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Just to name a few available to ESL and Language students…
Televisions broadcasting international news and television programs
Conversation Partner Program pairs you with a native speaker to practice dialog
Skype with a tutor
Record assignments for your language class
Rent out flip cameras, headsets, and other equipment for projects
Sign up for Rosetta stone
Study groups, tutoring, and much m
Operating as usual
SPA 233: Spanish Civilization & Literature will be offered this fall as a hybrid virtual course. We will meet on Tuesdays from 11:10-1:00 p.m. on Zoom. Please see flyer for details. Questions? Contact Prof. Martha Davis at [email protected].
Did you grow up in a Spanish speaking home and/or community? Would you like to expand your knowledge of the Spanish language and cultures while meeting other students with similar interests and backgrounds? Do you need to fulfill SPA 201? If so, SPA 205 is the course for you!
We will meet Mondays & Wednesdays 12:45-2:00 p.m. on Zoom beginning September 8th. The course is 3 credits (Class ID 40972) and no textbook is required.
Questions? Contact Prof. Martha Davis ([email protected]).
Calling all Spanish heritage speakers! We are offering a 12-week SPA 206: Spanish for Heritage Speakers II course in the Spring semester at the Alexandria Campus. It will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-11:25 a.m. beginning February 11th. Class # 50719. SPA 205 is not a prerequisite. Please help spread the word. Questions? Contact Prof. Davis at [email protected].
Frederick Franklin, do you know this
Col. Charles McGee started as a Tuskegee airman, a fighter pilot escorting US bombers in World War II. He ended his career as commander of an Air Force Base outside Kansas City. And on Saturday, he turns 100 years old. Before taking off on his 100th birthday flight Friday morning, the colonel kicked...
¡Vengan a hablar y comer pupusas mañana a las 2:30 en AA234! Es para todos los niveles de español.
Are you looking for a way to practice your Spanish conversation skills? Come to the Spanish Language Exchange on Thursday, April 11th from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in AA234. Salvadoran Pupusas and Mexican Jarritos will be served. All levels welcome.
Are you looking for a way to practice your Spanish conversation skills? Come to the Spanish Language Exchange on Thursday, April 11th from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in AA234. Salvadoran Pupusas and Mexican Jarritos will be served. All levels welcome.
Good times today at the HLC Open House! Thank you to all who came to enjoy international food and drinks and meet World Languages professors and students. Please be sure to visit again during open lab hours.
Please contact Prof. Davis at [email protected] for more information.
New Spanish Course for Fall 2017! SPA 115-335A Intensive Beginning Spanish I Course # 37786 (5 Credits) Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 1:35 p.m. 14-week course begins September 5 An intensi…
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Hi All, I'm offering a new Arabic 14 weeks course this semester, if you need credits for Foreign Language, Humanities or General Education I would love to see you in my class this Spring!!!
Hi All, I'm offering a new Arabic 14 weeks course this semester, if you need credits for Foreign Language, Humanities or General Education I would love to see you in my class this Spring!!!
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Le quartier de Georgetown brillera de mille feux pendant la saison des fêtes avec l'exposition d’art public en lumière Georgetown Glow.
Save the date! Rebecca Kamen will present "The Butterfly Effect: Cajal as Catalyst" on Tuesday, November 8 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in AA196. Come to learn about art inspired by the Spanish neuroscientist and 1906 Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Questions? Contact [email protected]
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https://frenchcrazy.com/2015/06/50-french-expressions-slang.html/
Need more French slang words and expressions? We compiled a second list to help French learners start speaking French more fluently when in France.
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Whether for pleasure or business learning a new language for free is always the best option. Here are the top sites to learn a language for FREE.
Portuguese 103 and 104 will be offered in the Fall 2016 semester at NOVA Alexandria. Just starting Basic Spoken Portuguese, take POR 103; if you have had a semester already, take POR 104. Contact Dr. Laura Franklin. [email protected] 703-845 6325
Start earlier, finish first! For Fall 2016, NOVA AL will offer a sunrise 6:30-8:45 a.m. section of SPA 101 (Course # 48684).
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a NOVA student healthy, wealthy and wise." -Inspired by Benjamin Franklin
"A quien madruga Dios le ayuda." - refrán español
Please contact [email protected] for more information.
¿Hablas español? Apúntate para una clase de conversación. SPA 211, Intermediate Spanish I, is a 14-week course that will meet on Mondays and Wednesday from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. beginning September 7. Registration is now open to all students who have completed SPA 202 or have equivalent fluency. Please contact Prof. Martha Davis with questions ([email protected]).
NOVA Alexandria’s World Languages Department is proud to present Celebrate Languages Week from March 14-17, 2016.
Monday, March 14
Il Postino/The Postman
11:15 AM-1:30 PM in AA196
Italian Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Nadya Malagò Blackburn
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios/Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
5:00-7:00 PM in AA196
Spanish Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Eddy Arana
Tuesday, March 15
International Poetry Reading
2-3:30 PM in AA160
Hosted by Profs. Laura Franklin, Dali Tan & Martha
Davis
Wednesday, March 16
Amreeka
3:30-5:30 PM in AA160
Film in Arabic & English with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Lama Hamdan
Lola rennt/Run Lola Run
6:45-9:00 PM in AA196
German Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Eddy Arana
Thursday, March 17
A Celebration of Irish Language & Culture
12:30-1:30 PM in AA158
Presented by Terry Nealon, CEO Fishtree
Lunch will be served
International Karaoke
1:30-3:00 PM in AA160
Hosted by Prof. Amanda Trostle with
World Languages Faculty Judges
Karaoke contest rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a_AbzF9KxYM89VnyctLeYf2yHD_30RLhbSHWnqNJM6w/edit?usp=sharing
Link to sign up for karaoke contest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1da2mRgiEUDyeZyQS7ymWvCkqJtWCH5_KoE45IdN7T9k/edit?usp=sharing
International Board Games
3:00-5:00 PM in AA160
Co-Hosted by the Chinese Club & S.A.L.S.A.
All events are free. For more information, contact Prof. Martha Davis at [email protected].
Karaoke Contest Contest Rules: Sign up on the Karaoke sign up sheet. Type your name, the song you will be singing, the artist of the song, and copy and paste a link to the song on YouTube. Please include a link, if possible, that shows the song lyrics as they are being sung (click on link in...
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Practice makes perfect! Improve your Japanese significantly with our free online practice tests. We have JLPT Kanji, grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening tests in all levels.
Study the language of Brasil in the Hodge Language Center
Ciao! Are you interested in learning Italian or planning that long awaited trip to Italy? Come explore the Italian language and culture with Prof. Jim Toepper in Spring 2016. ITA 103 is a 14-week course that will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-5:00 beginning January 26. For more information, contact [email protected].
A presto!
The World Languages Department proudly presents an International film series, "Cuisine, Culture & Language." All films subtitled in English and followed by discussion. Film series will be held in Hodge Language Center (AA160).
Kebab Connection (German) , Thursday, November 12, 2:00-4:00pm , Discussion moderate by Prof. Eddy Arana
Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese), Friday, November 13, 1:00-3:30 pm , Discussion moderated by Prof. Dali Tan
Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish) , Thursday, November 19, 12:30-3:00 pm, Discussion moderated by Prof. Martha Davis
Tampopo (Japanese) Friday, November 20, 1:00-3:30 pm, Discussion moderated by Prof. Elizabeth Bull
Contact Prof. Davis ([email protected]) for more information.
Save the Date! On Tuesday, October 20th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Hodge Language Center (AA 160) the U.S. Department of State will conduct an information session on their Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. They fully fund summer overseas study in a number of countires. Scholarship application deadline is November 30. For details, visit http://www.clscholarship.org/
Conversation Partners needs you! Are you taking a World Language and want to practice with a native speaker? Are you studying English and want to practice with a native speaker? It is free to join Conversation partners in the Hodge Language Center in AA 160. See our open hours on the Bulletin Board outside the room. Please join us!!
Teatro Milagro presents the bilingual Spanish-English play "Searching for Aztlán" tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Schlesinger Center Theater. Join them at 2:30 in Tyler 121 for an acting workshop. Both are free and open to the public. Hope to see you there! http://milagro.org/event/searching-for-aztlan-tour/
Book this show: Searching for Aztlán is a bilingual touring show through 2016. A mythical quest for the indigenous homeland of Aztlán in the Southwest.
http://blogs.nvcc.edu/intercom/2015/09/21/alexandria-dedicates-language-lab-to-dr-margarita-hodge/
On September 1, Alexandria Liberal Arts Dean Jimmie McClellan dedicated the Language Lab in the Bisdorf Building in honor of Dr. Margarita Hodge. Hodge was a longtime Spanish professor in the Liberal Arts Division at Alexandria.
interested in a conversation partner? Meet with a native speaker of your target language to practice, ask questions, or learn more about culture. This is an opportunity for peers to help each other!
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Fall 2015 Please fill out and submit this form if you are interested in participating in the Language Center's Conversation Partner program. We aim to pair you with another student who is trying to learn your Native language and in turn, will help you with the Language you are learning.
Save the Date: Spanish & Latin American Film Festival coming to campus in September. For details, visit: http://blogs.nvcc.edu/espanol/2015/06/11/save-the-date-spanish-latin-american-film-festival-coming-this-fall/
SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Hosted by World Language Department NOVA Alexandria September 15-23, 2015 All films subtitled and followed by post-screening discussion Film festival free...
The world’s languages, in 7 maps and charts
How does the U.S. compare to the world in terms of language diversity?
Do you enjoy reading books such as "Like Water for Chocolate" or "The House of Spirits" and/or want to learn more about authors Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende and others? Register for Humanities 295: Hispanic Women Writers, a new course for Fall 2015 taught by Prof. Martha Davis. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-12:15. Please contact [email protected] for more information
https://frenchtogether.com/french-nouns-gender/
Do you have a hard time knowing the gender of French nouns? Here are patterns you can use to easily find out the gender of a noun.
146 useful (and sometimes clever) French words for social media users.
The French language seems to be having a hard time keeping up with all the new English technology-related terms. Thankfully we have the "office québécois de la langue française"(OQFL). Its core ob...
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