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BLC Lecturer Profile: Chika Shibahara

By Victoria K. Williams
Published Aug 30, 2011
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From a Fan of Little House on The Prairie to a Japanese Lecturer at UC Berkeley: Chika Shibahara PROLOGUE: As a teenager, Chika Shibahara had her mother sew clothes designed by Chika and inspired by her favorite American TV series, Little House on the Prairie. Little did Chika know then where life would lead her . . . . . . once in a lifetime –A Japanese proverb by a famous tea master (Guests should think: this is an opportunity of a lifetime. As we might not see each other  →  Read in full

BLC Lecturer Profile: Amelia Barili

By Mark Kaiser
Published Apr 22, 2011
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Amelia Barili is a Spanish Language and Culture lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, who is inspiring and preparing university students to use what they know to help others, through an innovative pedagogy that integrates the most recent findings of Cognitive Science Neurobiology and Service Learning. Recognizing the potential that UC Berkeley students have to serve the surrounding community, while mastering what they are learning, Amelia Barili, integrates in her  →  Read in full

BLC Lecturer Profile: Santoukht Mikaelian

By Victoria K. Williams
Published Jan 25, 2011
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Striving for something counts for as much as achieving something. (An Armenian proverb)

BLC Lecturer Profile: Armando Di Carlo

By Mark Kaiser
Published Oct 06, 2010

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      “One must love one’s work like one loves a woman,” says Dr. Armando Di Carlo. After 20 years at UC Berkeley’s Department of Italian studies, spring semester 2011 will be Armando’s last; he’s retiring.       Armando Di Carlo ended up in the US because of love – not for work but for a woman – as we’d expect of a passionate Italian man.  After meeting his future wife, Armando moved to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he received his doctorate in  →  Read in full

Lecture: November 3, 2006: UCB Lecturers Panel

By Orlando Garcia
Published Nov 03, 2006
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Claire Kramsch and the BLC: Her Legacy to Berkeley Language Lecturers Lisa Little, Lecturer of Slavic Languages, Moderator From Across the Copier to the BLC Karen Möller, Scandinavian ‘No’ Doesn’t Always Mean ‘No’ Lihua Zhang, East Asian Languages Looking from the Eifel Tower Through the Brandenburg Gate Towards the Campanile: Claire Kramsch and the Teaching of German at UC Berkeley Nikolaus Euba, German Helmets Off to Coach Kramsch Seda Chavdarian, French A Personal  →  Read in full

Lecture, December 6, 1999: Akatiff, Becker, Fritz, Langer

By Mark Kaiser
Published Dec 06, 1999
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Berkeley Language Center Fall 1999 Instructional Development Research Projects Mary Akatiff Miles Becker Daniela Fritz Ellen Langer

Lecture, March 5, 1999: Ron Scollon

By Mark Kaiser
Published Mar 05, 1999
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Intercultural Communication: Problem, Solution, New Problem by Ron Scollon, Professor of Sociolinguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

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