About
About the Project
According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), interpersonal speaking, listening and reading are at the heart of language learning but are often among some of the most difficult skills for students to master. By providing editable, high-quality teaching materials, The Pathways Project aims to connect teachers and students across the state of Idaho.
The state of Idaho has many rural schools and school districts. In these school districts, many instructors lack access and/or support to provide students with the experiences to reach a higher level of proficiency. Without access to the materials and resources for students to participate in communicative activities, students may fall behind in language proficiency. The Pathways Project hopes to provide instructors the resources they may lack, to further and enhance student learning.
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Pathways Project Directors
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Dr. Kelly Arispe
Co-Director
Kelly Arispe (Ph.D. UC Davis), is an Associate Professor at Boise State University where she teaches upper-division Spanish Linguistics courses and Teacher Education courses in methods, literacy and assessment for pre-service language teachers. She is Program Coordinator for Language Secondary Education Majors and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Her primary research focuses on L2 pedagogy and CALL/MALL and intermediate and advanced language learners. Her current projects include using video tagging software to impact best practices in language teaching and the Pathways Project.
Kelly Arispe (Ph.D. UC Davis), is an Associate Professor at Boise State University where she teaches upper-division Spanish Linguistics courses and Teacher Education courses in methods, literacy and assessment for pre-service language teachers. She is Program Coordinator for Language Secondary Education Majors and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Computer Assisted Language Learning. Her primary research focuses on L2 pedagogy and CALL/MALL and intermediate and advanced language learners. Her current projects include using video tagging software to impact best practices in language teaching and the Pathways Project.
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Amber Hoye
Co-Director
Amber Hoye (M.E.T), is the Director of the World Languages Resource Center at Boise State University where she supports faculty implementing educational technology and other innovative practice including OER, supervises an interdisciplinary team of student employees, and teaches a required course for language majors to prepare for attending graduate school or entering the workforce. Her current projects include supervising the creation of ancillary teaching materials in collaboration with university faculty, staff, students, and K-12 teachers, and managing the Pathways Project OER repository.
Amber Hoye (M.E.T), is the Director of the World Languages Resource Center at Boise State University where she supports faculty implementing educational technology and other innovative practice including OER, supervises an interdisciplinary team of student employees, and teaches a required course for language majors to prepare for attending graduate school or entering the workforce. Her current projects include supervising the creation of ancillary teaching materials in collaboration with university faculty, staff, students, and K-12 teachers, and managing the Pathways Project OER repository.
Faculty Collaborators and Contributors
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Andrea Reak
Instructor, French
Sage International School -
Becca Sibrian
Lecturer, German
Boise State University -
Fatima Cornwall
Language Coordinator, Spanish
Boise State University -
Franzi Borders
Instructor, German
Boise State University -
Sharon Westbrook
Instructor, French
Riverglen Junior High -
Shaylon Black
Instructor, Spanish
Mountain View High School
Meet the Current Student Team
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Alex DiMatteo
OER Editor at WLRC
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Anna Gamino
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Annika Henderson
German Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Armilene Cabreros
ASL Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Ashley Johnson
Admin Team at WLRC
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Ben Bailey
Social Media at WLRC
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Blake Simmerman
Admin Team at WLRC
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Brandon Benson
Spanish OER Editor at WLRC
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Brenna McNeil
OER Editor at WLRC
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Brooke Staszkow
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Camille Daw
OER Editor at WLRC
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Carla Lara
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Cation Jones
Japanese Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Chloe Robinson
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Claire Oberg
ASL Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Danielle Ali
Korean Conversation Assistant at WLRC
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Edson Valdisimo
WLRC Social Media Assistant at WLRC
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Elian Tovar
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Emma Wilkinson
ASL Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Erica Laursen
German Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Grace Hall
Arabic OER Editor at WLRC
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Halle Robertson
Japanese Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Ibrahem Alotaibi
Arabic Conversation Lab Assistant and Intern at WLRC
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Jordyn Preble
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Josepha Sowanou
French Conversation Assistant at WLRC
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Linzy Carpenter
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Mardy Morales
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Mary Berheim
German Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Maya Grubaugh
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Mimi Fahnstrom
OER Editor at WLRC
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Monica Potts
ASL Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Reagan Solomon
German OER Editor at WLRC
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Rylie Wieseler
Admin Team at WLRC
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Sara Bakari
Arabic Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Serena Krause
ASL Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Sophie Campbell
Social Media Assistant at WLRC
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Soyeon Park
Korean Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Tea Recanzone
Spanish OER Editor at WLRC
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Zachary Zaleski
Spanish Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
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Zahra Akbari
German Conversation Lab Assistant at WLRC
Licensing & Copyright
All materials created by faculty, staff and students involved with the Pathways Project are covered under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).
This means you are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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Note: Every effort has been made to properly credit third party resources in our materials. If you catch an error or find something to be mislabeled, kindly let us know at Pathwaysproject@boisestate.edu.