<h2>Home</h2><h3>Welcome to the department of Foreign Languages and Literature</h3><p></p><p>The FLTC will be open for the Summer on Monday May 21. Opening time 8am - 2pm, except for all Springboard dates for which we will be open till 4pm. Springboard will take place between May 24 and June 29.</p><p></p><p>Kate Eckert, one of our students, gets a Fulbright. <a href="http://www.bnd.com/2012/05/08/2169500/education-matters-column-siue.html">Details here</a>.</p><p>___</p><p>Congrats also to our student Audrey Townsend who sent this in:</p><p>"I am honored to report that I have been accepted into the French graduate program at Florida State University, where I will be attending this fall after my graduation from SIUE this summer with a B.A. in French. Furthermore, I am delighted to accept FSU's offer of a graduate assistantship position, and am most eagerly anticipating working closely with the outstanding faculty and staff of the French department there.</p><p><br />I intend to obtain my PhD, focusing my studies on French literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. My experience with the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature here at SIUE has been absolutely phenomenal, and the education and preparation for graduate work I have received here is second to none. I am privileged to have had the opportunity to study French here at SIUE and cannot wait to begin my graduate studies at Florida State this fall."</p><p>_________</p><p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; ' align="right"><img height="182" width="245" alt="" src="/id0904f67a806f5484" /><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '>Next Tuesday, April 3 at 3:30 pm., the II Spanish Majors/Minors Brown Bag Series will take place in the Plasma Room. This semester's presentation will feature one of our majors, Stephanie Bloch, who will be awarded this year with the Hector Dominguez Award.</span> <span lang="PT" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:PT;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '>Her talk is entitled:</span></p><p align="center" style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '><strong style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '><span lang="ES" style='font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '>"Consejos para la investigación: cómo tener éxito en las clases de español avanzado."</span></strong></p><p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10pt; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; '><a href="/id0904f67a806f547a">Click here for the event poster</a>. Refreshments will be served,</span></p><p>-----</p><p>Hannah White, a German major <a href="http://www.alestlelive.com/lifestyles/article_bb418f90-5839-11e1-82c8-0019bb30f31a.html" target="_blank">was recently featured</a> in the Alestle. Check it out.</p><p><strong>Two Spanish Majors Attended Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Conference</strong></p><p><img height="177" width="266" alt="" src="/id0904f67a806d1a92" align="left" />Last week, the Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Conference took place in St. Louis. Joshua Castillo and Kristina Becker, Spanish Majors and undergraduate research assistants (URCA) working with Dr. Rocha, attended the three panels of the section Children and Teenagers in Latin American Film. This proved to be an excellent opportunity for Joshua and Kristina to hear presentations about their topic of research and learn about professional conferences.</p><p><strong>NEW:</strong> Check out <a href="http://asevilla.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this pedagogical and informative blog</a> about the experiences of SIUE students in their study abroad program to Seville, Spain during summer 2011.<br /></p><hr /><p align="left"><img height="178" width="235" alt="" src="/id0904f67a806b0099" align="right" />Picture from the Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society initiation (SIUE is the Zeta Delta Chapter) on April 1, 2011. The student's names are (from left to right) Brynna Murphy, Samantha Perez-Gillan, Elvire Kinha, Debbie Mann, Katie Hasler, Cédric Andreani and Sadick Doubare.</p><hr /><p><strong><span style="color:black; font-family:Arial; font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">SIUE College of Arts and Sciences 2011 Honors Day Award Recipients for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature</span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img height="195" border="1" width="351" alt="1" src="/id0904f67a806a2aac" align="left" /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">From left</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">,J. Debbie Mann- professor of Foreign Languages and Literature, Amanda Anderson and Nathan Thompson-Distinguished Student in Italian Language Honors Day Award, James Whitfield- German American Heritage Society Distinguished Student in German Language Award, Adam Tiemann-German Cultural Society Outstanding Student in German Language Award, Kristina Becker-Helen D. Goode Memorial Scholarship, Kate Eckert-The Gladys Oney Griffen German Scholarship, and Matthew Stoecklin-Outstanding Student in Chinese Award.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><strong><em>A Story of Success</em></strong><br /> Gabrielle Williams, Spanish Education Major, is graduating in the Spring 2011. During her junior year, she<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>had an URCA for the Spring 2011, a competitive research position that allowed her to be engaged in undergraduate research. Gabrielle worked under the supervision of Dr. C. Rocha analyzing the film<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>María Full of Grace<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em>as part of her Senior Spanish Essay. Because of her solid performance and service, she<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>received the Senior Essay Standout Award given by the Office of the Provost. In addition, Gabrielle presented at the Saint Louis Symposium of French and Spanish in 2010 and 2011. Gabrielle has been hired by the Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 to teach in Edwardsville High school. Congratulations, Gabrielle!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Change for Haiti,</span></em></strong> a project by SPEAC has been selected for <strong><em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Outstanding Community Service Project of the Year</span></em></strong> for 2010-2011 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This award is presented to a student organization that contributed to the enhancement of campus life and sponsored a community service project that contributed to the University or surrounding community. Congratulations to the SPEAC club!</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><strong>Konversationsstunde:</strong></span></span> Here is the poster for German Conversation Hours. <a href="/id0904f67a8068aa16">Click here to view</a>.</p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><strong>SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT</strong>: The SIUE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN SEVILLE Application Deadline has been extended until January 18. You still have time to be part of an academic and life-changing experience. Get immersed in the exciting Andalusian culture of southern Spain, and get 6 credits of upper Spanish courses. Limited places available. For more information about this unique opportunity click on <a href="Seville_flyer.docx">this link</a>.<br /></span></span></p><p><img src="/id0904f67a806863c9" alt="" width="185" height="138" /></p><p><span style="color:navy; font-family:Arial; font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Picture from Ben Sheet's B.A. German senior essay presentation. Fall 2010. Find the other photos on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SIUE-Foreign-Languge-Department/71920456095" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Dr. Carolina Rocha publishes an edited volume on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Violence in Argentine Film and Literature</span><em>.<a href="/id0904f67a806848d9">Click here to read publication</a>. </em></span></span></p><p>Join us on Facebook at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edwardsville-IL/SIUE-Foreign-Languge-Department/71920456095" target="_blank">SIUE Foreign Language Department page</a>.</p><p>NEW: Learn more about our new courses in Arabic <a href="/id0904f67a80677b75">here</a>.</p><p>View the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literature's <a href="/id0904f67a8066982b">Newsletter for 2009</a>.</p><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" width="100%" align="center"> <tr> <td width="656" colspan="2">Sad news regarding Professor Emerita, <a href="http://www.siue.edu/news/archives/Obituaries10.shtml#Zaytzeff" target="_blank">Veronique Zaytzeff</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10"></td> <td valign="top" width="586"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/artsandsciences/fll/media/fllflash.swf" width="240" height="180"> <param name="movie" value="/artsandsciences/fll/media/fllflash.swf" /> <param name="loop" value="true" /> <param name="menu" value="false" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="scale" value="noscale" /> <param name="salign" value="lt" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /> </object></td> </tr></table><h3>Follow the Blogs of Heidy Carruther's Spanish Courses:</h3><p>Blog of <a href="http://siuespan101.blogspot.com/">Spanish 101</a></p><p>Blog of <a href="http://siuespanish.blogspot.com/">Spanish 201</a><br /></p><h3><a href="http://www.simplementequito.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Follow the Blog of an SIUE student on Study Abroad in Ecuador</a> </h3><table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" width="100%" align="center"> <tr> <td width="48%" valign="top"> <h3>Alumni: Keep in Touch</h3> <p>Calling all SIUE Foreign Languages and Literature Alumni, <a href="/id0904f67a8063cbf3">tell us what you are doing</a>!</p> </td> <td width="4%" valign="top"></td> <td width="48%" valign="top"> <h3>Already know a foreign language?</h3> <p>Proficiency exams are available in French, German, and Spanish, <a href="/id0904f67a8063e4ed">Click here for details</a>.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="48%" valign="top"> <h3>Conversation Hours</h3> <p>An excellent opportunity to improve and practice your speaking skills in Spanish, French, and German. <a href="/id0904f67a80645203">Click here for details</a>.</p> </td> <td width="4%" valign="top"></td> <td width="48%" valign="top"> <h3>Study Abroad Opportunities</h3> <p>Expand your horizons and education. <a href="/id0904f67a806451fa">Click here for details</a>.</p> </td> </tr></table><p><br /></p>