NOVA Alexandria’s World Languages Department is proud to present Celebrate Languages Week from March 14-17, 2016. All events are free. For more information, contact Prof. Martha Davis at mdavis@nvcc.edu.

Monday, March 14
Il Postino/The Postman
11:15-1:30 PM in AA196
Italian Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Nadya Malagò Blackburn

Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios/Women on the
Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
5:00-7:00 PM in AA196
Spanish Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Eddy Arana

Tuesday, March 15
International Poetry Reading
2-3:30 PM in AA160
Hosted by Profs. Laura Franklin, Dali Tan & Martha
Davis

Wednesday, March 16
Amreeka
3:30-5:30 PM in AA160
Film in Arabic & English with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Lama Hamdan

Lola rennt/Run Lola Run
6:45-9:00 PM in AA196
German Film with English Subtitles
Moderated by Prof. Eddy Arana

Thursday, March 17
A Celebration of Irish Language & Culture
12:30-1:30 PM in AA158
Presented by Terry Nealon, CEO Fishtree
Lunch will be served

International Karaoke
1:30-3:00 PM in AA160
Hosted by Prof. Amanda Trostle with
World Languages Faculty Judges

Karaoke contest rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a_AbzF9KxYM89VnyctLeYf2yHD_30RLhbSHWnqNJM6w/edit?usp=sharing

Link to sign up for karaoke contest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1da2mRgiEUDyeZyQS7ymWvCkqJtWCH5_KoE45IdN7T9k/edit?usp=sharing

International Board Games
3:00-5:00 PM in AA160
Co-Hosted by the Chinese Club & S.A.L.S.A.

NOVA Alexandria’s World Languages Department proudly presents an international film series, “Cuisine, Culture and Language.”

Series is free and open to the public. Screenings will take place in Hodge Language Center, AA160

All films are subtitled in English and followed by discussion.

Kebab Connection (German)
Thursday, November 12, 2:00-4:00pm
Discussion moderate by Prof. Eddy Arana

Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese)
Friday, November 13, 1:00-3:30 pm
Discussion moderated by Prof. Dali Tan

Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish)
Thursday, November 19, 12:30-3:00 pm
Discussion moderated by Prof. Martha Davis

Tampopo (Japanese)
Friday, November 20, 1:00-3:30 pm
Discussion moderated by Prof. Elizabeth Bull

Please contact Prof. Martha Davis (mdavis@nvcc.edu) for further information.

A representative from the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will visit our campus later this month. CLS provides fully-funded overseas immersion programs for eight to ten weeks during the summer in fourteen different languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Swahili and Turkish. Airfare, tuition, room and board, cultural program expenses, overseas health benefits and applicable visa fees are covered. Participants also receive a small stipend to cover incidental expenses and meals not provided by the program. The only expenses the student would be responsible for is fees to obtain a U.S. passport if you don’t already have one, and medical exam fees to complete the medical form.

The program is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study. Many of the languages that are part of the program require no prior experience with or study of the language. The State Department is particularly interested in promoting to students at our campus in an effort to “broaden the base of Americans studying and mastering critical-needs languages and to represent the full diversity of professional, regional, cultural and academic backgrounds in the United States.”

Please consider applying for a CLS and plan to attend the presentation on Tuesday, October 20 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Hodge Language Center (AA 160) to learn more about this invaluable opportunity. The CLS application deadline is November 30.

Questions? Contact Prof. Davis at mdavis@nvcc.edu

Thank you to the S.A.L.S.A. members, professors, students and other guests who attended Teatro Milagro’s play and acting workshop today. Even the fire alarm in Tyler couldn’t keep us from performing our “actos” this afternoon!

SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Hosted by World Languages Department
NOVA Alexandria
September 15-23, 2015

All films subtitled and followed by post-screening discussion
Film festival free and open to the public

Tuesday, September 15 at 2:30 PM in AA160

Las Analfabetas
(Illiterate)

Drama, Moisés Sepúlveda, 2013, Chile

Wednesday, September 16 at 12:30 PM in AA 196

Un cuento chino
(Chinese Take-Away)

Comedy, Sebastián Borensztein, 2012, Argentina, Spain

Thursday, September 17 at 12:30 PM in AA196

Malacrianza
(The Crow’s Nest)

Drama, Comedy, Arturo Menéndez, 2014, El Salvador

Tuesday, September 22 at 2:30 PM in AA160

Wilaya

Drama, Pedro Pérez Rosado, 2012, Spain

Wednesday, September 23 at 2:00 PM in AA196

7 Cajas
(7 Boxes)

Thriller, Action
Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori, 2013
Paraguay

Made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain and NOVA’s Office of Student Life.

For more information contact Prof. Martha Davis at mdavis@nvcc.edu.

The Spanish American Latin Student Association (S.A.L.S.A.) swept the Student Life Awards presented on Thursday, April 30, winning Student Organization of the Year, Student Leader of the Year (Rodney Velasquez) and Student Volunteer of the Year (Moises Davidson). Congratulations!!

President Rodney Velazquez, pictured below, gave a creative, heartwarming and inspirational keynote address at the opening of the awards ceremony.

S.A.L.S.A. handed out a number of club awards on Thursday, too. Pictured below are “LDP” Award winners. Congratulations!

(HUM 295) Hispanic Women Writers (3CR)

Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Featuring fiction by Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende, Sandra Cisneros and Julia Álvarez. Stories, discussion and assignments available in English and Spanish based on student enrollment.

 Questions? Contact Prof. Martha E. Davis at mdavis@nvcc.edu

¡Nuevo curso de humanidades para el otoño de 2015!

(HUM 295) Escritoras hispanas (3CR)

martes y jueves 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Con ficción de Laura Esquivel, Isabel Allende, Sandra Cisneros y Julia Álvarez. Cuentos, discusión y tareas estarán disponibles en inglés y español según las habilidades de los estudiantes que se inscriben.

¿Preguntas? Póngase en contacto con la Profa. Martha E. Davis at mdavis@nvcc.edu

Greetings from the ET4OL Symposium in Dallas, Texas! We are learning exciting things about engaging students in online and face-to-face classes.

Some apps for professors and students alike:
Skitch
Screen Chomp
Basecamp
Zoho Projects

In the “Women in EdTech” session, a virtual panelist, Prof. Maha Bali from the American University in Cairo, mentioned her “personal learning network.”  Mine are NOVA students and colleagues, professional organizations such as FLAVA, ACTFL and Merlot and former classmates. Where/who is your learning network?

Patrick Hamm and Marcy Delos, former Spanish 202 honors option students, participated in the Dr. Joseph Windham Student Voices Conference last night. They shared their fascinating research, which they originally had presented in Spanish to their classmates last semester, on “A History of Mexican Migration to the United States” and “Heightening Risks of Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border.” Congratulations on a job very well done! ¡Enhorabuena!

Photos by Martha E. Davis

Photo by Sabine Daly

Save the Date! On April 16 from 5:00-5:30 p.m. in AA196, the Dr. Joe Windham Students Voices Conference will feature two Spanish 202 alumni. Patrick Hamm and Marcy Delos will present their honors research projects on Mexican immigration to the United States. A Q&A session will follow. You won’t want to miss it!