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"Greetings from Ames!.. As we embark on another fall semester when students from all over the world come to our department to take courses in language and culture, it seems to me especially timely to remind you about the value of language learning." Read Dr. Gasta's observations on the significance on learning a second (or third) language.
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Roman Italy: Engineering the Empire, a new LAS Global Seminar, was offered for the first time in May 2014. The program, led by Professors Rachel Meyers (Classical Studies) and David Hollander (History), afforded students a unique opportunity to see first-hand how the ancient Romans built their massive empire across the Mediterranean. Read more as Dr. Meyers and her students share their recollections of the trip to Rome.
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Congratulations to Professors Mark Rectanus, Julia Dominguez, Kevin Amidon, Cristina Pardo, and Mark Looney for their recent awards!
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“Berlin’s History and Culture” is an LAS global seminar that explores Berlin's past and present through art, architecture, and memorials. Read more as Dr. Mark Looney (the program’s director) and several of his students who went to Berlin this summer, talk about their experiences in Germany.
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"...I have studied abroad in Argentina and Spain, had an amazing experience in Brazil on a long research trip, and traveled for shorter trips to other countries on five continents (ok, I was only in Asia for an afternoon, but visiting the ruins of Ephesus was very memorable!)..." Read on as Associate Professor of Spanish, Dr. Haywood-Fereira talks about her career, recent travels abroad, and most memorable international experiences.
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In summer 2014, Dr. Weber-Fève presented her session titled “Connection-Making: Using Film for Language Development and Language Awareness” to an international audience of Korean language instructors.
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John Fleming, Political Science major and Russian Studies minor, graduated from ISU in May 2014. Immediately after graduation, John was hired by Language Link Russia as a teacher-intern. At the end of July he flew to Moscow to start an intensive training program on teaching English as a foreign language. Read more as we touch base with John to find out what he has been up to since graduation.
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Do you think there is a connection between rapid deforestation in the Russian Far East and the higher frequency and greater intensity of floods and droughts in Iowa? Find out how this and other questions are addressed in the new course “Environmental Issues in Modern Russia.”
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"The Japanese language has a single word that encompasses both green and blue colors, whilst the Russian language has separate terms for different shades of blue. So does this mean that people who speak Russian and Japanese perceive these colors differently from English speakers? And even more questionably: are we only able to form concepts of things for which we have a name?.."
How well do you know other languages? Take this quiz from oxforddictionaries.com and gain a whole new perspective on the world!
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Come check out a new room in WLC called the Global Student Workspace. This new room will serve as a social space where our students can gather between classes, hold language club meetings, wait for advising appointments, and meet other students in the department.
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WLC in the news
"Chad Gasta publishes three books in one year." Congratulations to Dr. Chad Gasta, WLC Department Chair, on his recent publications! Learn more about Dr. Gasta's research and work in this recent LAS interview.
"A Student's Perspective: ISU on the Mediterranean." In this essay, Jennifer Musgrove, a senior in Spanish, chronicles her fieldwork experiences in Valencia, Spain.
"Christopher Perez, an LAS triple major, follows his passion to Austria." Check out how our German major, Christopher Perez, is spending his time at ISU. (Spoiler: he will be leaving for Austria this fall and combining a number of LAS majors for a uniquely tailored career path).
"Adopted ISU student finds her way back to her homeland with study abroad scholarship." Read about Laurelin Haas, a Boren scholar, currently studying in Shanghai. Make sure to check out Laurelin's blog here.
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Adopted ISU student finds her way back to her homeland with study abroad scholarship - See more at: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/09/05/borenscholar#sthash.Ws5QKVms.dpuf
Adopted ISU student finds her way back to her homeland with study abroad scholarship - See more at: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/09/05/borenscholar#sthash.Ws5QKVms.dpuf
Adopted ISU student finds her way back to her homeland with study abroad scholarship - See more at: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/09/05/borenscholar#sthash.Ws5QKVms.dpuf
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Are you an Alum of our Department?
Do you have any stories about world languages and cultures in your own life and / or career that you would like to share with our readers? Please send us your stories and we would be happy to include them in future issues of the WLC newsletter. Contact us or write directly to the Newsletter editor Dr. Olga Mesropova.
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