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Nicky Agate started the topic Invitation to Comment on New MLA Volume on Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoWe are excited to announce that Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities, edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, is now open for peer review on MLA Commons. As is this is a volume on pedagogy, we would particularly value the input of members of this forum, so please take a look and add your tho…[Read more]
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Anu Aneja started the topic CfP: Gender in Distance Education Deadline Extended in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoCall For Papers for a Special Issue of Gender and Education
Gender in Distance Education
Do new forms of distance and virtual education promote or impede feminist pedagogy and gender equity across cultures?
Guest Editor: Anu Aneja, Director, School of Gender & Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.
The…[Read more]
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Jaime Brenes Reyes deposited Farmacia literaria: Cortázar y compañía in the group
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoLiteratura (búsqueda) + Fármaco (remedio y veneno) = literatura fantástica. Posibles reacciones: lectura obsesionada y sin parar, entrada a otras dimensiones de la realidad, nuevas maneras de entender la relación entre sujeto y objeto. Este curso se centra en la farmacia literaria del escritor argentino Julio Cortázar, además de aquéllos que in…[Read more]
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Jaime Brenes Reyes deposited Art, Literature and Revolution in Latin America: Telling the Story in the group
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoCourse Description: As German intellectual Walter Benjamin writes in his essay “The Storyteller”, “Experience which is passed on from mouth to mouth is the source from which all storytellers have drawn.” In the process of sharing experiences, more stories are born with authorship that are common while at the same time recognizing the individ…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Korean Literature Survey & CFProposals in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoDo you teach Korean literature? Please fill in our survey designed to gather information about instructors’ materials for teaching texts and translations of Korean works. We are also currently accepting proposals for this new initiative.
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Dennis Looney deposited "What Should You Expect from the MLA Job Interview? And What Do Your Interviewers Expect from You? in the group
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoShort piece on the structure of the typical academic job interview in languages and literatures.
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Dennis Looney deposited "Some of My Best Friends Are Foreign Language Teachers" in the group
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoShort reflection on the marginalization of foreign language departments and teachers on the typical college campus (written in 2001).
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Keith Tse started the topic Teaching Chinese language and linguistics in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoI have just started a group on teaching Chinese language and linguistics. If anyone is interested, please join the group and we’ll discuss aspects of our experiences as teachers and students of Chinese. I look forward to hearing from many of you!
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Michelle A. Massé started the topic CFP Extension: Age Studies Forum panel, MLA 2016 in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThe deadline for proposals about “The Oldest Profession: Teaching and Aging” has been extended to 3/15/15. The panel, co-sponsored by the Age Studies Forum and Teaching in the Profession Forums will take place at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association, in Austin, Texas January 7-10, 2016.
What difference does age make in w…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Teaching Memory Studies (MLA 2016) in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear Members of the Teaching as a Profession group,
Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:
Teaching Memory Studies
Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinematic flash…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Teaching Memory Studies (MLA 2016) in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear Members of the Teaching of Literature group,
Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:
Teaching Memory Studies
Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinematic flash…[Read more]
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Gwynn A. Dujardin started the topic CFP: MLA 2016 Re-approaching the Survey Course in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoProposals invited for MLA roundtable session on innovative approaches to teaching literature surveys. Papers may encompass the practical (e.g., syllabus design, teaching strategies, assignments/assessment), the institutional (i.e., ways of introducing curricular innovation), and/or the theoretical (i.e., on place of the survey course in our…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP: MLA 2016 – Literature and the Public Sphere in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years ago“Literature and the Public Sphere: Connecting Classroom and Community”
The focus of this session is on the interconnections, both actual and possible, between what we teach in the literature classroom and the world beyond that classroom. This can mean looking at literature that engages public events/ideas/issues, as well as exploring the ways lit…[Read more]
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Lee B. Abraham uploaded the file: Brunner & Diemer – The Corpus of Academic Spoken English (CASE) – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics to
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years agoBrunner & Diemer – Handout – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics
Session 562. Language Use in Multilingual Contexts, MLA 2015
Division of Applied Linguistics
This PDF contains information about The Corpus of Academic Spoken English (CASE) mentioned in Brunner & Diemer’s presentation
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Lee B. Abraham uploaded the file: Brunner & Diemer – Handout – MLA 2015 – Applied Linguistics to
Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 11 years agoSession 562. Language Use in Multilingual Contexts, MLA 2015
Division of Applied Linguistics
Handout: “It’s All in the Corpus: Corpus-Based Approaches to English Cultural and Intercultural Studies in the EFL Classroom”
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Adam Yaghi replied to the topic 2015-1 MOTION coming up at the Delegate Assembly mtg in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoI add my voice in support of this timely motion. Thank you for taking the initiative.
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic 2015-1 MOTION coming up at the Delegate Assembly mtg in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoPlease consider attending the Delegate Assembly in order to support this MOTION:
Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF)…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Teaching the Memoir session at MLA 2015 in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoAbstracts below:
Friday, 9 January
Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir
10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West
Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association
Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Coll.
“Photo-graphics: Mediating Memory in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” David Bahr, Borough of Man…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Teaching the Memoir Session at MLA 2015 in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoAbstracts below:
Friday, 9 January
Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir
10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West
Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association
Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Coll.
“Photo-graphics: Mediating Memory in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” David Bahr, Borough of Man…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic Teaching Literature Book Award in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Colleagues:
The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on…[Read more]
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