We’ve all heard the following phrase intended to help instructors remember to be more student-centered. “Be the guide on the side and not the sage on the stage”. “Carpe pulpitum,” I often declare to my students when they hesitate to participate. We’ve also heard of the promise of interactive technologies that allow for participatory [...]
I remember when videotapes “revolutionized” language education by bringing authentic films and quotidian scenes of the host culture into the classroom. Well, just the other day, JVC, the last company to make stand alone VCRs, announced that the company will no longer produce this former staple of the foreign language classroom. In spite of this [...]
