newborn memories of the “oohs” and “ahs” heard in the womb By Barbara Clements University Communications Newborns are much more attuned to the sounds of their native language than first thought. In fact, these linguistic whizzes can up pick on distinctive sounds of their mother tongue while in utero, a new study has concluded. Research led by Christine Moon, a professor of psychology at Pacific Lutheran University, shows that infants, only hours old, showed marked interest for
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Lutes to teach English abroad through Fulbright Program Posted by: Kari Plog / May 8, 2017 Image: Fulbright Scholars Alexandra Dreher ’17 (left) and Sydney Otey ’17. (Photo by Molly Ivey ’20) May 8, 2017 By Genny Boots '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (May 8, 2017)- Two Lutes were accepted into the prestigious Fulbright Program and will serve as English teaching assistants around the world. A third Pacific Lutheran University student was recognized as an alternate.Sydney Otey ’17
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, is not divine, it is not naturally like this. It has a story, a history. A reason. Once you understand that, then you can begin to change things, and hopefully make them better. HS: Why study language? RC: First of all, I think that one of the problems in the United States is that people don’t want to learn other languages. Most people don’t know other languages. I grew up in Mexico and you had to learn English. You just had to, for a variety of reasons, some good some not-so-good. And in other
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MY LANGUAGE. MY CHOICE. A campaign that addresses the use of hurtful and harmful language and the impact our words may have on others. My Language. My Choice. is a poster and a public service outdoor campaign throughout the Puget Sound region that advocates for individual responsibility and action in our language choice and usage. Downloadable Materials WORDS CAN HURT Understand your impact. Take responsibility. Pacific Lutheran University students, faculty, staff, and alumni are photographed
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My Language. My Choice. Words Mean Things My Language. My Choice. Anti-Racist Anti-Blackness Decolonize BIPOC Discussion Questions References Support Facilitator’s Guide My Language. My Choice. Words mean things We choose the words we use to communicate with others. Intentionally or unintentionally. The words we choose can have a negative impact on others. They can be experienced differently given context. We must have the courage to learn in public. Quick jump to a section: Anti-Racist Anti
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Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom Posted by: alex.reed / May 26, 2022 May 26, 2022 By Tamara Williams, Melanie Hawthorne, Lynne Huffer, and Catherine HutchisonOriginally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last one hundred years
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How to be a Lute: Lute language 101 Posted by: vcraker / March 2, 2022 March 2, 2022 Zyreal Oliver Chandler ‘22 shares the proper pronunciation of some of PLU’s building names. Read Previous Study away returns to PLU Read Next Meet some Rieke Scholars LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of
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