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Posted by Orlando Garcia on May 15, 2023
Students of Italian Learn the Vocabulary of Cooking Hands-on By Cristina Farronato Why settle for just learning Italian or cooking Italian food while you can do that at the same time? In a fun-filled morning, the students of Italian 1 gathered in the kitchen at Morgan Hall to learn how to cook authentic Italian cuisine.…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on May 3, 2023
Dear BLC Community It has been a year full of exciting changes within the BLC, with a new Associate Director, an Advisory Board, and new programming, while we have also worked to upgrade our facilities and their management and also continued to provide opportunities for engagement and enrichment for everyone in our community. With this…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on April 18, 2023
We would like to thank everyone who participated in this contest. We received many thoughtful submissions from a wide array of languages that demonstrated an extraordinary breadth of linguistic and historical knowledge and sensitivity to how meaning is made across, through, and in languages. Most impressive of all was how the entries revealed the worlds…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on April 10, 2023
Join us in congratulating David Kyeu who has been nominated to receive the Outstanding Faculty and Staff Advisor Award during the Oski Student Leadership Awards for his work as Coordinator of African Languages and instructor of Swahili. The Outstanding Faculty and Staff Advisor of the Year Award is given annually to a member of the faculty, administrative, or…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on April 3, 2023
You are cordially invited to attend: ein seufzer kommtniemals allein ... Berkeley German Student Cabaret April 18 & 19, 6pm B-4 Dwinelle Hall Free and open to the public (April 19 reception sponsored by Excelsior German Center, Oakland) UC Berkeley's students of German once again present a mixture of poetry, skits, and music in their annual cabaret…
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…