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Workshop - Performance and Second Language Acquisition
On April 13, Patricia Sobral (Portuguese and Brazilian Studies), Kurt Wooten (Arts Literacy Project) and Luca Prazeres (Portuguese and Brazilian Studies) presented a workshop designed to inform foreign language teachers on the use of performance in the classroom. They took the teachers through the performance cycle, a teaching methodology developed by the Arts Literacy project in the Education Department at Brown University. Using examples from texts, they demonstrated how to use the performance cycle in beginning, intermediate and advanced language courses.
To see workshop on video, go to http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/workshop/index.shtml. QuickTime and VideoFurnace streaming formats available.
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More than 3, less than 12?
The LRC has installed a small group screening area just for you! It includes a 42-inch multistandard plasma TV with a pivoting mount, DVD, VCR and wireless(!) headphones so you and your group can watch and listen to the latest foreign-language title without disturbing others. Lighting upgrades help create an effective space for viewing and note-taking.
If there are fewer than 3 of you, the LRC has 9 video carrels to accommodate your needs. More than 12? Contact Media Services and your professor to schedule larger screenings. |
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Placement Exams - Spring 2008
Placement exams in French and Spanish will be given at the Language Resource Center, beginning January 23 at 9:00 a.m. For a complete schedule, click here.
Placement exams in languages other than French and Spanish will be coordinated by the relevant departments. A full schedule can be seen here.
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New in the collection
The LRC is always receiving new foreign-language video material. Here are a few titles that have recently arrived on our shelves:
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Embittered widower, Ludvik, spends his nights transporting illegal refugees in his van from Croatia, across Slovenia, and into Italy. The young and inexperienced Rudi acts as his helpmate. Together they become a well-trained duo who almost every night convey "spare parts" to Italy. [Slovenian, with English subtitles]
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A reality-based romance set in the housing complexes that ring Paris follows a group of young people, mainly the children of Arab immigrants, who are involved in a class production of Marivaux's classic comedy, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard. [French, with English subtitles]
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As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined. [German, with English subtitles]
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In Kurosawa's Hamlet-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death. [Japanese, with English subtitles] |
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