Date:
Friday, December 8, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Stiteler 355
PLC invites you to a workshop presented by Dr. Amy Stornaiuolo of Penn GSE.
Date:
Friday, December 1, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
Join us for a chat on Classroom Practices: Teaching Foreign Languages with Generative AI.
Date:
Friday, November 10, 2023 - 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
Williams 440/Zoom
Learn about the 2024 cycle of SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants
Date:
Friday, November 10, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
WILL 440
with Clayton Colmon, PhD, Director of Curriculum Design Arts and Sciences Online Learning
Date:
Friday, October 6, 2023 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Williams 440/Zoom
Workshop #2 of 4 on the topic of Research-Informed Teaching Practices
Date:
Friday, September 29, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
No sign-up necessary! Just bring your lunch and your appetite for AI.
Date:
Friday, September 8, 2023 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Williams 440/Zoom
Workshop #1 of 4 on the topic of Research-Informed Teaching Practices
Date:
Monday, August 21, 2023 (All day) - Friday, August 25, 2023 (All day)
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
Orientation for foreign language teaching fellows and lecturers new to Penn takes place August 21-25, 2023.
Date:
Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 8:00am - Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 5:00pm
Location:
2023 American Association of Teachers of Korean Annual Conference and Professional Development Workshop
Date:
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A
Let's celebrate the end of the academic year and our colleagues' accomplishments.
Date:
Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library 6th Floor
Join us for PLC's 12th Annual Language Educator Symposium, co-sponsored by Educational Linguistics at Penn GSE.
Date:
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Collaborative Classroom, Van Pelt Library Room 113
Date:
Friday, December 9, 2022 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Williams Hall, Cherpack Lounge, Room 543
Date:
Friday, October 28, 2022 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Cherpack Lounge, Williams 543 or Zoom
Dr. Flores' work is at the intersection of language and race in education, and in this talk he will address translanguaging.
Date:
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Cherpack Lounge, WILL 543
This workshop will explore how to implement posthuman thought and methods and how they can contribute to overall socially just pedagogies.
Date:
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
This eight-part series is designed as both an asynchronous course and a workshop series.
Date:
Monday, August 22, 2022 - 8:45am - 3:30pm
Location:
ARCH 208
Orientation for foreign language teaching fellows and lecturers new to Penn takes place August 22-26, 2022.
Date:
Friday, July 1, 2022 (All day)
Location:
Online
Indigenous Knowledge and Culture is a short non-credit course intended for
students to preview cultural products, practices and perspectives of
represented indigenous tribes.
Date:
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Houston Hall
This year's 11th annual PLC symposium will focus on "Collaborations for Change"
Date:
Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street 329-A
This year's event will feature projects from the 2021 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants cycle and honor Penn Language Center faculty.
Date:
Friday, April 22, 2022 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Location:
PLC is pleased to offer a series of four workshops by
Technology Director Betsy Kells this Spring.
Date:
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Zoom (link to be emailed)
This workshop is intended for those interested in submitting a grant
proposal for the 2022 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants cycle.
Date:
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 11:00am - Friday, November 19, 2021 - 12:30pm
Location:
Online or Hybrid
Join us for a series of workshops led by PLC Technology Director, Betsy Kells.
Date:
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 8:45am - 5:00pm
Location:
PLC looks forward to welcoming new foreign language teaching fellows and lecturers in person before the start of the academic year.
Date:
Friday, May 7, 2021 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Zoom
The annual SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Showcase Part II will feature projects from the 2020 cycle.
Date:
Friday, April 30, 2021 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Zoom
The annual SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Showcase Part I will feature projects from the 2019 cycle.
Date:
Friday, April 23, 2021 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Identity and Power in Translation: Whose Language Do You Teach?
Date:
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
Zoom
This workshop is intended for those interested in submitting a grant proposal for the 2021 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants cycle.
Date:
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 11:00am - 11:30am
Location:
Liam Tumas, lecturer in Indonesian and German, will demonstrate student blogs.
Date:
Friday, October 16, 2020 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Zoom
Mien-hwa Chiang will show how she uses Padlet for vocab exercise, reading, writing, viewing and group discussion.
Date:
Friday, September 4, 2020 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
via Zoom
PLC faculty are invited to drop in Fridays in September for administrative support or technical assistance.
Date:
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 7:00am - 8:00am
Location:
Online
PLC is pleased to host its 11th Fulbright FLTA Summer Orientation online this year. Session will take place throughout the week of August 24th.
Date:
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
via Zoom
Betsy Jane Kells will lead an online workshop for using VoiceThread in Canvas for remote instruction.
Date:
Friday, March 13, 2020 (All day) - Friday, March 20, 2020 (All day)
Location:
The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a series of interactive workshops 3/13-3/20.
Date:
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Williams 844
Guiding Educators and Students in the Meaningful Use of Technology for 21st Century Learning
Date:
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 9:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Williams 440
Join us to translate prompts for PPEH 's My Climate Story project.
Date:
Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Kislak Center
Join us for this year's theme, Service Learning in World Language Education
Date:
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
An information workshop for those who are considering applying for a 2020 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant
Date:
Saturday, October 26, 2019 (All day) - Thursday, October 31, 2019 (All day)
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
All events are free and open to the public.
Date:
Friday, September 20, 2019 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Collaborative Classroom Room 113
As a follow up to last year's symposium, PLC lecturers are invited to a Back to Basics workshop with Catherine Box of GSE.
Date:
Monday, August 19, 2019 - 8:45am - 5:00pm
Location:
Orientation for Foreign Language Teaching Fellows and Lecturers (FLTFLs)
new to the University of Pennsylvania begins on Monday, August 19, 2019.
Date:
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 3:45pm - Saturday, August 10, 2019 - 3:45pm
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
This August marks our 10-year anniversary of hosting this 3-day orientation for Fulbright foreign language teaching assistants!
Date:
Friday, May 3, 2019 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, 329-A
Annual SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Showcase and PLC Teaching Award
Date:
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Stiteler Hall B6
with LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, founder of Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock
Date:
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 5:00pm - Sunday, April 7, 2019 - 12:00pm
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
Register now for "Transformative Practices: Teaching and Learning Language and Culture with Technology"
Date:
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 10:30am - Friday, March 29, 2019 - 10:30am
Location:
Williams Hall, Room 440
PLC’s spring workshop series will focus on technology within the context of NEALLT 2019.
Date:
Saturday, December 8, 2018 - 10:00am
Location:
Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library
Registration is open for PLC's annual Language Educator Symposium.
Date:
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Williams Hall, Room 440
Join our Mongolia, Thai, Turkish, and Uzbek FLTAs in a poetry reading
Date:
Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location:
Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk
This community-oriented gathering aims to celebrate the relevance and
vitality of Quechua and Indigenous cultures of the Americas.
Date:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Williams Hall, Room 820
Thinking about applying for a SAS
Language Teaching Innovation Grant? This workshop is for you!
Date:
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Williams Hall, Room 440
Ghost storytelling from Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Thailand
Date:
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Penn Museum
Celebrate the diverse cultures and talents that international college students and scholars bring to the city of Philadelphia!
Date:
Monday, August 20, 2018 - 10:15am
Location:
Orientation for Foreign Language Teaching Fellows and Lecturers (FLTFLs)
new to the University of Pennsylvania begins on Monday, August 20, 2018.
Date:
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - 11:45am - Saturday, August 4, 2018 - 11:45am
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
PLC hosts 60 foreign language teaching
assistants in preparation for their yearlong experience.
Date:
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
Integrating Academically Based Community Service into Language Teaching and Learning
Date:
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walut Street, Room 329-A
Join us for the 12th Annual SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Showcase and PLC Teaching Award
Date:
Thursday, April 26, 2018 (All day) - Friday, April 27, 2018 (All day)
Location:
Fisher-Bennett 244
Turkish Language Studies in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department hosts two language workshops in Azeri and Uzbek.
Date:
Friday, April 20, 2018 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Cohen Hall, Terrace Room
Why SLA Theory and Research Is Relevant but Not to Language Teaching
Date:
Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
This meeting's theme is "Writing a Successful Conference Proposal."
Date:
Saturday, December 9, 2017 - 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location:
Huntsman Hall
Register now for PLC's seventh annual Language Educator Symposum.
Date:
Friday, December 8, 2017 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Collaborative Classroom
Thinking Open: Strategies and Techniques for Utilizing Open Content in our Curricula
Date:
Monday, November 27, 2017 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Cherpack Lounge, Williams 543
The theme for the second Brown Bag Lunch meeting is "Writing an Effective Curriculum Vitae" and will take place 1:00-2:00 PM in Cherpack Lounge.
Date:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
Date:
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 2:00pm
Location:
Enhance your Canvas site! Ed Dixon and Jay Treat will lead workshops in various applications.
Date:
Monday, August 21, 2017 - 2:15pm - Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 2:15pm
Location:
Orientation for new Foreign Language Teaching Fellows and Lecturers begins on Monday, August 21, 2017.
Date:
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 2:30pm - Saturday, August 5, 2017 - 2:30pm
Location:
PLC hosts 60 foreign language teaching
assistants in preparation for their yearlong experience.
Date:
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street
Grant recipients will present their SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant projects, and PLC will present teaching awards.
Date:
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Weigle Information Commons
PLC and other language departments and programs welcome prospective students of the Class of 2021 for an Open House at Van Pelt Library.
Date:
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
International House, 3701 Chestnut Street
Enjoy a film directed by an advanced student in the Turkish language program.
Date:
Sunday, February 12, 2017 - 2:00pm
Location:
Penn Museum, Rainey Auditorium
Join us as the Penn Museum Second Sunday Culture Films explore the themes of translation, accents, culture and language!
Date:
Friday, February 10, 2017 - 3:00pm
Location:
Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk
PLC invites you to a discussion on the intellectual wealth embedded in endangered languages.
Date:
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Kislak Center, Van Pelt Library
Register for PLC's 6th Language Educator Symposium!
Date:
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 1:30pm - 4:15pm
Location:
Weigle Information Commons Seminar Room
Join keynote speaker Anthony Liddicoat for an intimate workshop titled "Pedagogy of Intercultural Language Learning."
Date:
Friday, November 11, 2016 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Williams Hall Room 440
The 2017 cycle for SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants is now open. Deadline to apply is January 6, 2017.
Date:
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Penn Museum
Celebrate the diverse cultures and talents that
international college students and scholars bring to the city of
Philadelphia!
Date:
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
University of Pennsylvania Campus
Orientation for new Foreign Language Teaching Fellows and Lecturers begins on Monday, August 22, 2016.
Date:
Friday, August 19, 2016 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Collaborative Classroom
A summer workshop for PLC language lecturers
Date:
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 12:30pm - Saturday, August 6, 2016 - 12:30pm
Location:
PLC is pleased to host its sixth Fulbright FLTA Summer Orientation this August!
Date:
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329-A
Join us for our 10th annual showcase as grant recipients present their projects.
Date:
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Penn Museum
Film screening and a conversation with activist and community leader Elva Ambía.
Date:
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Williams Hall Room 440
Online and On
Site Technology Workshops with Ed Dixon and Jay Treat
Date:
Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 8:30am - 5:30pm
Location:
Jon. M. Huntsman Hall, 8th Floor
Join PLC for our 5th Annual Language Educator Symposium
Date:
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Williams Hall Room 440
Interested in applying for a 2016 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant? Come learn how at this informational workshop!
Date:
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Williams Hall Room 440
This month's workshops feature Canvas VoiceThreads, Zoom, Yellowdig, and Tea with BVP.
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Education Commons - Seminar Room
A workshop by Troy L. Cox, Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young University
Date:
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Penn Museum
Join us for a festive event that includes global cuisine, music and dance performances, and networking with people from around the world.
Date:
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Online
These online workshops will focus on features in Canvas as well as Zoom web conferencing.
Date:
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 3:30pm - Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 3:30pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Collaborative Classroom
Pre-semester orientation for Foreign Language Teaching Fellows and Lecturers who are new to the University of Pennsylvania.
Date:
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Terrace Room, Cohen Hall
Come support fellow language instructors and be inspired to apply for your own grant.
Date:
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 7:00pm
Location:
Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 201
Join us for a talk by Tomasz Pudłocki of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Date:
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 3:00pm - Friday, January 30, 2015 - 4:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
Miss our pre-semester tech workshops? No problem! Come to our January series on Canvas and Canvas tools.
Date:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location:
Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, 3417 Spruce Street
The theme for PLC's 4th annual symposium is "Active Learning for World Languages: Where, When and How?"
Date:
Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 10:00am - 2:30pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Collaborative Classroom
Please join PLC directors and language teaching faculty for a hands-on professional development workshop at Van Pelt Library.
Date:
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Williams 440
Interested in applying for a 2015 SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant? Come learn how at an informational workshop.
Date:
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 1:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
Learn how to store and sync files in Penn+Box with Jay Treat and Adam Podlaski.
Date:
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 1:00pm
Location:
Williams 440
and roundtable discussion with Ed Dixon and Jay Treat most Fridays through October 22nd.
Date:
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329 A
Second Language Writing Development for Collegiate Language Studies: A Genre-Based Curricular Approach
Date:
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Houston Hall
Date:
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Golkin Room, Houston Hall
Date:
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Weigle Information Commons, Seminar Room
with John MacDermott, Director for Instructional Technology, SAS Computing
Date:
Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 9:15am - 4:30pm
Location:
Williams Hall
with Francesca Di Silvio and Victoria C. Nier of the Center for Applied Linguistics
Date:
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Fisher-Bennett 401
Join us for a talk by Anne Pomerantz of Penn's Graduate School of Education.
Date:
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 5:30pm
Location:
Fisher-Bennett 401
A lecture by Jason Merrill of Michigan State University
Date:
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Graduate School of Education, 3700 Walnut Street
Could You Navigate an Unfamiliar Soundscape?
Date:
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cohen Hall, Room 402
The Modern Greek Program at PLC invites you to a film screening made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Date:
Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 9:00am - 6:00pm
Location:
Hilton Inn at Penn - Woodlands A, 3600 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
The title of this year's symposium is "Fast Forward: Language Online."
Date:
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Williams 202
Interested in applying for a SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grant? Attend the workshop to learn more!
Date:
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Fisher-Bennett 419
Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University
Date:
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 3:00pm
Location:
Fisher Bennett Hall Room 231
Please join us for a panel discussion about online language teaching.
Date:
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 8:00am - Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 8:00am
Location:
TBA
For the 4th year in a row this August, PLC will host the FLTA Fulbright Summer Orientation.
Date:
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A
Come see this year's SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants project presentations.
Date:
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Online
Advancing Language Education Beyond
the Classroom and Its Impact on Educational Practices and Professional
Development
Date:
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 2:00pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A
A presentation by Ed Dixon
Date:
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 2:00pm
Location:
Online
This online presentation is part of IGI Global's Online Symposium Series.
Date:
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 5:30pm
Location:
Cohen Hall Room 402
Join us for a Polish cultural event devoted to Czesław Miłosz, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
Date:
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 2:30pm
Location:
McNeil Building, Room 286-7
Mélanie Péron, Coordinator of French 202, presents.
Date:
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Goldstein Electronic Classroom
Eleni Miltsakai will conduct a hands-on technology workshop for the language classroom.
Date:
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
LRC, Williams Hall 440
Date:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A
Join us for Polish folk songs and dance!
Date:
Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 9:00am - 6:00pm
Location:
University of Pennsylvania
The theme of this year's symposium is Advancing Language Education beyond the
Classroom.
Date:
Friday, November 2, 2012 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Van Pelt Library, Goldstein Electronic Classroom
Date:
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
McNeil Building, Room 286-7
Join us for a panel discussion with Penn language faculty and staff.
Date:
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
LRC, Williams Hall 440
Hands-on workshops covering Blackboard, Facebook, Eyejot and Google Docs will be offered throughout the month of September.
Date:
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 9:00am - Friday, August 31, 2012 - 12:00pm
Location:
Cohen Hall and Williams Hall
Orientation for foreign language teaching fellows and lecturers new to Penn will be held August 27-31, 2012.
Date:
Sunday, August 19, 2012 (All day) - Thursday, August 23, 2012 (All day)
Location:
For the third year in a row, Penn Language Center will host the Fulbright FLTA Summer Orientation.
Date:
Friday, June 1, 2012 (All day) - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 (All day)
Location:
STARTALK has awarded PLC with a second grant to host this leadership workshop.
Date:
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Cohen Hall, Room 402
Penn Language Center is proud to present the 6th Annual SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants Showcase.