Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Author: nhanway

  • Cross Cultural Understanding Key to Future Careers

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    “Career services personnel at the University of South Carolina believe that employers value the study of any foreign language, not necessarily a specific one. They have spoken with many employers who think a student with knowledge of a second language and culture is more likely to have better cross-cultural understanding, an advantage when doing business…

  • Hispánoman – short film by advanced MLC students

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    Students in Professor Angelique Dwyer’s class on Film in Spanish (SPA 390) made short films as part of their course work.  Here is one of them:  a film called “Hispánoman.”  It is witty, well-made, and  with a great message!

  • The many benefits of a major in languages

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    This article from the New York Times discusses how majoring in languages provides benefits that extend far beyond the classroom.    

  • What students are doing in Modern Languages at Gustavus

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    Students in Professor Marisa Kalbermatten’s Spanish Composition class are reading and discussing El cartero de Neruda (Neruda’s Postman) the Chilean novel on which the film Il Postino is based.  Professor Kalbermatten’s innovative approach means that students are learning about Chilean culture and political history at the same time as they are studying advanced grammar and…

  • Only 5% of the people in the world speak English as their first language

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    “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela Only 5% of all the people in the world speak English as their first language.* In the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures &…

  • The MLC Blog

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    Dear professors and students of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures: We need your help. Jeremy Robinson (Culpeper Center) and I are revamping the MLC web site. The new site will host this blog, where we will post news about the department: our students, our alums, our course projects, faculty research, and community news. But we…