El vendedor de agua Canción Autor: Francisco Repilado Muñoz y Lorenzo Hierrezuelo Caserita vendo agua Un cubito para ti Caserita vendo agua Un cubito para ti. La traigo barata y limpia Cómprame el agua a mí El aguador caserita ya llegó Agua para limpiar y tomar También para cocinar La traigo pura y limpita El … More El vendedor de agua
Now that I have decided to actively make foreign language classes a space of relaxation and anti-tension, I have also decided to care about the textbook. I do not like foreign language textbooks because they are not in black and white. They are very busy, filled with all of these distracting boxes and drawings. I … More Foreign Language Textbooks (a crabby post)
“You are not like other faculty,” I have always heard, and I never understood what it meant except that I am not the type to have a minivan. But now I am starting to see. They loved to read, and then they fell in love with a particular foreign culture, or with something in their … More The difference between me and some others
“I have coined the term post-fascism to describe a cluster of policies, practices, routines and ideologies which can be observed everywhere in the contemporary world. Without ever resorting to a coup d’etat, these practices are threatening our communities. They find their niche easily in the new global capitalism, without upsetting the dominant political forms of … More Gáspár Miklós Tamás
In my graduate program, which was quite rigorous, there were people more advanced than I who knew older languages and older professors, and who said the unusual breadth combined with depth of this program, which made it so long, was Alain Renoir’s fault. This Renoir was the son of the filmmaker and the grandson of … More Alain Renoir
So today, waiting for the elevator, I said to my colleague in English, who was not looking forward to being in the building either: I am about to face three hours of sophomores. He grimaced appropriately and then I went to class, where I took Clarissa‘s advice, ditched everything, and did whatever I wanted … and … More Language Class Today
Q: Perhaps I should just take over this program and do it right, rather than try to compromise. A: Have you ever been a department chair, though? They put you through the wringer and if you do not run an authoritarian department, but rather act like a department chair out West or up North, you … More And now: a partial answer to Dame Eleanor
(…and so not wanting to start). This happens when: – I do not have a strong enough sense of authority in the project AND I do not realize this – I do not think of myself as the person in charge, but as a worker on the line – I do not think of myself … More On not knowing where to start
The main issue I have with teaching basic language courses in required programs and much taught languages is simply that it is an enormous project. From the fourth semester on up, it is just a class, but in the first three, when you have all the random students, the e-workbook, the interface with multiple sections, … More Another answer to Shedding Khawatir
My colleague says that she and her colleague described certain institutional practices to their friends at a conference, and were not believed. I am also tired of that conversation. “I cannot believe what you say is true.” “It is true.” “Go on the market, then.” Going on the market it is not realistic if one … More More on abusive work environments
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