In order to “keep foreign languages alive and flourishing,” several private institutions of higher education, including Schreiner University, collaborated to form a language consortium for the purpose of expanding opportunities for students to learn languages that help them become global citizens.
2. Why should you learn a foreign
language?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEjzL6_gyE
3. Rationale
Mission Statement
National foreign language
reduction
The foreign language paradox
Interest in more language
offerings while lacking
4. New Pedagogical Approaches?
Live Size Video Communications System
Teaching several campuses simultaneously
Test administration, group work, book club
discussions, Stammtisch
activities, office hours, pen pals
Survey results
5. Survey
18 students responded, five rankings
Assignments contributed to my appreciation and/or understanding of
the subject matter: Agree - 27.8% Strongly Agree - 72.2%
My interest in this subject matter increased as a result of taking this
course:
Neutral - 11.1% Agree - 5.6% Strongly Agree 83.3%
I have gained valuable knowledge and/or skills as a result of taking
this course:
Neutral - 5.6% Agree - 22.2% Strongly Agree - 72.2%
The technical aspects worked well:
Disagree - 5.6% Neutral - 22.2% Agree - 55.6% Strongly Agree -
16.7%
6. Survey
Web and library resources were easy to access:
Neutral - 5.6% Agree - 50% Strongly Agree - 44.4%
The discussion sessions worked well:
Agree - 55.6% Strongly Agree - 44.4%
I feel the professor of the course genuinely cared about me succeeding:
Agree - 5.6% Strongly Agree - 94.4%
Would you take a course that integrates students and faculty from other campuses
again: Yes - 100%
Do you feel taking a course that is taught by a professor from a different campus
enhanced your academic progress:
Yes – 83.3% No – 16.7%
7. Student Outcomes
More schedule variety
More choices
Raise intercultural awareness
Raise interest in studying abroad
Interaction amongst various campuses
Interaction with new professors
New skills (conferencing, work studies)
8. Institutional Outcomes
Outreach to more students
Collaboration opportunities
Guest speaker opportunities
Offer a class that might not make
it on our campus alone
Speaker series, conferences
9. Short-Term Goals
On-site visits at LCU and TWU
NITLE Symposium
Academic Showcase
Intermediate German
Increase online opportunities (homework)
Stammtisch
Monthly meetings of instructors
10. Long-Term Goals
TLC schools offer a sequence of four semesters
of foreign language instruction as part of the core
Linking a travel component to foreign language
courses
More languages
Establishing a German minor at SU
Establishing a German major at SU
Interdisciplinary teaching
approaches (History, English)
11. The TLC Partners
Texas Wesleyan University (French)
Concordia University (Mandarin Chinese)
Texas Lutheran University (Spanish)
Lubbock Christian University (Portuguese)
Schreiner University (German)
12. TLC Faculty Profile: Français
Steven Daniell, PhD, Dean of the School of Arts and Letters (TWU)
Alma Mater: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Study abroad: Paris (1year, assistant d’anglais), Québec City (1
summer)
Research: Contemporary French-Canadian Literature
Vice President of the American Association of
Teachers of French
Named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
by the French Education Ministry
13. TLC Faculty Profile: Français
Steven Daniell, PhD, Dean of the School of Arts and Letters (TWU)
Three Best TLC Experiences:
1. Enthusiastic students, especially on the distance sites
2. Good colleagues across the state
3. Reconfiguring teaching style to the classroom set-up
Challenge:
Adapting to the Smart Board
Quote:
La langue révèle l’âme de sa société. (Language reveals the soul of its
society.)
14. TLC Faculty Profile: Español
Chris Dickens, M.A., Visiting Professor (TLU)
Alma Mater: Texas State University
Study Abroad: Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil
Research: 2nd Language Acquisition
Three Best TLC Experiences:
1. The recognition and appreciation I get from my colleagues for
working with the consortium
2. Being encouraged to explore new online teaching resources
3. Getting to know Steven!
Challenge: Adapting to new teaching style and occasional technical
problems
15. TLC Faculty Profiles: 中国普通
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Patricia Schiaffini, PhD, Southwestern University and Concordia
University
Alma Mater: Stanford University (MA), University of Pennsylvania
(PhD)
Research: Contemporary Tibetan Writers, Modern Chinese Literature
Teacher-trainer consultant, founder and
president of a non-profit organization
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16. TLC Faculty Profile: Deutsch
Silke Feltz, M.A., German And English Instructor (SU)
Alma Mater: OFU Bamberg, Germany
Study Abroad: Columbia, SC
Three Best TLC Experiences:
1. Creating a holistic learning experience with on-site and
off-site students
2. Being a part of a big collaboration from the very
beginning on
3. Becoming a cultural ambassador beyond Schreiner
Challenge:
Speed and camera tracking