World Languages Dungeons and Dragons Game (English Learner Edition): How to Use it to Promote English Fluency in ESL and EFL Classrooms
Alexander Glover Wendy Wang, faculty mentor Tabletop role playing games are becoming a popular educational tool, but the game Dungeons and Dragons has proven to be too complicated for the English language learner with its 200 pages of jargon-filled text. This presentation will showcase how my adaptation of the Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook (5th Edition) has made the globally popular Dungeons and Dragons accessible and useful for developing English fluency in ESL and EFL classrooms. Oral / Live Session A / 9:10 a.m.
Censorship and Freedom of Speech in Former East Germany: An Interview with Gabrielle Eckart
Ahmad Zalt Carla Damiano, faculty mentor In 1990, East and West Germany reunited as one nation after over 40 years of political, social, and cultural division. Following reunification, portrayal of life in East Germany ranged from nostalgic longing to depictions of cruel censorship. Records presented by the Stasi Records following the Fall of the Berlin Wall make clear just how deeply the East German State Police penetrated the lives of East German citizens. Against this historical backdrop, I explore the intricacies of author censorship by interviewing a former East German author, Gabrielle Eckart, who left East Germany for the West in 1987. Oral / Q&A Session A
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