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2021 Business in World Languages Participant Highlight – Julie Madewell

Julie Madewell is a senior lecturer of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University-Bloomington. She earned a B.S. in Spanish and Photography from Middle Tennessee State University and an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from Indiana University-Bloomington.

Read more: https://spanport.indiana.edu/about/lecturers/madewell-julie.html

2021 Business in World Languages Participant Highlight – Julie Madewell

Julie Madewell is a senior lecturer of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University-Bloomington. She earned a B.S. in Spanish and Photography from Middle Tennessee State University and an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from Indiana University-Bloomington.

Read more: https://spanport.indiana.edu/about/lecturers/madewell-julie.html

2021 Business in World Languages Participant Highlight – Amadou Beidy Sow, PhD

Dr Amadou Beidy Sow is a senior lecturer in the African Studies Program at Indiana University-Bloomington where he teaches Bamana language and Political Leadership in Africa. He is the author of Let’s Read Bamanankan (2021), Let’s Speak Bamanankan (2016), and Political Leadership in the Hand of Teachers: The Type of Leadership Teacher Politicians Display on the Political Scene in Mali (2010).

Read more:
https://africanstudies.indiana.edu/about/faculty/sow-amadou.html

2021 Business in World Languages Participant Highlight – Amadou Beidy Sow, PhD

Dr Amadou Beidy Sow is a senior lecturer in the African Studies Program at Indiana University-Bloomington where he teaches Bamana language and Political Leadership in Africa. He is the author of Let’s Read Bamanankan (2021), Let’s Speak Bamanankan (2016), and Political Leadership in the Hand of Teachers: The Type of Leadership Teacher Politicians Display on the Political Scene in Mali (2010).

Read more:
https://africanstudies.indiana.edu/about/faculty/sow-amadou.html

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Adeola Agoke Folajimi-Omole

Adeola Agoke has a PhD degree in African cultural studies. She is a teaching faculty in the department of African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches courses in sociocultural/applied linguistics and currently serving as the Acting Director of the African Language Program.

Read more: https://african.wisc.edu/staff/agoke-adeola/

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Adeola Agoke Folajimi-Omole

Adeola Agoke has a PhD degree in African cultural studies. She is a teaching faculty in the department of African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches courses in sociocultural/applied linguistics and currently serving as the Acting Director of the African Language Program.

Read more: https://african.wisc.edu/staff/agoke-adeola/

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Matthew Ajibade

Matthew Ajibade teaches Yoruba at Indiana University Bloomington where he is also pursuing a PhD in the Department of Linguistics. He earned a B.A. in Linguistics and African Languages from the University of Ibadan.

Read more: https://africanstudies.indiana.edu/about/graduate-students/ajibade-mathew.html

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Matthew Ajibade

Matthew Ajibade teaches Yoruba at Indiana University Bloomington where he is also pursuing a PhD in the Department of Linguistics. He earned a B.A. in Linguistics and African Languages from the University of Ibadan.

Read more: https://africanstudies.indiana.edu/about/graduate-students/ajibade-mathew.html

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Marcela de Oliveira e Silva Lemos

Marcela Lemos teaches Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington where she is also pursuing a PhD in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She holds an M.A. and a B.A. in Letters: Literary Studies from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Read more: https://spanport.indiana.edu/about/graduate-students/lemos-marcela.html

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Marcela de Oliveira e Silva Lemos

Marcela Lemos teaches Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington where she is also pursuing a PhD in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She holds an M.A. and a B.A. in Letters: Literary Studies from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Read more: https://spanport.indiana.edu/about/graduate-students/lemos-marcela.html

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Happiness Bulugu

Happiness Bulugu teaches Swahili at Cornell University. She earned an M.A. in Linguistics and Language Teaching Specialization from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in Education from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Read more: https://africana.cornell.edu/happiness-bulugu

2021 Business in World Languages Workshop Participant Highlight – Happiness Bulugu

Happiness Bulugu teaches Swahili at Cornell University. She earned an M.A. in Linguistics and Language Teaching Specialization from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in Education from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Read more: https://africana.cornell.edu/happiness-bulugu

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – Yetunde S Alabede

Yetunde Alabede has about 11years of language teaching experience. She began teaching Yoruba as a foreign language during her Fulbright FLTA year (2018/19) at Fayetteville State University. She had also taught English as a second language and Chinese Mandarin as a third language in the past. Yetunde will start her Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction and Teacher Education at Michigan State University, East Lansing, in Fall 2021. She has an NCE in English Language and Social Studies from Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, a B. A (Ed.) in English Education from the University of Lagos, HSK 3 Chinese Certificates and M.A in Cross-cultural and International Education from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. At this year’s Summer Institute, Yetunde hopes to enhance her skill in thematic curriculum design and assessment in the three communication modes as it relates to language teaching.

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – Yetunde S Alabede

Yetunde Alabede has about 11years of language teaching experience. She began teaching Yoruba as a foreign language during her Fulbright FLTA year (2018/19) at Fayetteville State University. She had also taught English as a second language and Chinese Mandarin as a third language in the past. Yetunde will start her Ph.D. in Curriculum Instruction and Teacher Education at Michigan State University, East Lansing, in Fall 2021. She has an NCE in English Language and Social Studies from Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, a B. A (Ed.) in English Education from the University of Lagos, HSK 3 Chinese Certificates and M.A in Cross-cultural and International Education from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. At this year’s Summer Institute, Yetunde hopes to enhance her skill in thematic curriculum design and assessment in the three communication modes as it relates to language teaching.

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – John Adebayo

John O. Adebayo teaches Yoruba at Harvard University. He received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2010 and a Master of Healthcare Administration from Framingham State University in 2014. John is also a Care Services Professional with over 13-year experience. At this year’s Summer Institute Training, John hopes to gain in-depth knowledge of professional and standard foreign language teaching methodologies that will help him to better support his Yorùbá students.

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – John Adebayo

John O. Adebayo teaches Yoruba at Harvard University. He received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2010 and a Master of Healthcare Administration from Framingham State University in 2014. John is also a Care Services Professional with over 13-year experience. At this year’s Summer Institute Training, John hopes to gain in-depth knowledge of professional and standard foreign language teaching methodologies that will help him to better support his Yorùbá students.

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – Ousmane Cisse

Ousmane Cisse teaches Mandinka at Boston University where he is also pursuing a PhD in linguistics. He graduated from Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis in Senegal with a master’s degree in linguistics (phonology/sociolinguistics) before coming to the US on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Eastern Michigan University where he bagged another master’s degree in Linguistics (syntax/phonology). Ousmane is currently working on a Mandinka Ajami project at BU. He hopes the Summer Institute will provide him with the pedagogical skills to teach Mandinka effectively as a foreign language.

2021 NALRC Summer Institute Participant Highlight – Ousmane Cisse

Ousmane Cisse teaches Mandinka at Boston University where he is also pursuing a PhD in linguistics. He graduated from Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis in Senegal with a master’s degree in linguistics (phonology/sociolinguistics) before coming to the US on a Fulbright scholarship to study at Eastern Michigan University where he bagged another master’s degree in Linguistics (syntax/phonology). Ousmane is currently working on a Mandinka Ajami project at BU. He hopes the Summer Institute will provide him with the pedagogical skills to teach Mandinka effectively as a foreign language.

Congratulations Dr Segun Soetan!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Dr Segun Soetan for winning the African Studies Undergraduate Teaching Award hosted by the African Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University.

Dr Segun Soetan is a seasoned teacher of Yoruba and currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the African Studies Program at Penn State.

We are proud of you Dr Soetan. Congratulations!

Congratulations Dr Segun Soetan!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Dr Segun Soetan for winning the African Studies Undergraduate Teaching Award hosted by the African Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University.

Dr Segun Soetan is a seasoned teacher of Yoruba and currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the African Studies Program at Penn State.

We are proud of you Dr Soetan. Congratulations!

Congratulations Victor Alabi!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Victor Alabi for receiving multiple awards from the African Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington. These awards include Carlton T. Hodge Prize, Patrick O’Meara Travel Awards, and ASP Language Pedagogy Awards.

Victor Alabi is an Associate Instructor of Yoruba and PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics, Indiana University Bloomington.

We are proud of you Victor. Congratulations!

Congratulations Victor Alabi!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Victor Alabi for receiving multiple awards from the African Studies Program, Indiana University Bloomington. These awards include Carlton T. Hodge Prize, Patrick O’Meara Travel Awards, and ASP Language Pedagogy Awards.

Victor Alabi is an Associate Instructor of Yoruba and PhD candidate in the Department of Linguistics, Indiana University Bloomington.

We are proud of you Victor. Congratulations!

Congratulations Mpolokeng Lesetla!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Mpolokeng Lesetla for receiving the ASP Language Pedagogy Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to support her for research, conference attendance, and in recognition of her excellence in teaching.

Mpolokeng is an Associate Instructor of Zulu and graduate student of International Studies at IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Mpolokeng. Congratulations!

Congratulations Mpolokeng Lesetla!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Mpolokeng Lesetla for receiving the ASP Language Pedagogy Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to support her for research, conference attendance, and in recognition of her excellence in teaching.

Mpolokeng is an Associate Instructor of Zulu and graduate student of International Studies at IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Mpolokeng. Congratulations!

Congratulations Matthew Ajibade!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Matthew Ajibade for winning the Patrick O’Meara Travel Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to present an Africa-focused paper at a professional conference.

Matthew Ajibade is an Associate Instructor of Yoruba and PhD student in the Department of Linguistics, IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Matthew. Congratulations!

Congratulations Matthew Ajibade!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Matthew Ajibade for winning the Patrick O’Meara Travel Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to present an Africa-focused paper at a professional conference.

Matthew Ajibade is an Associate Instructor of Yoruba and PhD student in the Department of Linguistics, IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Matthew. Congratulations!

Congratulations Baraka Mbise!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Baraka Mbise for receiving the ASP Language Pedagogy Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to support him for research, conference attendance, and in recognition of his excellence in teaching.

Baraka is an Associate Instructor of Swahili and graduate student of African Studies at IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Baraka. Congratulations!

Congratulations Baraka Mbise!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Baraka Mbise for receiving the ASP Language Pedagogy Award from the African Studies Program, Indiana University-Bloomington, to support him for research, conference attendance, and in recognition of his excellence in teaching.

Baraka is an Associate Instructor of Swahili and graduate student of African Studies at IU-Bloomington.

We are proud of you Baraka. Congratulations!

Congratulations Dr. Betty Dlamini!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Dr. Betty Dlamini as she is honored with the Trustees Teaching Award by Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, in recognition of her positive impact on learning through the direct teaching of students, particularly undergraduates.

Dr. Dlamini is a senior lecturer with IU’s African Studies Program where she teaches Zulu language, South African song and dance, and drama for development. Her regional expertise includes Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland.

We are proud of you Mama. Congratulations!

https://blogs.iu.edu/hamiltonlugar/2021/05/19/five-hls-faculty-members-honored-with-trustees-teaching-award/

Congratulations Dr. Betty Dlamini!

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Dr. Betty Dlamini as she is honored with the Trustees Teaching Award by Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, in recognition of her positive impact on learning through the direct teaching of students, particularly undergraduates.

Dr. Dlamini is a senior lecturer with IU’s African Studies Program where she teaches Zulu language, South African song and dance, and drama for development. Her regional expertise includes Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland.

We are proud of you Mama. Congratulations!

https://blogs.iu.edu/hamiltonlugar/2021/05/19/five-hls-faculty-members-honored-with-trustees-teaching-award/

Congratulations Mwita Muniko

https://african.wisc.edu/2021/04/07/mwita-muniko-earns-letters-science-teaching-fellow-award/

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Mwita Muniko for being honored with the Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award by the College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, to recognize him as a passionate and effective teacher, excellent communicator, and effective communicator.

Mwita is an Instructor of Swahili and PhD student in the Department of African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

We are proud of you Mwita. Congratulations!

Congratulations Mwita Muniko

https://african.wisc.edu/2021/04/07/mwita-muniko-earns-letters-science-teaching-fellow-award/

It is our pleasure at the NALRC to celebrate Mwita Muniko for being honored with the Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award by the College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, to recognize him as a passionate and effective teacher, excellent communicator, and effective communicator.

Mwita is an Instructor of Swahili and PhD student in the Department of African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

We are proud of you Mwita. Congratulations!

Business in World Languages Virtual Workshop is Next week.

The maiden edition of the Workshop on Incorporating Business Concepts in World Languages Instruction will hold next week, from Monday 24th – Friday 28th May 2021.
We are hosting the week-long training in Collaboration with Indiana University, Bloomington’s Center for International Business Education Research (IU-CIBER), and IU Title VI National Resource Centers (NRCs).

This workshop is organized for instructors of World Languages who have had previous training on Backward Curriculum Design. It will (1)
Introduce world language instructors to the “World Language Curriculum Framework that Incorporates Business Concept” at the Elementary and Intermediate Levels of language instruction and train them on how to use the document; (2) Train language instructors to develop learning plans and scenarios for their languages using the Curriculum Framework.

More updates later. #Languageprofessionals #training #collaboration

Business in World Languages Virtual Workshop is Next week.

The maiden edition of the Workshop on Incorporating Business Concepts in World Languages Instruction will hold next week, from Monday 24th – Friday 28th May 2021.
We are hosting the week-long training in Collaboration with Indiana University, Bloomington’s Center for International Business Education Research (IU-CIBER), and IU Title VI National Resource Centers (NRCs).

This workshop is organized for instructors of World Languages who have had previous training on Backward Curriculum Design. It will (1)
Introduce world language instructors to the “World Language Curriculum Framework that Incorporates Business Concept” at the Elementary and Intermediate Levels of language instruction and train them on how to use the document; (2) Train language instructors to develop learning plans and scenarios for their languages using the Curriculum Framework.

More updates later. #Languageprofessionals #training #collaboration