Gillian Lord Ward

Professor of Spanish. Dept. chair. Passionate about L2 phonology and CALL. Co-author of Contraseña. Wife. Mother of three amazing yet challenging daughters.

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@StephenKing I blame you for the terror my children tried to inflict on me! 🤣

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@staceymargarita I promised my faculty to only send email during real business hrs precisely to prevent them from working all the time. It’s hard to shut off when it’s all always on!

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#CALICO2019 Lanscape of CALICO. Excellent presentation by Lara Lomika (and Lara Ducate) on Linguistic landcapes

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#ufsps

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Leaning more about texting and Spanish vocabulary acquisition with Lori Lye #calico2019

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Check out the game Astronauts FLS! #calico2019

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Lori Lye presenting her research on the benefits of texting for L2 vocabulary acquisition. #CALICO2019 #ufsps

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#CALICO2019 When it comes to teaching pronunciation (instructor led or ASR based), Nickolai, Garcia, and Jones say to:

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Super excited for this session on pronunciation and automatic speech recognition with Dan Nickolai, Christina Garcia, and Lillian Jones! #CALICO2019

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(and celebrating Virginia’s last presentation / retirement!)

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Virginia Scott and Abby Broughton present on critical reflection and transformative engagement through collaborative digital reading. #CALICO2019

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All about Babbel- not a free tool but lessons aligned with can-do statements! #calico2019 #letsbabbel

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Up next - an exciting session by Emily Hellmich & Liudmila Klimanova #mappingtheborderlands #CALICO2019

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There have unfortunately been some last-minute cancellations to #CALICO2019. The guidebook app is being updated in real time!

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Check out LingroToGo (Lingro Learning, LLC)- a great pedagogicially designed app for language learning. #CALICO2019 https://t.co/Rpvxtne53z

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“DuoLingo is not the enemy!” Stephanie Knight on capitalizing on app popularity -in spite of poor pedagogical premises- while seeking effective classroom implementation. #CALICO2019

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Julie Sykes & Stephanie Knight talk about Mismatched expectations- app download numbers vs continued study (check out #Lingrotogo) #CALICO2019

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Standing room only for @juliesykesbooks and Stephanie Knight’s talk on mobile apps for language learning at #CALICO2019

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Find out more about the #sealofbiliteracy #CALICO2019 #languageadvocacy

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Learning about language advocacy with Betty Rose Facer (@ODU_LLC) at #CALICO2019

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Hey #CALICO2019 - if this is your first time at the conference be sure to come by the Mozart room at 8am for our brief newcomers session!