Come, enjoy the final International Coffee Hour of the 2023-2024 academic year this Tuesday, April 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the third floor of Beeson Hall. In the spirit of the month, we will be learning about April Fool's customs in other countries. Come and learn some jokes in French, Italian, German or Spanish and see how other countries' media outlets like to prank their citizens with far-fetched news stories and headlines. Refreshments will be available on a first-come, first-served...
Several of Dr. Mariana Stoyanova's SPAN 3020 students recently spent a morning participating in Read Across America Day. The students read two bilingual stories—Goldilocks & the Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs—to several second grade classes at Midway Hills Primary School. Programs like these provide a mutually beneficial partnership where Georgia College & State University students get real-world, hands-on experience using the language they are studying, and local public school...
The Georgia College & State University chapter of Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society recently held an induction ceremony to welcome eight new members. The new inductees include: Lynda Gulledge, Annabel Hirst, Grant Jones, Rachel Lumpkin, Paola Martinez, Charlotte Parker, Morgan Uesseler and Syndey Underhill. The Department of World Languages & Cultures would like to congratulate these exceptional students for their dedication to the study of the Spanish language.
Dr. Volkmann is chair of the Institute of English and American Studies at the FSU Jena and a well-published expert in Pedagogy. He earned his doctorate from The University of Erlangen in 1989. Some of his most recent accomplishments are: PILOTS-Partnerschaften International im Lehramt durch Online-Tandem-Seminare: Virtual Exchanges des Jenaer Lehramtes. Published October 2023. This poster presents the PILOTS project, which aimed to organize and investigate virtual exchanges in teacher...
Georgia College & State University’s Department of World Languages and Cultures will host Dr. Laurenz Volkman from the Friedrich Schiller University at Jena, Germany, as the Provost’s visiting scholar. Dr. Volkmann is chair of the Institute of English and American Studies at the FSU Jena and a well-published expert in Pedagogy. He earned his doctorate from The University of Erlangen in 1989. Some of his most recent accomplishments are: PILOTS-Partnerschaften International im Lehramt...
Please join us on Friday, March 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room to celebrate the life and honor the memory of Dr. Louis M. Bourne. Dr. Bourne was an emeritus professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures and an accomplished poet and author. Alumni, students and faculty will pay tribute to him by reading a selection of poems from his book The Thought of Seeing.
Please join us Friday, March 1, 2024, at 2 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room to celebrate the life and honor the memory of Dr. Louis M. Bourne. Dr. Bourne was an emeritus professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures and an accomplished poet and author. Alumni, students and faculty will pay tribute to him by reading a selection of poems from his book The Thought of Seeing.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and the Georgia College & State University French Club is ready to help you get in the spirit. Join the Department of World Languages & Cultures for the first International Coffee Hour of the semester. The French Club will help attendees write messages of love in various languages to add to the Love Tree. Coffee and other treats will be provided. Drop by the third floor of Beeson Hall anytime between 12 and 2 p.m. this Thursday to join in on the fun.
The Department of World Languages & Cultures and the Language Resource Center are proud to offer free tutoring services available to all students taking WLC courses at Georgia College & State University. Students can book appointments online for both tutoring and conversation practice in our wonderful Language Resource Center space in A&S 273. Go to https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LanguageResourceCenter1@gcsu.edu/bookings/ or scan the QR code in the graphic to book your...
The Department of World Languages & Cultures invites the campus community to enjoy International Coffee Hour for the spring 2024 semester. International Coffee Hour is a relaxed, drop-in program where students, faculty and staff can interact, practice chatting in another language and learn about other languages & cultures. Each coffee hour lasts two hours, and attendees are encouraged to stop by for whatever portion of the two-hour window best fits their schedule. More details about...
