Cape Fear Foreign Language Collaborative
Newsletter
Volume 13, Number 3, January 2001
Editor: Jennings Craig

  Happy New Year!

(Information for the newsletter may be directed to Jennings Craig, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28303.  Phone: 962-7214.  Email: craige@uncwil.edu .)

CFFLC meeting dates for remainder of academic year 2000-2001:
January 27
March 31
At UNC-W, Morton 101, 9:00-12:00.

November meeting: Thanks to presenters Lydia Wilson, Jennings Craig and Norma Garcia. 

Refreshments for January:
Coffee set-up / paper goods: Stefanny St. Laurent
Juice: Marie Allison
Other: Irene Lucas, Jaime Diaz, Alice Rutter

January Meeting: This month is the annual Teacher Swap of Activities, coordinated by Kim Eadie. The theme for this year is: "Creative Language Activities for Grammar and Vocabulary." But all ideas are welcome! Please bring 20-25 copies of your idea to share. If anyone would like to follow up on our November discussion of Evaluation of Participation and Classroom Management, those ideas would be useful, too.

Also, scholarship forms for high school teachers to nominate students will be distributed so that the selection can be made by the March meeting. 

Thanks to those who signed up to help with the March meeting:
    March: Katia Campbell (Films):  Film Selections: 
                                                                French (Susan Crampton)
                                                                German (Glenn Tetterton)
                                                                Italian (Agnes Ille)
                                                                Spanish (Maite Woodhouse)
Plus Fundraiser for scholarships.

Upcoming Community Events:

International Film Series: Screenings February 1 & 15, March 1 & 22, and April 5 & 19, at  6:30 p.m. and  8:30 pm. Films and languages to be announced at the meeting and by email.

 Intercultural Week at UNC-W, February 12-17, 2001.

Spanish language film "Solas": Thalian Hall, Feb. 12-14.

Watch for the new, local Spanish-language newspaper, "Mundo Latino" published locally and available around town.

News from UNCW-FLL

LIFT OFF! The Graduate Certificate Program in Hispanic Studies is officially approved! Four students are enrolled in class in Spring 2001.  The summer graduate class will be offered in the Santander Study Abroad Program at the University of Cantabria. Deadline for application is Feb. 12. Fall offering(s) will be announced in a few weeks. 

Upcoming Professional Meetings

SCOLT 2001 Conference will take place at Myrtle Beach, SC, March 8 -10.  Registration deadline is Jan. 22. For more information, email lynnemcc@mindspring.com .

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