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Pedagogy

The Golden Peacock and the Green Owl: Analyzing Yiddish Language Learners’ Experiences with Duolingo

Sarah Biskowitz

This article summarizes the findings of a poll of three-hundred students who study Yiddish with Duolingo.

Pedagogy

Loz dos folk nor vern kliger, Let the People Then Become Smarter: Students Discuss Learning Yiddish during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sarah Biskowitz

For our Loyt di studentn series, Sarah Biskowitz polled Yiddish students around the globe about their experiences learning Yiddish and building community during the pandemic.

Pedagogy

Loyt di lerers: Teaching Outside the University Classroom

Marianne Tatom

Marianne Tatom polled Yiddish teachers outside the university classroom about their teaching strategies and experiences teaching online during a pandemic.

Pedagogy

Invitation to Participate: Teaching Yiddish Outside the University Classroom

Marianne Tatom

The latest in our series of polls for teachers of Yiddish. This time, we want to learn how you modify your teaching for different settings — classroom format, class frequency, student composition, and so on. Please take the poll and share widely!

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Place of the Khurbn in Yiddish Language Classes

Sandra Chiritescu

How and when do our readers teach khurbn materials in their Yiddish language classes? We've assembled responses to this poll in our loyt di lerers series.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Place of the Khurbn in Yiddish Language Classes

Sandra Chiritescu

The latest in our series in which we poll Yiddish studies instructors about a topic related to their teaching. This time, we want to know whether and how you introduce the topic of the Holocaust in your Yiddish language instruction.

Pedagogy

Invitation to Participate: Yiddish Student Survey

Jonah Lubin

Calling all students! Participate in our pedagogy poll.

Blog

לויט די לייענערס | Readers Respond

The Editors

This summer we conducted a survey of our readers to find out how you think we're doing, here’s what we learned. 

Blog

Reader Survey

The Editors

Calling all readers! We want to hear what you think.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Teaching with Sholem Aleichem

Jessica Kirzane

Instructors share their thoughts on teaching with Sholem Aleichem.

Texts & Translation

Taytsh-Rope Walking: The Occupational Hazards of Yiddish Translation

Daniel Kennedy

In an effort to pool the collective wisdom of its readership In geveb regularly conducts polls on various topics. This time we have asked the translators to weigh in.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Great Weinreich Debate

Madeleine Cohen

The second installment of our pedagogy forum, presenting the opinions and experiences of Yiddish language teachers on the question of using the textbook College Yiddish. 

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Which Textbook to Use?

Madeleine Cohen

In an effort to pool the wisdom and questions acquired from our work in the classroom, In geveb regularly polls Yiddish language instructors on topics related to Yiddish pedagogy. In this installment: what textbook do you use with beginning students?