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Fall workshops and conference – Saturday, October 29 at Berkeley City College

[ CONFERENCE PROGRAM ]   SPECIAL-INTEREST SESSION (AATSP-NC) 1:30-2:20 | Book presentation: Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas. – (Room 212) by Fabián Banga, in conversation with Anne Fountain, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese President, and Sandra García Sanborn, FLANC President. The title is Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas (Witches, spiritualists and avant-garde) and was published by Editorial Leviatán  (Argentina). The book explores the representation …

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The virtual classroom in hybrid and online classes: the vanishing point for language teaching

Presenters: Jane Dilworth; Saint Mary’s College of California; Moraga, CA Fabián Banga; Berkeley City College; Berkeley, CA Audience Level: Higher Ed ' Theme: Technology Instructional technologies are widely used in all language classrooms and LMS, virtual labs, and online homework are commonplace tools for every language teacher. When correctly applied, their effectiveness has already been …

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Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas @ Cal | Thursday, April 28, 12-1 PM | 201 Moses Hall

Thursday, April 28 12-1 PM – 201 Moses Hall – UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas Fabian Banga Professor and Chair, Modern Languages Department, Berkeley City College The title is Brujos, espiritistas y vanguardistas (Witches, spiritualists and avant-garde) and was published by the prestigious Argentinean publishing house Leviathan. The book explores …

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XI Festival Internacional de Poesía de Buenos Aires

42° FERIA DEL LIBRO 22, 23 y 24 de abril de 2016 PROGRAMA   Viernes 22 de abril   20:30 a 22:00 – Inauguración (Sala Victoria Ocampo, Pabellón Blanco)   Palabras de bienvenida a cargo de Jorge Monteleone   Lectura de poetas: Angela Melim (Brasil) Jorge Boccanera (Argentina) Tamara Kamenszain (Argentina) Coral Bracho (México) Oscar Hahn …

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Horizon Report, OERs and Open Education

Great conversation @berkeleylangctr today on the Horizon Report (2016 Higher Education Edition) new technologies, and OERs in second language acquisitions for the @aatspnc part of the @aatsp. Great people, much fun. Thank you! Here is the pp presentation.  

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Someone should tell Donald Trump

Someone should tell Donald Trump that unauthorized immigrants’ contribution to the U.S. economy is approximately $743 billion/year. Since unauthorized immigrants from Mexico are approximately 60% of them, their contribution is around $445 billion. 34 million Hispanics of Mexican origin reside in the United States legally, 11.4 million born in Mexico and 22.3 million born in …

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