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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
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
During a recent trip to France, Spanish instructor Janett Martinez-Amador met with Mª Teresa de Santos Borreguero, chair of Spanish program at the Cervantes Institute in Paris to share experiences of teaching Spanish in postsecondary settings. Topics discussed included: language testing, how best to introduce the cultural component in language... More
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed and action plan developed to encourage Carleton University students visit and experience Korea. Under the agreement, qualified Carleton University students will be able to access TaLK (Teach and Learn in Korea) placement opportunities and receive funding support from the Korean Government... More
On December 1, 2019, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was held for the first time at Carleton University, a collaboration between SLaLS and the Scheduling and Examination Services. The JLPT has been around for almost 35 years and is open to any non-native speaker. Last year alone, 1,170,000 people applied to take the... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
The Japanese group is mourning the passing of third-year student, Phil Boland, who died on November 18 of a pre-existing cardiac condition. Phil was majoring in Bioinformatics, but we witnessed his passionate engagement with his Japanese minor. He had taken JAPA 1010, JAPA 1020, and JAPA 2110 and was currently enrolled in JAPA 3010... More
Spanish Instructor Ioana Dimitriu participated in the International Colloquium on Autofiction, which took place at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú from November 4th to 6th, 2019, with a paper titled “La literatura y la salud mental: sobrevivir narrando y para narrar, en dos experiencias carcelarias” (Literature and Mental Health:... More
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