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Conversation Hours set stage for relaxed learning of foreign languages

Conversation Hours set stage for relaxed learning of foreign languages

There is no grading during conversation hours, and foreign language professors enable this setting so students can dialogue in a relaxed manner and have fun learning.
Students spent Friday afternoon at Spanish conversation hour in the Morris University Center. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis.
Foreign language professors, instructors and tutors volunteer to host weekly conversation hours […]

Mandarin instructor applies ALLEX training and cultural knowledge to teaching

Mandarin instructor applies ALLEX training and cultural knowledge to teaching

Mandarin instructor Chinling Yang was trained through the ALLEX program. Photo courtesy of Theresa San Luis.
Chinling Yang, a Mandarin instructor, can relate to students and offer first-hand knowledge of her culture as she trained through the Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (ALLEX) program.
A native of Taiwan, Yang is SIUE’s second ALLEX instructor. She […]

Dr. Zhou presenting at the 2012 CAS Spring Colloquium

Complimentary Human Spaces

Wednesday March 28, 2012 Bin Zhou of the geography department and Carly Foster of the department of political science presented for the spring 2012 colloquium with the shared topic of “Complimentary Human Spaces.” Both presentations dealt with understanding the perception of class and gender roles and their connection too space within culture.
Zhou presented first with […]

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