Results in BLC Posts
Posted by Emily Hellmich on March 23, 2023
It’s not easy to find a good assessment for first semester language courses, especially when it comes to speaking skills. Oral exams can be very stressful for learners and, often, these types of assessments don’t offer a clear window into the breadth and depth of learners’ capabilities. For several years, Esmée van der Hoeven, lecturer…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on March 21, 2023
Daniel Hoffmann (Department of French) has been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA), the most prestigious honor for teaching on the Berkeley campus! The DTA ceremony will be held on Wednesday, April 26 from 5-7 p.m. in the Pauley Ballroom (in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union). Please mark your calendar and plan to come to this…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on March 20, 2023
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN FRENCH IN THEBAY AREA AND BEYOND (3-4 PM) A ROUNDTABLE IN ENGLISH WITH THE FRENCH CONSULATE OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE BERKELEY, UC BERKELEY FRENCH DEPARTMENT AND STUDY ABROAD COMMENT LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQ_UE EST-IL ENTRAIN DE TRANSFORMER LA FRANCE? Q_UELSIMPACTS SUR LA POLITIQ_UE DE L'EAU? (4-5 PM) CONFERENCE EN FRANCAIS…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on February 21, 2023
The French Department is happy to announce that it has received a grant from the French Embassy and the FACE Foundation to develop professional pathways for learners of French at UC Berkeley. The 2023-2025 project’s aim is to help students learn a foreign language while gaining professional experience and intercultural knowledge in two professional domains:…
Posted by Emily Hellmich on February 1, 2023
The BLC hosted an undergraduate pizza meet and greet on Thursday Jan 26. More than 40 students stopped by to chat with their peers about all things language. Many students stayed longer than it takes to eat a slice of pizza, enjoying meeting peers, learning about their peers' language-learning journeys, and sharing their own. Thanks…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on December 14, 2022
During the regular academic year, elementary, intermediate and advanced courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters. During the summer, intensive beginning Swahili may be offered. A summary of this is as follows:
Posted by Emily Hellmich on November 15, 2022
Cal students choose to study languages and cultures for many different reasons–curiosity, getting a job, family. On October 24, the BLC hosted a panel of outstanding undergraduates who shared exactly why they have chosen to study language/culture at Berkeley. The students are studying a range of languages: Spanish (Damaris Velazquez Lopez), French (Kayne Belul), Kiswahili…
Posted by Emily Hellmich on November 10, 2022
Last month, we asked for your direct input on the new directions of the BLC in the form of a survey. We are sincerely grateful to the close-to-50 people who generously gave of their time to share with us their ideas. Thank you! We are still in the process of analyzing all the results, but, in…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on October 24, 2022
Gabriella Licata has just received the 2023 student abstract award from the Linguistics Society ofAmerica for her abstract titled "A semiotic analysis of right-wing surveillance of CongresswomanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez's communicative repertoire." Click here for more information!
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 27, 2022
This past summer I stepped down as Director of the BLC because of increased administrative duties elsewhere on campus, and so this is an opportune moment to reflect a bit on the importance of BLC and the people who make it work. The BLC has been my intellectual home since its founding by Claire Kramsch…