Teaching and Learning to the Highest Levels of Language Proficiency - Sharings from the Journal of Distinguished Language Proficiency and More (personal story - Dr. Neil Kubler)

 

  

Perhaps the most extraordinary and unique feature of the JDLS is the personal story at the start of each journal. In the latest journal, Dr. Cornelius Kubler of Smith College (and great fame in the Chinese-teaching field) delves into all the things he did and experienced that led him to near-native proficiency. Like many highly proficient speakers of less commonly taught languages, he had experience as a child with commonly taught languages. He grew up in a German-speaking family in Daytona Beach, Florida, and studied Spanish, French, and Latin in high school and Esperanto and Italian at the Y. Yes, he writes, "never in the world would I have imagined that I would end up majoring in Chinese and linguistics, test twice in Chinese at the S-4/R-4 level in the civil and foreign service of the U.S. State Department and use Chinese as my primary professional language throughout my two careers as a State Department official and college professor." 

You can read the full article as well as all the other articles in the JDLS, Volume 8. If you want to read only Dr. Kubler's article, here is the Take-a-Peek from the JDLS web page. 

The JDLS is published biennially and is accepting proposed articles for the 2023-2024 issue (release: December 31, 2024), as described in the current Call for Papers, the latest version of which is always available on the JDLS webpage at the MSI Press website, along with submission requirements information for both articles and book reviews.

The JDLS is shelved at the Library of Congress and can be ordered from Amazon, other booksellers, and the MSI Press webstore as single copies or on subscription. Contact us (editor@msipress.com) for review copies. 

Find the latest information on the JDLS webpage and follow our blog for additional information (we are looking into making digital versions available, sales of articles at minimal cost, and availability from indexers and will report any movement on those things in the Thursday posts), as well as dialogue on this important topic for language learners and teachers.

For more posts about the JDLS, click HERE.

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