New Words Without Borders Campus Video!
Posted on November 11, 2015
Thanks to Professor Cheryl Smith and her students at Baruch College, we're happy to share our new video about Words Without Borders Campus with you!
International Literature and the Common Core Standards
Posted on October 21, 2015
For teachers in U.S. public schools, an initial question about international literature may be, "How does it support the Common Core Standards?" The short answer is, "pretty well": international literature provides opportunities for the kind of deep, close, careful reading that the standards promote. On the WWB Campus site, you'll find:
Translating Tang Poetry
Posted on October 15, 2015
We're pleased to share an excerpt from translators David Young and Jiann I. Lin's work on Du Mu on WWB Campus! Young and Lin translated "Poems for Parting," published on Campus and written by Du Mu in Yangzhou, China, in 835.
Great Books?
Posted on September 23, 2015
Still making tweaks on your syllabus? Trying to decide which "Great Books" will be great in the classroom?
Thanks, and a Call for Pilot Educators
Posted on July 09, 2015
Thanks to M. Lynx Qualey at Arabic Literature (in English) for the generous review of WWB Campus,
which she called "the best teaching resource for translated Arabic
literature freely available online."