Serving the Community College of Vermont & Vermont State University
Serving the Community College of Vermont & Vermont State University
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
– Flora Lewis (American journalist, 1922-2022)
For the academic year 2023-2024, Vermont State University is now providing education to a total of 729 (out of 5,065 students) (about 14.39%) self-reported as multilingual, using more than one language in their life. 293 multilingual students of them are considered a minority, having a Hispanic ethnicity, or a non-white race. 766 students (15.12% of total student population) are classified as “International Students”- including students from non-English speaking countries and those from Canadian, UK, Australia, and English-speaking countries.
This virtual display was prepared by the VSCS Libraries in conjunction with VTSU Multilingual Students Services to accompany Intercultural Artifacts Exhibitions happening at the campus libraries beginning April 16th (see sidebar). Take a look at the books and videos we highlight below—and stop by the libraries to check out the artifact displays!
A sampling of books and eBooks highlighting cultures from around the world and intercultural learning. All electronic titles are available to read online and our physical titles may be requested for pick-up at a VSCS library or sent to your home.
Learn to speak Japanese in 10 easy lessons--with manga illustrations, engaging exercises, and practical conversations!
Chinese-speaking popular cultures have never been so queer in this digital, globalist age. The title of this pioneering volume, Boys' Love, Cosplay, and Androgynous Idols Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan already gives an idea of the colorful, multifaceted realms the fans inhabit today.
Brooklyn has all the features of a "global borough": It is a base of immigrant labor and ethnically diverse communities, of social and cultural capital, of global transportation, cultural production, and policy innovation.
Chinese Food for Life Care explores traditional Chinese ways of eating, and the Chinese people's opinions regarding food choices in various situations.
A selection of international films from the libraries' Kanopy streaming video database. Films were selected based on the languages of VTSU multilingual students (Chinese, French, African countries, Norwegian, & Japanese.)
If you haven't accessed Kanopy before, learn how to set up your account in this FAQ.
2014 1 hr. 31 min. Languages: Norwegian, French, English
Marie is a scientist who works in the Mass Department of the Norwegian Metrology Service where her father Ernst is director. When Ernst surprisingly falls ill, Marie is asked to go to Paris to recalibrate the National Norwegian kilo and take part in an international seminar where colleagues from around the world discuss new ways of defining the actual weight of a kilo. Through her scientific journey, it is actually her own measurement of disappointment, grief and love that ends up on the scale. In Paris she meets Pi, a former scientist at the esteemed Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, and through him the possibility of love.
2020 56 min. Language: English
During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identity: Asian Americans. The aftermath of the Vietnam War brings new immigrants and refugees.
2018 1 hr. 30 min. Languages: Japanese, English Animated
Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki are a pair of best friends in their final year of high school. They're both obsessed with the school's brass band club. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi on the flute, they spend their days in happiness, until the club begins to practice songs inspired by the fairy tale Liz und ein Blauer Vogel - "LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD". Immersed in this story, Mizore and Nozomi begin to realize that there may be no such thing as being together forever.
Beyond multilingual multicultural education and instructional recommendations for faculty and staff to accommodate the unique requirements and develop the learning abilities of their students, these nine books encompass learning sciences. These up-to-date nine ebooks, which cover everything from practical in-class pedagogical methods to brain-based research to strategies for supporting multilingual multicultural students, are intended to inspire confidence in your advocacy for a more equitable and inclusive learning environment for all. Furthermore, your endorsement of the multilingual multicultural shift in higher education aids in equipping your students with a global perspective, enabling them to interact with diverse communities across the globe and bringing personal and communal profits.
Enrollments in international education programs are projected to grow exponentially as students, parents, and university personnel seek to prepare future leaders who can live and work effectively in a global environment. What do we know about the outcomes of such programs, and how can educators become more intentional about designing, and assessing, the impact of such courses?
This book explores the many aspects of education abroad as a learning environment, such as student learning outcomes, faculty development, and program assessment and evaluation.
Assessment is an essential part of teaching and learning, but too often it leads to misleading conclusions-sometimes with dire consequences for students. How can educators improve assessment practices so that the results are accurate, meaningful, informative, and fair?
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth in online education across the world. While the online classroom experience has been written about extensively, the outside of class experience and student services for those learning remotely has received little attention. This book provides College and university personnel with research, theoretical foundations, and best practice to support and engage online learners.
Do you possess any books, literature, paintings, music, poems, and cultural objects in different languages and cultures that represent YOU? Those artifacts possess the power to heal, unite, transform lives, and represent who you are.
This exhibition at the VTSU Libraries will feature items that convey the tales of multilingual, multicultural students, professors, and staff.
You can join the project by lending your cultural items to the librarians on any VTSU campus before April 16. Then, come see and learn more from each other!
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