Sessions of World Languages Day 2007
Memorial Union (MU) 800 Langdon Street
Pyle Center 702 Langdon Street
Ancient Tibetan Chants
Presenter: Jampa Khedup
Featured Language: Tibetan
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: Pyle Center, Vandeberg Auditorium, Rm. 121
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: OPEN
Bebot, Bebot: From Taxi Dancing to Hip-Hop
Presenter: Arlie Tagayuna
Featured Language:
Filipino
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 111
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Celebrate Russian Style: Russian Holiday Traditions and Superstitions
Presenter: Anna Guigauri
Featured Language:
Russian
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 225
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status:CLOSED
Chinese Martial Arts in Literature and Film
Presenter: Nicole Huang
Featured Language:
Chinese
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Choose Your Own Adventure: Study Abroad
Presenters: John-Stuart Fauquet and Returned Study Abroad Students
Featured Language:
General
Department/Program: International Academic Programs
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: OPEN
The Coolest Place You Never Learned About in School
Presenter: Naomi Bethel
Featured Language:
Serbo-Croatian
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 225
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: OPEN
Czech Language and Culture: "To Know Another Language Means to Live Another Life"
Presenter: Molly Peeney and Anne Lance
Featured Language:
Czech
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 226
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: CLOSED
Dutch: A Big "Little" Language
Presenter: Jolanda Taylor
Featured Language:
Dutch
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Langdon Room (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: CLOSED
Dynamic Korea: Where old meets new
Presenters: Young-In Choi and Sookyung Cho
Featured Language:
Korean
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 225
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Ewe Language and Songs of the Ewe Tribe (Ghana, West Africa)
Presenter: Atimevu Drum and Dance
Featured Languages:
Various African Languages
Department/Program: Atimevu Drum and Dance
Location: MU -- Great Hall (4th Floor, Central Core)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: OPEN
French Film Today: National Cinema in an Era of Globalization
Presenter: Kelley Conway
Featured Language:
French
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Langdon Room (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: CLOSED
From Language Requirement to Life-Changing Experience: How Spanish Helps Professionally in Ways You Would Never Imagine
Presenters: Michael Dougherty
Featured Language:
Spanish
Department/Program: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 112
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
From SHALOM to L'HAYIM to HALLELUJAH, from HUTZPAH to MAZAL TOV to AMEN: Hebrew Is Not As Foreign As You May Think
Presenters: Bilha Mirkin and Haya Yuchtman
Featured Language:
Modern Hebrew
Department/Program: Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 111
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: CLOSED
From the Slums to the Streets of Carnival: Past Echoes of the Brazilian Rhythm Samba
Presenter: Marcelo Fraga
Featured Language:
Portuguese
Department/Program:Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: MU – Great Hall (4th Floor Central Core)
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Session Status: OPEN
German Fairy Tales: The Grimm Tradition
Presenter: Nancy Kaiser
Featured Language:
German
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Greek Lives! An Introduction to Modern Greek
Presenters: Vasiliki Kostopoulou and Jeffrey Beneker
Featured Language:
Modern Greek
Department/Program: Department of Classics
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 112
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: CLOSED
"Haiti Creole 101": An Exploration of the History of Creoles through Wyclef Jean
Presenter: Deborah Jenson
Featured Language:
Creole
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 112
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: CLOSED
Hebrew in Caves: The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Presenter: Jim Kirk
Featured Language:
Biblical Hebrew
Department/Program:Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Location: MU – Great Hall (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
Hmong Language and Culture: Memory and Identity in Folktales, Textiles, and Talking Instruments
Presenters: Marlys Macken and Cheng Vang
Featured Language:
Hmong
Department/Program: Department of Linguistics
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Ice-Rock: Rock Music from Finland and How to Use it to Learn t
he Language
Presenter: Thomas DuBois
Featured Language:
Finnish
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
The Inkas' World Through Inka Language
Presenter: Armando Muyolema
Featured Language:
Quichua
Department/Program:Department of Anthropology
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Keine Kängurus in Österreich! -- Discovering Austria from 'A' to 'a'
Presenters: James Pfrehm and Nicola Schmerbeck
Featured Language:
German
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 225
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Languages of Wisconsin
Presenter: Jennifer Delahanty
Featured Language:
German
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 220
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: CLOSED
Learn to Read Latin in 30 Minutes (or your money back!)
Presenter: Jeffrey Beneker
Featured Language:
Latin
Department/Program: Department of Classics
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status:CLOSED
Legacies of the Silk Road: Language, Music and Culture of the Peoples of Central Asia
Presenter: David Dettmann
Featured Language:
Uzbek
Department/Program: Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
Location: Pyle Center, Vandeberg Auditorium, Rm. 121
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Peace Corps Life is Calling. How far will you go?
Presenter: Greg Pepping
Featured Languages:
Luganda, Lugwere, and Lugisu
Department/Program: Peace Corps
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Pennsylvania Dutch-An American Language with German Roots
Presenter: Mark Louden
Featured Language:
Pennsylvania Dutch
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
Picture Chinese in Your Future
Presenter: Yang Liu
Featured Language:
Chinese
Department/Program: Language Institute
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Play Indonesian Trivia and Win Prizes!!
Presenters: Ellen Rafferty, Erlin Barnard, and Elisabeth Arti Wulandari
Featured Language:
Indonesian
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 111
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
Russian Fairy Tales
Presenter: Jennifer Tishler
Featured Language:
Russian
Department/Program: Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Russian in the Age of the Internet
Presenter: Shannon Spasova
Featured Language:
Russian
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 220
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Salaam: Experiencing the Middle East and North Africa
Presenter: AIESEC (UW-Madison Registered Student Organization)
Featured Languages:
Arabic and French
Department/Program: AIESEC
Location: MU – Tripp Commons (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Sanskrit
Presenter: Gudrun Buhnemann
Featured Language:
Sanskrit
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Scandinavia For All Your Senses
Presenter: Nete Schmidt
Featured Language:
Danish
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Speaking Swahili Through Your Clothes
Presenters: Magdalena Hauner, Anna Lewandowski, and Beatrice Mkenda
Featured Language:
Swahili
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: Pyle Center, Vandeberg Auditorium, Rm. 121
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Speaking Vietnamese is as Relaxing & Fun as Singing
Presenter: Huyen B. Phan
Featured Language:
Vietnamese
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
A Storytelling Journey
Presenter: Harold Scheub
Featured Languages:
Xhosa, Arabic and other African languages
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
The Subjunctive and What Else? A Quick Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture
Presenter: Pablo Ancos
Featured Language:
Spanish
Department/Program:Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 220
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
Talkin’ with Phones: A Language Learner’s Phonetic Analysis Toolkit
Presenter: Thomas Purnell
Featured Language:
General
Department/Program: Department of Linguistics
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 226
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
A Taste of Italy: Pizza, Pasta, Cappuccino and Much More
Presenter: Giovanna Miceli Jeffries and Tania Convertini
Featured Language:
Italian
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: Pyle Center, Vandeberg Auditorium, Rm. 121
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
Telugu, the Language of 74 Million Plus One (That is You!)
Presenter: Malathi Nidadavolu
Featured Language:
Telugu
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Capital View (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Tir Gan Teanga, Tir Gan Anam (A Country Without its Language has No Soul)
Presenter: Dineen Grow
Featured Language:
Irish
Department/Program: Department of English
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 226
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Urdu--Language of Languages
Presenters: Qamar Jalil and Michael Kruse
Featured Language:
Urdu
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 111
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
A Viking Adventure
Presenter: Peggy Hager
Featured Language:
Norwegian
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
The Vikings: Their Stories and History
Presenter: Scott Mellor
Featured Languages:
Scandinavian Languages
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 226
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Village Life in Northern Thailand: A Journey through Photography
Presenter: Katherine Bowie
Featured Language:
Thai
Department/Program: Department of Anthropology
Location: Pyle Center, Rm. 220
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: CLOSED
Will Japanese Be a Part of Your Future?
Presenter: Naomi Fujita Geyer
Featured Language:
Japanese
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
Yoruba Greetings
Presenter: Akinsola Ogundeji
Featured Language:
Yoruba
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Teacher Sessions
Memorial Union (MU) 800 Langdon Street
Time Period 1: 9:20-10:00am
The Nuts & Bolts of Language Requirements and Enrollment Procedures at UW
Presenter: Andrew Irving
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
A Storytelling Journey
Presenter: Harold Scheub
Featured Languages:
Xhosa, Arabic and other African languages
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
Time Period 2: 10:15-10:55am
German at UW-Madison: What Students can Expect
Presenter: Monika Chavez, Mark Louden
Featured Language: German
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Resources for French teachers: UW-Madison Centre de Ressources, MOU, French Review, AATF
Presenter: Sally Magnan, Daniel Audaz, Guest Speaker: Chris Pinet
Featured Language: French
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Profile (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Communicative Tasks for the Spanish Language Classroom
Presenter: Cathy Stafford
Featured Language: Spanish
Department/Program: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Scandinavia For All Your Senses
Presenter: Nete Schmidt
Featured Language:
Danish
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor, East Wing)
Time: 10:15am-10:55am
Session Status: OPEN
Time Period 3: 11:40am-12:20pm
Internationalize Your Curriculum: A Toolbox from UW-Madison
Presenter: Heather Du Bois
Department/Program: The International Institute
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Picture Chinese in Your Future
Presenter: Yang Liu
Featured Language:
Chinese
Department/Program: Language Institute
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 11:40am-12:20pm
Session Status: OPEN
Time Period 4: 12:35-1:15pm
Bring the World Home: Taking WLD Back to Your School
Facilitator: Dianna Murphy
Participants: Janel Anderson, Stephanie Cowan, Yang Liu, Harold Scheub, Nete Schmidt
Department/Program: Language Institute
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor, East Wing)
Time: 12:35pm-1:15pm
Session Status: OPEN
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