Cape Fear Foreign Language Collaborative

Newsletter

 

Volume 14, Number 3, January 2002


2002 Meeting Dates

January 26, 9:00-1:00

March 23 9:00-12:00

UNCW, Lakeside Hall 138

 

Happy New Year!

 

November meeting: Thanks to Kim Eadie and Jennings Craig for sharing their volunteer experiences in Africa.  Several people presented interesting masks from around the world.  We also awarded scholarships to UNCW students Catherine Lynn Fedkiw (SPN) and Elizabeth Joan Hullender (FRH).  Thank you to all who participated and to Julie Bordo for taking pictures of the event.  You can view pictures from November’s meeting at:

http://www.uncwil.edu/people/mountt/CFFLCRecentMeetings.htm

January 26 meeting: Mario López-Cordero and Ana Hernández will present “Drama Techniques for the Spanish Class.”  This presentation will be applicable to all languages.  Lisa Byrd and Christi Lea will tell us about Graduate Study in Spain.  We’ll have an update on the euro from Denise DiPuccio.  After the regular meeting time, Melinda Johansson will offer a special workshop on “Creating Interactive Language Exercises for the Web”, from 12:00-1:00.

 

High School Scholarships: At the January meeting, we will distribute forms for high school scholarships.  The scholarship committee is: Lizzy Pressley, Susan Crampton and Sylvia Santaballa.

 

Refreshment Reminder: For the January meeting, refreshment volunteers are Jennings Craig, Maite Woodhouse and Theresa Hodum. 

 

March meeting:  Steve Young will give a presentation on stamps and stamp collecting.  We will also have an international brunch and our fund-raising raffle. 

 

Announcements

 

January Births: Zoe Anne (daughter of Susan Laakmann, FRH, Hoggard HS) and Paul Robert (son of Silvia Bordo Rose and granddaughter of Julie Bordo, SPN, Forest Hills). Congratulations to the families!

 

Intercultural Week at UNCW: February 12-17, including the Eighth Annual Intercultural Festival on Saturday, February 17 from 11am-3pm in the Hawk’s Nest of the University Union.  CFFLC will have a display booth.  Volunteers are Kim Eadie, Julie Bordo, Agnes Ille, Terry Mount, Gladys Wade, Lizzy Pressley, and Maite Woodhouse. Anyone else?

 

A Spanish graduate course will be offered on UNCW campus in Summer 2002 by John Stevens: Spanish 495/595: Seminar in Spanish Dialectology (Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish).  This course will examine the historical, social, and cultural elements represented in the dialectal diversity of the Spanish language. Students will trace the evolution of Popular Latin into Modern Spanish and be provided with the background necessary to understand and appreciate how and why the major Spanish dialects of the Iberian Peninsula and of the New World have emerged. Special emphasis will be placed on the linguistic, social, educational, and political aspects of Spanish in the United States. The course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. The only prerequisite is solid reading ability in Spanish.

 

Dues:  ($10) may be paid at the meeting or sent to Josephine Brent: 1304 Heron Run Dr., Wilmington, NC 28403.  Make checks payable to Cape Fear Foreign Language Collaborative (CFFLC).