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New at the Department of Languages
The
Department of
Languages is embracing the new frontiers of globalization as it welcomes
a new Chair, new faculty, and new offerings, including courses in
Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Swahili, in addition to French, German,
and Spanish. The department also offers a minor in International Studies
that includes an upper-level language component combined with selected
courses from the humanities and social sciences as well as other areas.
The Department of Languages is truly committed to ushering in a new era
of language studies at ASU. We want to encourage everyone to stop
by our offices in 220 Wilson to find out about the many opportunities
the department offers, even for those with no previous foreign language
experience.
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New faces
in the Dept. of Languages
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Yvonne Unnold,
Associate Professor of German and Spanish and Chair of the
Department of Languages, to the ASU family.
Dr. Unnold has extensive teaching experience at the university
and also at the secondary education level; she has taught
Spanish, German, and ESL in language, culture and teacher
education programs in Costa Rica, Mexico, the United States and
Germany. Dr. Unnold routinely contributes to regional, national
and international conferences and has published on instructional
technology and second language acquisition, as well as on Latin
American and German literary and cultural discourse. Dr.
Unnold’s educational training includes an Ed.S. in Higher
Education Leadership and Administration from the University of
Southern Mississippi, a Ph.D. and MA in Comparative Literature
with emphasis in Latin American and German literature from the
University of Washington, and additional graduate studies in the
Latin American Literature Program at the Universidad de Costa
Rica. She obtained a BA in Comparative Literature from the
University of California in Davis. Born and raised in Germany,
Dr. Unnold completed her primary and secondary education in her
native country.
We also welcome in Fall 2008 Dr. Juan Pablo Gil-Oslé,
Assistant Professor of Spanish.
Dr. Gil-Oslé received his
Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2007 and has previously taught at
the University of Michigan as well as worked as a translator of Spanish,
French, and Basque. His research interests center on the Spanish
Golden Age, including Cervantes and Tirso de Molina.
Ms. Hanne
Pardos is assisting with the teaching of German. Ms.
Pardos is a native of Mannheim, Germany. We welcome back
Ms. Gabriela Varela Sánchez, a graduate of the
Universidad de Huelva, Spain, who rejoins the department as
full-time temporary instructor in Spanish.
New temporary teaching staff for 2008-09 include Ms. Myrna
Abdallah from Lebanon,
Arabic, and Mr.
Isaac Ong'oa from Kenya, Swahili. Ms. Abdallah is a
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant and Mr. Ong'oa is
a student in the Heritage Studies doctoral program at ASU.
Ms. Angelyn Imler, a graduate
of our BA program
in Spanish, will also join our teaching family. We are
very pleased to have with us Ms. Marion Chatelin and
Ms. Stéphanie Dogo, both graduates of the Université de
Cergy-Pontoise, who will be teaching Elementary French after
having helped our students in previous semesters as tutors.
Ms. Nikki Adams is the new secretary in the department.
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Summer program in Costa Rica
ASU sponsored once again this summer a study abroad program
to Costa Rica, led by Dr. Ruth Owens. Students earned six
hours of credit through an intensive language program and were
immersed in Costa Rican culture. For more information, click
here.
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More
study and work abroad news
Kathryn Jackson, French and Theatre Arts double major, is
studying in 2008-09 at the Université de Cergy-Pontoise through the
ASU exchange program with Cergy. Danielle Conger and Lamar
Ferguson, both BA Spanish 2007, are returning to teach English
in Spain this year. Danielle and Lamar previously participated
in ASU's exchange program with the Universidad de Huelva, and
Danielle also taught in the department last Spring.
Jillian Brown, Keisha Gray, Andrew Ray, Mary Wood (French minor),
and Cody Yancey (BA Spanish and French) will be studying at Cergy
this Spring as well.
For further information on these and other study abroad
opportunities, contact Carl
Lindquist in the Office of International Programs,
studyabroad@astate.edu, (870) 972-2329,
or the Dept. of Languages.
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Practice your language skills! |
The Dept. of Languages
sponsors language tables for speakers of all levels (even beginners!).
Students, faculty, and community members are all cordially invited.
All are held at The Edge Coffeeshop, 1900 Aggie Rd., Jonesboro.
Spanish (La Tertulia) Wednesdays 4:00-? pm
French (Le Cercle Français) Mondays 5:30-? pm
German (Stammtisch) Fridays 1:00-2:00 pm
The Department of Languages is located in
220
Wilson Hall
(870)
972-3887
languages@astate.edu
Mailing Address:
Dept. of Languages
Arkansas State Univ.
P.O. Box 2400
State University, AR 72467
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Our Mission
The Department
of Languages seeks to facilitate the communication skills, knowledge and
appreciation of diverse languages and cultures that are necessary for students
to achieve a successful professional career in today’s global society. The
Department of Languages prepares students to be linguistically competent and
literate in the culture(s) associated with the languages studied and offers
introductory to advanced level instruction, as well as major and minor degree
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This page is maintained by: WARREN JOHNSON
Please e-mail problems, comments, and suggestions to:
wjohnson@astate.edu |
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