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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
Monday, October 7, 2019
Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Emese Bukor. A long-time contract instructor at Carleton in German and Academic ESL, Emese has left Ottawa to take up an Associate Professor position at Széchenyi University in Győr, Hungary where she: coordinates and teaches "Hungarian Language and Culture" courses to approximately 200 international... More
Friday, August 9, 2019
Marina Sabanadze's Winter term sabbatical has resulted in a textbook <<Our Way to Russia I>>, which counts 236 pages. The new textbook offers our Carleton University students and Russian language instructors a pedagogical tool, specifically designed for our and other Canadian higher learning establishments teaching Russian as a foreign... More
Spanish instructor Janett Martinez-Amador recently returned from the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference in San Diego, California where she presented on “Dinámicas participativas para generar situaciones comunicativas en cursos de español dirigidos a los negocios y a medios de comunicación.” “It was a... More
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Video is now available from this year’s Linguavision performances. Check out music from Les Miserables in German, a flamenco guitar medley in Spanish, and a K-pop hit sung in... More
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
This year’s Linguavision really rocked. Now in its 5th year, Linguavision 2019 was an epic blend of musical styles, languages, enthusiasm, and talent. This year featured a K-pop hit sung in Japanese, a flamenco guitar medley in Spanish, music from Les Miserables in German, as well as several original tunes in Mandarin Chinese. The crowd too... More
Friday, March 8, 2019
On March 2nd, the 30th Annual Japanese Speech Contest was held in the embassy of Japan. The participants of the contest are currently learning Japanese in various organizations across the Ottawa and Kingston region. This year, 25 contestants participated in 4 categories: beginner, intermediate, advanced and open. The winner of each category will... More
Monday, February 4, 2019
Students in our 4th year Spanish classes welcomed a guest speaker from the Embassy of Spain (Ottawa) to their classes last Thursday. La Señora Maria de los Santos Espejo, an Education Advisor with the Embassy, presented details about Spain's Cultural Ambassador program as well as information about Spain's many and diverse regions. "The... More
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