vol 01 | issue 01-2

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T H E L A N G U A G E C E N T E R S W E L C O M E E D I T I O N

Happening at the Language
Events
February
Center
Contributors...
what's
inside
Welcome The Language Center
Who We Are The Language Center
Weekly Conversation Hours

are very happy to be releasing the first
We
of the monthly Language Center
edition
The Newsletter is written by
Newsletter.
Language Center assistants Robert
dedicated
(Russian ‘17) and Elizabeth De Los
Parent
(Political Science ‘19), with support from
Reyes
Center Director Teresa Valdez, Ph.D.
Language
Language Center officially opened in
The
of last year on the 3rd floor of the
October
renovated Douglass Building. Many of
newly
have already visited us, and for those of
you
who haven’t had a chance to get
you
with our new facilities, we invite
acquainted
to stop by and check out the space.
you
that we currently provide include a
Services
and well-furnished study space, multiple
cozy
for group work, foreign language
classrooms
hours, and the Language Center
conversation
Lab located next door to our main
Computer
offices.
Computer Lab is available to anyone who
The
like sign in and practice a language
would
learning for a couple hours. We also
they’re
foreign language keyboards that allow
provide
to type in a different alphabet or enter
you
characters. Foreign keyboards which
special
available at the moment include: Arabic,
are
Chinese, Greek, Portuguese, Korean,
Japanese,
Hebrew, German, Polish, and French.
Russian,
by before your next language test!
Stop
W E L C O M E
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welcome to the
language center

Entry to the Language Center,
Above:
Floor of Douglass Commons
3rd
everyone! Hi
an exciting time for
It’s
Language Center as
the
continue to grow and
we
fruitful language
provide
to the
experiences
at the U of R.
students
team is working
Our
to share the
diligently
world of
exciting
and culture
language
all of you.
with
inspired people
bring
through our
together
events.
a foreign
Learning
is not only a
language
skill but a
marketable
way to broaden
valuable
horizons and
your
to different
connect
on
communities
free to stop by any
Feel
our events and get a
of
of what we have to
taste
at the Language
offer
Parent
Robert
‘17) (Russian
De Los Reyes
Elizabeth
Science ‘19)
(Political
Valdez, Ph.D.
Teresa
Center
(Language
W H O W E A R E
ˈ L A N G ɡ W I J
“Without language, one cannot
talk to people and understand
them; one cannot share their
hopes and aspirations, grasp
their history, appreciate their
poetry, or savor their songs.”
― Nelson Mandela,
Long Walk to Freedom
Who We Are:
The Language Center
Center.
campus.
We will continue to
Director)

February the Language Center presents...
This
Movie Night - Habemus Papam with English subtitles.
Italian
8, 6:00PM - 8:30 PM • Join us for the Festival of Food, Film, and Culture!
February
will be serving traditional Italian appetizers so sit back, relax, and enjoy
We
ˈ L A N G ɡ W I J
E V E N T S
Happening at the Language Center:
February 2017
two hours of non-stop laughter.

pm Turkish
pm Japanese
Weekly:
Conversation
Hours
MON pm Portuguese
pm Hebrew
TUE pm Korean
Italian
pm
Russian
pm
WED pm Spanish
THU
French
pm
Russian
pm