Students in the Department of World Languages and Cultures’ Spanish (SPAN 3010) course traveled to Brentwood School in Sandersville March 31 to share their presentations of their Georgia College & State University student experience with a 10th grade Spanish class. Then, they collaborated with small groups of students from each grade to complete activities in Spanish. The CbEL (Community-based Engaged Learning) project “Promoting GCSU College Life to the K-12 Community” took place...
Join us on Thursday for the last International Coffee Hour of the semester. March 30, 12-2 p.m., Beeson Hall, 3rd Floor. Our faculty are working to share more about women's work in different cultures - you won't want to miss it!
Join us on Thursday for the last International Coffee Hour of the semester. March 30, 12-2 p.m. in Beeson Hall, 3rd Floor. Our faculty are working to share more about women's work in different cultures - you won't want to miss it!
The Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLC) and the Spanish Club are hosting International Coffee Hour on Thursday 2/23/2023 from 12-2pm in Beeson Hall (3rd Floor). Drop in and join us for coffee, refreshments, conversation, and board games to practice your favorite language or learn more about cultures around the world. All GC students, faculty and staff are welcome at the event.
If by reading a letter one can mingle with another’s soul—as John Donne the English poet suggested—then transcribing the letters of undocumented immigrants is heart-tugging work. Three Georgia College students are learning about the struggles of immigrants detained in the United States at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. They engage personally by translating letters written by immigrants in Spanish—but also by listening to stories of their teacher’s experience. Dr. Virginia...
Exposure to a second language doesn’t usually begin until high school. By then, too many are fearful of new territory and have built barriers. Not young children. Like a sponge, they’re eager to absorb new experiences. “They’re not afraid to make mistakes, and that’s something I have to get over myself. It’s so freeing to see them learning and accepting other languages and cultures,” said junior Christopher Jackson of Gray. Jackson is double majoring in communication and world language...
World languages and culture students this summer polished their French- and Spanish-speaking skills––while reflecting on the worldwide climate crisis and finding ways they can affect change. The course was part of the GC Border Free initiative, which utilized Zoom to create an international classroom. Thirteen Georgia College students interacted online with education majors in Northeast Germany, who needed to practice their English skills. “This was a really innovative and ambitious...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Brantley Nicholson’s 2020 summer study abroad students explored Chile virtually this year. Although they didn’t visit the country in person, participants immersed themselves in a thorough study of the Chilean culture and garnered significant insight from the experience. The impact of the program was so strong that two students of this year’s online Chile study abroad program have already decided to register for the 2021 Chile study abroad offering. ...
