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Announcing: Radio Ambulante in the Classroom

Starting today, and thanks to many weeks of work with my Radio Ambulante colleagues Silvia Viñas and Clara González…

Posted on: October 13, 2015
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Listening Journals

Developing one's listening and speaking abilities is a slow, sometimes invisible process. In a 16 week semester it sometimes feels…

Posted on: October 8, 2015
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“I don’t feel so alone anymore!”

At the beginning of this semester I tried something new with our language faculty. I should mention that the beginning…

Posted on: October 6, 2015
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Promoting Less Commonly Taught Languages

A few years back I started a little project to support the speaking and sharing of less commonly taught languages…

Posted on: October 1, 2015
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Searching for a sense of accomplishment

One of the more frustrating things about learning a language is that it that sometimes it takes time to see the results…

Posted on: September 29, 2015
By: bsawhill
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Radio Ambulante in the Spanish Language Classroom: AATSP 2015

I am here in Denver giving a presentation at the AATSP conference on using Radio Ambulante in the Spanish language…

Posted on: July 17, 2015
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Joining the Radio Ambulante Team

I am excited to announce that I am joining the Radio Ambulante team as their Spanish Language Education Coordinator // Coordinadora de…

Posted on: July 9, 2015
By: bsawhill
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El Proyecto Personal: Creating Conversations, Taking Risks, Learning to Prepare for the World Outside the Classroom

Each semester I am amazed (and also a little bit terrified) by the personal projects my students choose to define and pursue in…

Posted on: July 7, 2015
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Tune In, Turn On, Make Radio: The Radioshows

Summer is the time when I finally get tie up all of the loose ends that I have left scattered across…

Posted on: June 18, 2015
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As part of the storytelling theme from this first annual ALTfest conference at VCU, Barbara and I would like to provide everyone within earshot the opportunity to contribute to ALTfest Radio. This is a homegrown radio show populated by ALTfest participants, whether virtual or in person. We’re looking for people to contribute bumpers, station IDs […]

Posted on: May 13, 2015
By: Ryan Brazell