Brown University: Workshop Series on Teaching Foreign Languages

Here are a few language and culture workshops that Brown University has offered in the past to educators. The link contains PowerPoint presentations of some previous presentations as well. Check the page for dates of future teacher workshops.

• Contemplative Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching
• Designing an Advanced Language Course Based on Gastronomy (aka “French for Foodies”)
• Developing Listening & Viewing Comprehension Skills in High Novice & Intermediate Level Courses
• Effective Task Design for Communicative Language Teaching
• Enhancing Translation Skills through Multimedia Projects 
• Incorporating Film into Intermediate-Level Language Courses
• Music as Cultural Supplements to Language Classes
• Practical Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar
• Re-Mapping the Métro: Cultural Acquisition through Technology
• Teaching Reading Comprehension through Literature