Lecture by R. Feal, October 11, 2019

Rosemary Feal, Executive Director Emerita, Modern Language Association of America
Professor of Spanish Emerita, State University of New York, Buffalo

How Language Centers Thrive: Notes from the Field

During my years as executive director of the Modern Language Association, I learned a great deal about what makes language teaching effective on college and university campuses in the United States. I recently completed a project looking at language centers to determine what makes them thrive, what challenges they face, and what role they might play in the future as language departments are showing a downward trend in their offerings and staffing. Participants will be given the opportunity to explore these issues with respect to the Berkeley campus.

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Friday, October 11, 2019
3 – 5 pm
B-4 Dwinelle Hall

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