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SPRING 2006
| May 23th, 2006, 3:30 p.m., Philomathean
Room
(3rd floor, Towers) |
| Phi Sigma Iota Induction Ceremony |
At this ceremony,
Otterbein's Phi chapter of Phi Sigma
Iota, the
International Foreign Language Honor Society, will recognize
outstanding Otterbein students (of junior standing) majoring or
minoring in French, Spanish, German, or Foreign Language
Education.
--Contact Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event.
Membership
cards
and
fees due May 1st, 2006, Towers 327
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| Phi Sigma
Iota Movie: L'Auberge
espagnole |
April 26, 2006, Towers 110, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
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| (film-based
cultural activity) |
Phi Sigma Iota, The International Foreign
Language Honor Society,will
be screening L'Auberge espagnole (Kaplisch,
2002).
For a French synopsis, click here, for an English
synopsis, click here. This movie is part of cultural
activity component for all levels of French/Spanish
foreign language courses. To receive
credit for
this cultural activity, answer the film-based cultural activity which
will be soon posted. In French / Spanish / Catalan / German /
Danish / Italian. Runs 123 mins.
--Contact Dr. Ménard-Hall
or Chapter President Ms. Haberland for more information about
this event. |
| Film
Without Borders Movie: Como
agua para
chocolate |
April 18, 2006, Roush 114, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
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| (film-based cultural
activity) |
Film Without Borders will
be screening Como agua para
chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate (Arau, 1992).
For a synopsis, click here. This movie is
part of a cultural activity component for all levels of Spanish
foreign language courses. To receive
credit for
this cultural activity, answer the film-based cultural activity.
In Spanish with subtitles. Runs 123 mins.
--Contact Dr. Sartori for more
information about
this event. |
Music
Students' Junior Recital (featuring French, German, and Italian
pieces)
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April 7, 8 p.m., Church of the Master,
Grove and Main
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| (Use
these questions to write a cultural activity report-TBP) |
Ms. Kristen DiNinno
and
Mr. David Kaverman, students of music, will sing three French musical
pieces from a nineteenth-century repertoire (Faurré and others)
for their Junior Recital. Students in French
110 and 120 may use this as their first cultural activity of the
quarter. Students are to comment on linguistic and semantic
aspects of the musical lyrics and report on the exprience as a
spectator.
--Contact Dr. Reis for
more information about
this event. |
Winter 2006
| Phi Sigma
Iota Movie: Como agua para
chocolate |
March 1, 2006, Roush 114, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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| (Write a
movie review) |
Phi Sigma Iota will
be screening Como agua para
chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate (Arau, 1992).
For a synopsis, click here. This movie can be
used as a cultural activity for all levels of Spanish
foreign language courses. You can write a movie review to receive
credit for
this cultural activity. In Spanish with subtitles. Runs 123 mins.
--Contact Ms.
Rachel
Haberland or Dr. Cristóbal Sartori for more information
about
this event. |
The Alliance Française National
Essay Contest 2006
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February 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m., T 118 and 16,
3:30-5:30 p.m., T 114
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T he Dept. of Foreign Languages is hosting
the Alliance Française's Concours national de français 2006 (The AF National French Writing Contest). Two different categories will take place on
the following dates: February
16, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Towers 114 for undergraduate college
students with less than 3 years of French, and Feb. 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Towers 118
for those with 3 to 4 years of French. Students will have 2 hours to write
of an original essay on a given subject. Prizes include 2
language trips to Paris, subscriptions to French magazines and
newspapers, and deluxe editions of French books. Entry free: $5.00 (check/money order made
out to the Alliance Française). Sponsored by Air France,TV5,
Ambassade de France, Bavard Presse, and others.
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The
Arts of West Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Burkina
Faso, Mali & Sierra Leone
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February 16, 3:30 p.m., Frank Museum of
Art, Westerville
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| (Questions for Cultural Activity) |
Professor Emeritus
Albert Germanson will talk about the Arts of West Africa: Côte
d'Ivoire, Liberia,
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sierra Leone as part of the International
Festival. The museum is open Wednesday through
Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call
614-818-9716. Sponsored by the Departments of Art and Foreign
Languages. Many thanks to Prof. Nicholas Hill!
--Contact Dr.
Reis for more information about
this event. |
| Poetry Slam in a Foreign Land |
February 6, 2006, Towers 122, 4 p.m.
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Cultural
Activity Credit awarded for poem recitation
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Bring your
favorite poem in a foreign language to recite. A brief
explanation of the poem (in English) is desirable.
--Contact Prof. Arango
or Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event. |
| French & Spanish Conversation Hour |
Graeter's Ice Cream, 1 N State St,
Westerville, Tuesdays 2:30-3:30
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Join our native
French and Spanish assistants for conversation at Graeter's Ice Cream
on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
--Contact Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event. |
The Foreign Languages Tutoring Lab (French
& Spanish)
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Library 118, Monday-Friday 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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| Do you need help with your foreign
language class? The
Department of Foreign Languages offers free tutoring Monday through
Friday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in
Library 118. For French, call 823-3428; for Spanish, 823-1967.--Contact
Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event. |
The Renoir's Women Exhibition ends
January 15, 2006
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Columbus Museum of
Art, Broad Street, Columbus, OH
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| (Questions for Cultural
Activity) |
Students
in French are invited to join French faculty in a trip to the Columbus
Museum of Art to examine this collection and explore its thematic focus
Sunday, January 8 and 15. Free admission on Sundays.
--Contact Dr. Reis
for more information about
this event. |
Spring 2006
| May 25, 3:30 p.m., Philomathean
Room
(3rd floor, Towers) |
| Phi Sigma Iota Induction Ceremony |
At
this ceremony,
the Department of Foreign Languages will recognize
outstanding second- and third-quarter students of foreign languages and
the local Phi chapter will induct Otterbein students (of junior
standing) majoring or
minoring in French, Spanish, German, or Foreign Language
Education into Phi Sigma Iota, The International Foreign Language Honor
Society.--Contact Dr. Cornell
for more information about
this event.
Membership
cards
and
fees due May 13th, 2006, by 3 p.m., Towers 328
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Fall 2005
September 20
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Foreing Language Tutoring Lab, Fall 2005-
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Do you need help with your foreign
language class? The
Department announces the creation of the Foreign Language Tutoring
Lab.
Free tutoring is available Monday through Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. in
Library 124. For French, call 823-3428; German, 823-3171;
Italian, 823-3428; Japanese, 823-1791; Spanish, 823-1967.
--Contact Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event.
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September 23-January 8, Columbus Museum of
Art
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Art Exhibit on Renoir's
Women
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Students
in French are invited to join French faculty in a trip to the Columbus
Museum of Art to examine this collection and explore its thematic focus
in late October. More information TBA.
--Contact Dr. Reis
for more information about
this event. |
September 27, 2:00 p.m., Towers 328
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Phi Sigma Iota Organizational Meeting
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Our chapter officers
and
Dr. Cornell, the faculty advisor, will meet Tuesday, September 27th, to
discuss matters related to this year's
activities.--Contact Dr. Cornell
for more information about
this event.
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TBA
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| Academic Interest Day |
Foreign Languages at
Otterbein
--Contact Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event.
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| October
20, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Towers 324-27 (in Department Hall) |
| Meet
the Foreign Language Faculty & Major/Minor
Students |
Would you like to
learn more about advanced foreign language study?
Whether you
plan to major in a foreign language or would just like to find out
more about upper-level courses, come and meet the foreign language
faculty
and discover what the Department of Foreign Languages has to offer to
you! Refreshments:
Tapas . . .
Hors-d'œuvres . . .
--Contact Dr.
Sartori for more information about
this event.
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| November
2, 6 p.m., Philomathean
Room
(3rd floor, Towers 318) |
Celebration of the Day of the Dead
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Dr.
Sartori will give a cultural presentation on the Mexican celebration of
the Day of the Dead: "For millennia the indigenous Mexicans have
learned to commune and live with the
dead. Join us tonight as we learn about and celebrate the Mexican Day
of the
Dead." --Sponsored
by Phi Sigma Iota & the Department of Foreign
Languages
--Contact Dr. Sartori for
more information about
this event. |
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