SEPC Foreign Language
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[edit] Discipline Representatives
~ Aubrey Restifo phone: 440-668-6882 email: arestifo@bennington.edu ~ Jess Cochrane phone: x7733 email: jcochrane@bennington.edu
[edit] What's Going On/Coffee Hour Minutes
11/30/08 Break. No news.
11/23/08 No new news, but please fill out your SEPC end-of-term review forms well! The feedback you give is documented and used to evaluate courses/professors. In other words, it's important. Thanks!
11/14/08 FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2008. Monday (11/17) - Friday (11/21). Each night in the Student Center this week there will be a showing of a French film. All films will be subtitled and have been selected based on this year's theme of FRIENDSHIP. All films will begin at 7 PM: there will be one film per night except for Monday when there will be a back-to-back screening of The Spanish Apartment and it's sequel, Russian Dolls. You don't need to know French to attend! Posters with the schedule/details have been posted around campus, but you can always contact Aubrey or Jess for more information.
Monday: The Spanish Apartment (followed by:) Russian Dolls
Tuesday: Forbidden Games
Wednesday: With a Friend Like Harry
Thursday: The Butterfly
Friday: My Best Friend
11/11/08 There is a Spanish Club that meets in Orchard D on Thursdays at 8 PM. Also, you should take those end-of-term essays of yours to Language Leaders to be edited/worked on!
There will be a Japanese Children's Book Reading/Game Playing with local Japanese children in UpCafe this Saturday morning at 10:30 AM! Students of the low-intermediate Japanese will be reading: go to support your friends/learn about Japanese culture. Everyone is welcome!
11/01/08: Numerous professors from the department have consented to sit at the language lunch tables (they will probably mention this in class sometime). Please encourage your friends of foreign language to sit with you at one of these weekly events! The opportunity to speak casually in your second language (especially with a professor) is not one to pass up.
10/27/08: Tutoring and foreign language lunch tables are now meeting! Please take advantage of the opportunity to enhance your language skills by speaking in your language of study once a week during lunch. Times are listed on the Language Leader chart (both posted on here and around campus). If there are any questions, please contact us or your language leader! Thanks.
10/11/08: Interested in reading and participating in the study of famous plays such as those by Garcia Lorca and Lope de Vega? There will be the first meeting of a group of Spanish playwright enthusiasts meeting in Down Commons on Sunday, 10/12/08 at 8:30 PM. There will be snacks and an introduction of goals/interests of the group. Contact Aubrey or gjames@bennington.edu for more information, or just show up this Sunday =).
10/10/08: We will hold a meeting for Language Leaders this Monday, October 13, at 12:15 p.m. in the Purple Dining Room.
10/9/08: There will be a Spanish Club meeting in the living room of Orchard D tonight (Thursday) at 8 PM.
10/2/08: We are still looking for students interested in being Language Leaders for all languages. Please contact Jess Cochrane or Aubrey Restifo for details.
9/25/08:
The Foreign Language SEPC reps are looking for advanced students of all languages who are interested in becoming Language Leaders. The responsibilities of a Language Leader will include being available for individual or small group tutoring sessions for a few hours each week, as well as organizing and leading weekly Language Lunch Tables. More details to come; if interested, contact Jess Cochrane or Aubrey Restifo.
[edit] Language Leaders Schedule
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Fall 2008 Language Leaders Schedule
[edit] Word of the Week
There is currently no word of the week
- French- [amuse-toi | amusez-vous] bien ! "Have Fun!"
- Spanish-
- Italian-
- Chinese-
- Japanese- 愛している／好き- Aishiteiru/suki: Two ways to say "I love you". The first is cheesey and only used in bad soap opreas
- German-
- Icelandic- skemmtu þér vel! "Have a good time!"
