Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home … … I have ever traveled out of the country I would typically stay in a hotel so this was my first time ever staying with a host family. When I imaged their home I expected it to similar to a shack. I also […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home … … My host family was one of my favorite parts about the whole entire trip to Costa Rica. From greeting them at the airport for the first time till hugging them goodbye outside the airport for the last time, they were the most […]

Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining … … The first day in Alajuela my host mother made tortillas with cheese and bologna. While in Costa Rica I had plenty of tortillas, rice and empanadas. The usual meal with my host family was empanadas (tortilla with beans), white rice and chocolate, […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home … … My host family, Mayra, her son Pablo, and Pablo’s daughter Maria Paula picked the four of us who would be staying with her up directly  from the airport and brought us to their house. It had been a long and tiring day […]

Reading Strategies for Modern Languages

  Reading Strategies for Modern Languages The readings selected during this semester were designed with two purposes in mind: (1) To provide information you are capable of understanding. (2) To give you confidence in reading in the language you are studying. Before reading, you should determine what your purpose for reading is, as this will […]

Instructional Resources: World Language Course Guide

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Instructional Resources: Language Reading Skills

… Reading Strategies for Modern Languages: The readings selected during this semester were designed with two purposes in mind: (1) To provide information you are capable of understanding. (2) To give you confidence in reading in the language you are studying. Before reading, you should determine what your purpose for reading is, as this will […]

Folium: Microsoft Can Make Your Voice Speak Foreign Languages via Gizmodo.com

Folium: Microsoft Can Make Your Voice Speak Foreign Languages via Gizmodo.com Have you ever wondered what your own voice sounds like? Have you ever taken a tape recorder, recorded yourself, then immediately said “eww, that’s how I sound to other people?” Yeah, I thought so. Well, take that idea and apply it to different languages! […]

Folium: The World Has Changed – Languages Make a Huge Difference!

Folium: The World Has Changed: Languages Make a Huge Difference! This is another argument towards a global mindset in these new economic times. Knowing more than one language prepares you to go anywhere and do anything! Reading things like this also makes me think … If we know so many jobs are going global, why […]