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Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Korean instructor Hyounjeong Yoo presented at the annual conference of the International Network for Korean Language and Culture. HyounjeongYoo presented on how cultural contents, specifically films, can contribute to intercultural communication in Korean as a foreign... More
Thursday, September 29, 2022
On August 11th and 12th, Carleton hosted the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE). The pandemic necessitated an online event but participants logged in from many locations across Canada and the United States as well as Japan. Carleton’s Japanese instructors were active as both organizers and... More
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Korean instructor Soyoung Kang co-authored a new article titled, "Individual Differences in Categorical Judgment of L2 Stops: A Link to Proficiency and Acoustic Cue-Weighting". The link to this article can be found... More
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Congratulations to the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas project team on the recent release of a suite of conversation apps to support the teaching and learning of Algonquian languages: Dr. Marie Odile Junker (Project Director) Claire Owen (Assistant Project Director) Delasie Torkornoo (Technical Director) Officially launched October 14th at the 53rd... More
Monday, October 18, 2021
Janett Martinez-Amador, Coordinator for the Spanish program in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies, met with Sergio Troitiño, a digital editor and professional development advisor for the Spanish Department at Difusión, Centro de Investigación y Publicaciones de Idiomas, S. L. Martinez-Amador and Troitiño discussed new Spanish... More
Monday, May 31, 2021
"...my classes are made up of students from multiple cultural and ethnic backgrounds. During one of my classes, I decided to show a music video by the K-pop band BTS to engage students in contemporary Korean culture. After playing DNA by BTS, I was surprised to see how it was able to break down... More
Monday, April 12, 2021
Poetry, short stories, and song lyrics, it is difficult enough to write creatively in one's own language much less in a second or additional language. The following haiku were written by students in “Reading in Japanese” course (JAPA 3021). The course, taught this year by Elizabeth Sowka, focuses on Kanji characters, their etymology,... More
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Denise: We are very excited to announce that Josée-Sarah Bower, ASL-English Interpreter, is our newest staff interpreter! As some of you may already know, Josée has an extensive background of experience in sign language interpreting. She is highly professional, is accompanied by integrity and ethics, and she has an engaging personality! We are... More
Monday, September 14, 2020
Congratulations to Korean instructor Hyounjeong Yoo on the release of her book The Hidden Gems: The Undiscovered Best in Korean Cinema. Click here to learn more about this "...guide to Western audiences who are interested in Korean movies but are unsure where to... More
Thursday, July 9, 2020
The Language Learning Resource Centre is now offering regularly-scheduled online conversation groups. Sessions are for Carleton language students and are hosted on cuLearn. At the moment, we offer ASL, German, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish as well as ESL. We know it’s summer and the world is a... More
Friday, March 13, 2020
It is with great pleasure that SLaLS announces the addition of an 8th language, Korean, to our list of available language minors. Changes come into effect in September 2020 with expanded course offerings at the 3rd and 4th year level. The Minor in Korean is an initiative that has been two years in the... More
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Seventeen students in Carleton Japanese courses participated the 31st annual Japanese Language Speech Contest in Ottawa. The contest was held in the Embassy of Japan on February 29th. The contestants are currently studying the language in Ottawa and Kingston region. The topics of speeches are varied with each contestant’s choice. Some talked... More
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