/news-archive/tag/department-of-international-and-second-language-studies/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:18:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2016/07/21/spanish-certificate/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:18:38 +0000 /news/?p=64773 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR offers new certificate in professional Spanish]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is offering a new interdisciplinary certificate in professional Spanish this fall that will help students develop a strong working foundation in the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. The certificate is designed for students in academic programs that do not have enough flexible hours to complete a second major or minor in Spanish. However, students who are majoring or minoring in Spanish are eligible to complete the certificate. Upon completing the certificate, students will be able to converse and communicate at a basic level in Spanish and will have the practical skills, knowledge, and resources to use Spanish effectively and ethically in the workplace. In order to finish the certificate, students must complete Intermediate Spanish 1 and II, Translation Studies, an interdisciplinary area studies course at the 3000 or 4000 level, along with a choice between Conversation and Presentation for Spanish or Writing for Spanish. The 15-hour certificate in the Department of World Languages can be taken completely online. Students who can demonstrate a proficiency in Spanish can enter the certificate program without taking Intermediate Spanish 1 and II. For more information, contact Dr. Erin Finzer, chair of the Department of World Languages, at 569-3272 or esfinzer@ualr.edu. ]]> /news-archive/2016/06/07/64532/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:32:23 +0000 /news/?p=64532 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR Spanish student gains experience through new internship program]]> The program allows students to use Spanish in a professional and real-world setting in the central Arkansas community. For Little Rock native and senior Forrest Goss, the program has provided a learning experience that has proven to be beneficial. Not only have his Spanish skills greatly improved, but Goss gained connections and insight into the Hispanic community. 鈥淗e is a gifted Spanish student whose study of the language is motivated by public service and social justice, so our new structured internship program fits him well,鈥� said Erin Finzer, chair of the Department of International and Second Language Studies. During the spring semester, interns were placed with El Z贸calo, Children International, Twelfth Street Clinic, Shepherd’s Hope Clinic, and Harmony Clinic. After meeting with the organization, El Z贸calo caught Goss鈥檚 immediate interest. He finished the internship during the spring semester, but continues to volunteer this summer. The nonprofit organization serves as an immigrant resource center for the central Arkansas Hispanic community. The goal of El Z贸calo is to promote a dignified life for immigrants and foster community-wide understanding through education. El Z贸calo offers a food pantry, English as a Second Language classes, and assistance in finding resources to serve the Hispanic community in Little Rock. Goss works with the food pantry program. His main responsibilities include picking up food from the Arkansas Food Bank and translating or interpreting for clients. With a few exceptions, most clients at the food pantry do not speak English. Goss also assists in communication between guest presenters and El Z贸calo clients. Different organizations in the community visit El Z贸calo to offer helpful information, such as the Arkansas Food Bank, which will send representatives to present information on food stamp benefits. Most recently, Goss has been leading classes in El Z贸calo鈥檚 program, Cooking Matters, sponsored by the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. The organization supplies funding, training, and educational materials to conduct a six-week course on cooking and nutrition through Cooking Matters. The program focuses on ways to eat healthy on a budget, practice safe cooking techniques, and promote cooking and eating as quality family time. Participants are also given a bag of groceries with the ingredients to make the recipes at home. Goss鈥� internship has helped him learn about the intricacies of nonprofit work, which is something he may be involved with in his future. 鈥淚 have learned a lot about the experiences of the Hispanic community and the overwhelming struggles that many Hispanic residents face,鈥� Goss said. 鈥淚t has been a blessing and a learning experience, to say the least.鈥�  ]]> /news-archive/2016/03/11/ualr-free-turkish-classes/ Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:42:51 +0000 /news/?p=63701 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR offers Free Turkish classes]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Turkic Cultural Student Association now offers free Turkish language classes, providing students with an opportunity to learn a critical and widely used foreign language. The class is considered an extracurricular activity and is focused on business and personal travel skills. It meets from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays in Stabler Hall Room 202. Though the class began on Feb. 24, anyone interested in joining is welcome. The course is designed to teach participants basic conversation skills. In-class activities combine grammar instruction and cultural exchanges in a warm atmosphere. Over Turkish tea and snacks, class attendants learn to introduce themselves, understand and have daily dialogues, and succeed in business and tourist trips to Turkish-speaking regions without needing to speak English. As Turkey expands its participation in the global community, the need for skilled speakers is bound to rise as well. Corporations, governments, and other organizations promoting cooperation in the Middle East work more and more with Turkey and Turkish businesses. 聽 Turkish belongs to a family of languages spoken in eastern Europe, central Asia, and Siberia. Each language in this family is closely similar to Turkish, opening up Turkish speakers to a wider realm of geopolitical significance. For more information, contact 糖心Vlog传媒LRTurkishCourse@gmail.com or visit the Department of International and Second Language Studies in Stabler Hall Room 301.]]> /news-archive/2016/02/16/ualr-to-host-black-and-brown-lives-justice-over-social-divides-youth-leadership-workshop/ Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:06:08 +0000 /news/?p=63492 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR to host 鈥淏lack and Brown Lives: Justice Over Social Divides鈥� youth leadership workshop]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute on Race and Ethnicity will host a youth workshop designed to teach high school and college student leaders to become community organizers prepared to handle important social movements. 糖心Vlog传媒LR students Yolanda Anzora, Mackenzie Bolt, Jaztone Brewer, Lizzie Ferguson, Akshaya Garimalla, Kalan Horton, Ashli Hunter, Linda Sanchez, Bruno Showers, and Christine Stuckey were selected to participate in the youth workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Student leaders will learn to provide contemporary examples of where creative, youth-led community building and cross-cultural collaboration is impacting society, and about the methodologies of the in New Market, Tennessee, a research and education center focusing on grassroots organizing in Appalachia and the South. Workshop leaders Esmeralda Baltazar, a visual artist and educator at the Highlander Research and Education Center, and Aquil Charlton, a hip-hop musician and artist in residence at the Arts Incubator in Chicago, will draw on their professional experiences as teaching artists and community organizers to discuss movements and initiatives that are local to both Chicago and the South. The students, selected based on their passion and potential for community organizing, are eager to gain insight that will make them more effective leaders and change agents. 鈥淚 am very excited to learn from both Aquil and Esmeralda, and I hope for a better understanding of how to apply concepts from larger coalition work to AWARE,鈥� said Akshaya Garimalla, an international studies major and co-founding president of AWARE (Advocating for the Wellbeing and Respect of Everyone), a 糖心Vlog传媒LR student advocacy organization. In addition to the youth workshop, 鈥�Black and Brown Lives: Justice Over Social Divides,鈥� a panel presentation on how the Black Lives Matter movement has come to function as a unifying element for other social movements, will be held 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Clinton School of Public Service鈥檚 Sturgis Hall. The 鈥淏lack & Brown Lives: Justice Over Social Divides鈥� youth workshop is part of the 鈥淟atino Americans: 500 Years of History鈥� public programming initiative, sponsored by the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Department of International and Second Language Studies, the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Center for Arkansas History and Culture, the Arkansas Arts Center, and the Clinton School of Public Service, and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Spots are still available for college and high school students to attend the workshop. For more information on how to participate, contact Dr. Erin Finzer at 501.569.3272 or esfinzer@ualr.edu.]]>