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LSP in the U.S. & Opportunities for Collaboration

Explore the trends, challenges, and advances in Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) in the U.S., and discover innovative courses, professional development opportunities, and advocacy efforts. Discover how LSP can connect languages with careers and respond to student needs. Language enrollments, curriculum development, and the push for relevance will be explored.

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LSP in the U.S. & Opportunities for Collaboration

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  1. LSP in the U.S. & Opportunities for Collaboration Mary E. Risner mrisner@latam.ufl.edu LSPHE 2019 Imperial College, London September 12, 2019

  2. Passion for Language-Culture-Careers Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  3. Overview Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  4. Language Enrollments & Percent Change (Descending order) 2016 Modern Language Association Report Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  5. Number of Institutions Offering Top 15 Languages (alpha order) 2016 Modern Language Association Report Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  6. Spanish Enrollments Compared to All Other Languages 2016 Modern Language Association Report Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  7. LSP Trends & Challenges Over Time Grosse & Voight (1991), Grosse & Voight (2012), Sánchez-López, L. Long, M., & Lafford, B. (2014) Watson, M. (2014). Teaching Culture in Textbooks for Spanish for Business Published in Spain. Marce, P. (2018). LSP Business Spanish Textbooks – A Content Analysis. Dissertation. Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  8. LSP Trends & Challenges Over Time Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  9. Advances in LSP Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  10. Concerns in the Press…

  11. Gradual Push for “relevance” and Outcome-Oriented Courses as Language Enrollments Drop 2012 Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  12. 2016 Modern Language Association (MLA) Reportwww.mla.org “This report highlights examples of programs whose robust enrollments demonstrate the value of innovative curricular thinking as well as dedicated faculty members who have the support of their administration.” • Thinking Outside the Box • Investing in Teacher Training • Curricula that Respond to Student Needs • Community and Cross-Disciplinary Connections • Connecting Languages and Careers Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  13. Increase in Courses Beyond Business Language Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  14. Emerging Themes Tied to LSP Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  15. Sample Innovative Courses • Spanish in the Community (Abbott- immigrant communities, health clinics) • Spanish & Entrepreneurship (Abbott- local chamber connections/incubators) • Teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes And Civic Engagement (Ruggiero- graduate LSP training) • Intermediate Written Spanish (King-Ramirez- US & Mexico border projects/NAFTA) Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  16. Sample Innovative Courses • Integrating Networking Skills (Lear- employability skills) • Business in Brazil (Risner- student consulting projects through study abroad) • Issues in Global Displacement (Reisinger-African refugees in North Carolina) • Business German (Gonglewski and Helm-sustainability, real-client projects) Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  17. LSP Professional Development EMU-Eastern Michigan University CIBER-Centers for International Business Education and Research (US Department of Education) ISLSP- International Symposium of Languages for Specific Purposes Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  18. Increased Presence of LSP in Language Associations State & Regional Associations Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  19. “Hands-On” Pre-Conference LSP Workshops • Models active and experiential learning • Takes educators out into the “real world” • Demonstrates possible excursions for students • Exposes them to non-academic work perspectives • Brings industry people into the academic event • Connects LSP educators and recruits new ones • Google Site with materials to access pre and post workshop Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  20. Sample LSP Workshops- National/State Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  21. U.S –Based LSP Publications • Journal of Languages for International Business (JOLIB) 1984-2006. Thunderbird International School of Management • 1996-2015, 2020- Purdue University • 2012-present • Language association journals, Other special issues/Volumes Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  22. Increased Advocacy/LSP Voice Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  23. Lead with Languages Report (ACTFL) Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  24. Needs in the U.S.? Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  25. Needs in the U.S.? Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  26. Other Aspects of Training for Graduate & Undergraduate Students (beyond research & pedagogy) • Participation in conferences as volunteer or presenter • Training to co-publish for academic and general public audiences • Participation in LSP program development and projects • Participation in online/F2F LSP networks: -establish a professional profile Veletsianos and Kimmons, (2012 ) https://www.veletsianos.com/digital-scholarship-social-media-use-and-networked-participatory-scholarship/ Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  27. NOBLE NETWORKEd Tech Doctoral Project- Virtual Community of Practice/PLC Language Learning For Business & the Professions Monthly E-Newsletter @langforcareers Webinars www.nble.org Blog Risner, M. E-Learn 2009 Proceedings:    Design and Development of a Community of Practice of Business and Foreign Language Faculty Risner, M. A Community of Practice of Business and Foreign Language Faculty. (2011).   In Watson, M. and Perez Llantada, C. (Eds.).  Specialized Languages in the Global Village. Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  28. NOBLE Resources nble.org Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  29. Looking forward… • How to share and leverage knowledge among higher education LSP scholars around the world? • What are the key research questions to address? • Theoretical vs practical applications in the field • More visual and catchy LSP promo You Tube, 2012 Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  30. Looking forward… • LSP/CLIL/EMI/ESP Connections? • Co-published LSP volumes-journals in EU/US? • Combined LSP event? - IVEC, GABC • Connections with CATAPULT project? Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  31. Webinar: “Careers in the Language Industry” Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  32. ISLSP 2020- University of Charlotte, North Carolina

  33. Contact Mary Risner mrisner@latam.ufl.edu @langforcareers Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  34. REFERENCES • Doyle, M. (2012). Business language studies in the United States: On nomenclature, context, theory, and method. Modern Language Journal, 96, 105–21. • Grosse, C., Voight, G. The Continuing Evolution of Languages for Specific Purposes. Modern Language Journal, Vol. 96, Focus Issue: Languages for Specific Purposes in the United States in a Global Context: pp. 190-202 2012 • Lafford, B. (2018). The Evolution of Future Spanish Graduate Programs to Meet Diverse Student Needs. Hispania, V. 100, Number 5, Centenary Issue. Pp. 195-201. • Lafford, B. A., Abbott, A., & Lear D. (2014). Spanish in the professions and in the community in the US. In Special Issue: Teaching and Learning Spanish in the United States in the 21st Century, Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, 1 (2), 171-186. Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  35. REFERENCES • Long, Mary K. 2013 "Language for Specific Purposes Job Announcements from the Modern Language Association Job List: A Multiyear Analysis" Sanchez-Lopez, Lourdes, ed. Scholarship and Teaching on Languages for Specific Purposes. UAB Faculty Works, UAB Digital Collections. Birmingham: Mervyn H. Sterne Library, U of Alabama at Birmingham. http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/faculty/id/161/rec/1 • Modern Language Association Report https://www.mla.org/content/download/110154/2406932/2016-Enrollments-Final-Report.pdf • Modern Language Association (MLA) Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Lan-guages. (2007). Foreign languages and higher education: New structures for a changed world [Electronic version]. New York: MLA. Retrieved from http://www.mla.org/flreport Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

  36. REFERENCES • Ruggiero, Diana M. (2014) "Graduate Courses in Languages for Specific Purposes: Needs, Challenges, and Models," Global Business Languages: Vol. 19 , Article 5. Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/gbl/vol19/iss1/5 • Sánchez-López, L. Long, M., & Lafford, B. (2014). Research Interests and Needs in Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education in the United States: A Survey Study. Paper presented at the Second International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes, Boulder, CO, April 17-19. • Trust, T. ( 2012).  Professional learning networks designed for teacher learning. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. 28(4): 133-138.  Mod • Veletsianos, G. & Kimmons, R. (2012). Networked Participatory Scholarship: Emergent Techno-Cultural Pressures Toward Open and Digital Scholarship in Online Networks. Computers & Education, 58(2), 766-774. http://www.veletsianos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/NPS_final_published.pdf Mary E. Risner, Ed.D. UF Center for Latin American Studies

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