GREAT Conversation
Episode 2
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A Growth-Oriented Way of Valuing English Proficiency in Academic Studies: A Partnership between English Language Institute and Music Department
In contrast with the traditional way of valuing international students' English proficiency with a clear-cut standard test score, Ms. Paula Moore and Dr. Amy Muchnick shared a growth-oriented and collaborative way of helping international students succeed in English learning, self-confidence improvement, and academic studies. This is the English for Musicians Program - an innovative partnership between English Language Institute and Music Department at Missouri State University. Listen to their encouraging stories of their students and faculty in GREAT Conversation, and learn about how this growth-oriented collaboration can be duplicated in your academic programs.
For more information about the English for Musicians Program, please visit the website
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For further inquiries about English for Musicians Program, please contact Paula Moore at PaulaMoore@MissouriState.edu
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International Faculty Spotlight
Congratulations to Dr. Antoinette Barffour on receiving a FACE foundation grant for Tournées Film Festival
Dr. Antoinette Barffour
Assistant Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Missouri State University
In the fall of 2020, Dr. Barffour, RCOAL Diversity and Inclusion committee member, was awarded FACE foundation grant which would allow her to implement a Francophone film series program across the Missouri State campus and community. Through this program, Dr. Barffour hopes to promote awareness and appreciation of the Francophone cinema, world cultures and language among students, faculty and the Springfield community. Dr. Barffour believes this program has the potential to enrich ongoing efforts across the Missouri State campus in the area of diversity and intercultural competence promotion. Dr. Barffour will lead this collaborative effort between the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, and the Department of Media, Journalism and Film.
Dr. Barffour's Other Intercultural and Global Engagement
Faculty Colloquia Series
Dr. Antoinette Barffour, Assistant professor of French and Linguistics, and Dr. Maria Cerdas Cisneros, Assistant Professor of Spanish, invite you to join the Linguistics Faculty Colloquia Series, to participate in intellectually stimulating discussing highlighting a broad spectrum of research and linguistic activities led Faculty from across the Missouri State University campus and other leading universities in the area of Linguistics.
Domains to be covered include but not limited to Applied linguistics, linguistics, SLA and sociolinguistics. Through these series, the Linguistics program seeks to disseminate/advance/share knowledge in the field linguistics among faculty and provide opportunities for students to build a greater interest in pursuing language and linguistic programs. The program also allow faculty to more broadly disseminate findings from their research activities.
Francophone cultural Trivia Competition by Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society)
Globally, about 300 million French language speakers, distributed across all continents. This underscores the importance of French Language Competency. Dr. Barffour works with students to help them develop their linguistic and cultural competence through Francophone Cultural trivia Competitions -le français et le monde francophonie: Que sais-je? (French and the francophone world: what do I know?). Students participating in these competitions increase their cultural competence by discovering the French-speaking world through the francophone cultural competition!
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About GREAT Program
The Globally Responsive Education and Teaching (GREAT) program at Missouri State University promotes internalization of the curriculum, advocates intercultural classroom teaching and learning on campus, and facilitates global research collaborations by providing a platform for dialogues between MSU faculty and international scholars.
Website: https://international.missouristate.edu/great.aspx
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