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Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:30 pm - 5:20 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Mobility, Identity, Literacy: Mennonites by Christine Kampen Robinson

On March 13, alumna Dr. Christine Kampen Robinson (former UWaterloo PhD-student in Germanic & Slavic Studies) will come back to campus to present on her dissertation research in our graduate course “Language, Identity and Mobility” and to participate in the graduate seminar. Her research on Low German-speaking Mennonites from Mexico with a focus on identity, literacy, and language learning in this migration context encompasses several aspects of the course.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Google Translate – A Tool for Cheating or a Tool for Learning?

Online translation devices such as Google Translate (GT) are an annoyance in the second language classroom. Students often rely heavily on GT in class or when completing homework assignments, rather than, for example, putting in the time required to learn vocabulary.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Public Writing – Turning an Academic Paper into a Blogpost

Graduate students do a lot of academic writing within their disciplines, be it journal articles, conference presentations, or seminar papers. But what if you’d like to communicate your findings to an audience beyond your peers or professors?