interdisciplinarity actfl2017
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Fostering translingualand transcultural competence through interdisciplinarity
Gillian Lord
Context: Language enrollments
Context: Language enrollments
Context: MLA 2007 report
Goal
• Establish interdisciplinary endeavors to:
– generate interest in language study and increase enrollments
– broaden the view of what language study entails at the university level
– promote multilingualism across campus
Projects reported here
1. Profession-specific courses
2. Study abroad program
3. Interdisciplinary course
• BONUS: internationalizing the campus with beacon technology
1. Profession-specific courses[“Spanish for …”]
• Lower level:
– Building Construction
– (Agriculture)
• Upper level:
– Business
– Advertising
– Health Professions
– Legal Professions
– Education
– Translation
– (Journalism)
• Certificate in Spanish for the Professions
– 12 credits
• Conversation
• Service Learning
• Culture
• ONE professional course
2. Study abroad program
• Partnership with Biology Department
• Designed for pre-health students
– Biology 2 prerequisite
– Intermediate Spanish prerequisite
• Host family homestays
• Two courses:
– Emerging Disease in the Americas [English]
– Experiential learning [Spanish]
• 6-8 weekly hours as volunteers:– Hospitals; Medical clinics; Pharmacies;
Dental clinics; Pet stores; Alpaca farm
• Workshops/Guest lectures
• Excursions
3. Interdisciplinary course
• Chemistry in the cocina latina
• Co-taught:
– Spanish professor
– Chemistry professor from Argentina
• Taught in English
• No prerequisites
• Sample units
CULTURE(in classroom)
CHEMISTRY(in chemistry laboratory)
COCINA(in campus test kitchen)
CULTURE, HISTORY, VOCABULARY,
PRONUNCIATION
CONCEPTS,EXPERIMENTS
RECIPES, FOOD PREP
seafood denaturing proteins ceviche
potatoes breaking down carbohydrates causa peruana
peppersmeasuring capsaicin
concentrationswith uv spectroscopy
chiles rellenos
sugar, sweets carmelizing sugarsdulce de leche; alfajores; flan
CAMPUS-WIDE PROJECT: Beacons and internationalization
Project PIs: Spanish and Portuguese Studies; UF LibrariesApp development: Computer Science and Engineering studentsText: UF Cicerones student group; Office of the PresidentTranslations of text: Students in language classes at UF
Assessment of initiatives
Thank you.
http://www.spanishandportuguese.ufl.edu