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| Title | MLA Radio Program Discusses the Study of Languages |
| Body | From:OELA Newsline MLA Radio Program Discusses the Study of Languages [Source: The Scout Report, v10 (6), February 13, 2004] Sponsored by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the What's the Word? Radio program was first broadcast in April 1997, and is now aired in thirty states and carried overseas by Armed Forces Radio and Radio New Zealand. The aim of the program is "to show how the study of language and literature enriches people's lives." Visitors to this site can browse previous programs by date, or by the last name of participants on the show over the past few years. The shows themselves have quite interesting themes such as those past programs on coming-of-age narratives, Anglophone Canadian writers, movie versions of Hamlet, and food in literature. The list of participants from past programs has included such luminaries as Robert Scholes, Angela Y. Davis, and Houston Baker. Programs featuring language topics in their archives include: * "Learning a New Language": The difficulties of learning a new language, different approaches to learning a new language, language and culture. Participants: David T. Gies, Claire Kramsch, and Carmen Tesser. (http://www.mla.org/radio/radio_shows/radio_shows1998) * "Choosing a New Language": The myths and realities of language learning, the study of German in the United States during World War I and World War II. Participants: Peter Hohendahl, Elaine Horwitz, and John Rassias. (http://www.mla.org/radio/radio_shows/radio_shows1999) * "Heritage Languages": Teaching Spanish to college students in the United States whose families speak Spanish; the study and teaching of Yiddish and Occitan. Participants: Anita Norich, William Paden, and Guadalupe Valdés. (http://www.mla.org/radio/radio_shows/radio_shows2001) * "Computers in the Classroom": The use of computers in teaching foreign languages, in teaching literature, and in teaching composition. Participants: Gail Hawisher, Douglas Morgenstern, and John Unsworth. (http://www.mla.org/radio/radio_shows/radio_shows2001) * "Language and Literature in Quebec": Francophone theater, film, and fiction in Quebec; women writers who contest the paternal myth. Participants: Barbara Havercroft, Leanore Lieblein, and Jane Moss. (http://www.mla.org/radio/radio_shows/radio_shows2001) To visit the MLA Web site, visit: http://www.mla.org/radio |
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