Ohio University

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OHIO UNIVERSITY- DEPT OF MODERN LANG.

Local French classes enjoy French Immersion day at Ohio University!

                On November 25^th, 120 high school students and teachers from Athens, Alexander, and Vinton County High Schools shuffled into Baker Center for the Immersion Day event hosted by Ohio University’s French Club.  French Club prepared all semester for their arrival, planning activities and sorting out all the details.  As everyone arrived, volunteers mingled with high school students, helping them complete an activity about where French is spoken around the world.  The day’s events consisted of a few words of welcome, 5 different stations centered on the theme “La Francophonie,” an hour lunch filled with conversation in French, and a quick wrap-up and goodbye before the high school students and teachers piled back on the buses.  The students were divided into 5 groups according to their French level, so they had the opportunity to meet other high school students studying French as well as interact with the university student volunteers.  Each group went around to a station about la musique, la nourriture, le verlan, la culture, and French at OU.  Students and volunteers alike greatly enjoyed the opportunity to practice French outside of class and to meet other people interested in French!

Volunteer Opportunity in Granada 

Live in beautiful colonial Granada, Nicaragua, and volunteer in microfinancing.  No experience necessary, you will be trained.  You will be involved in making small zero-interest loans to people who make less than $2 a day so they may start a small business.  They are looking for someone who can commit to this position for at least six months, but preference will be given to those who commit for nine months, a year, or longer.  You should know some Spanish, but you do not have to be fluent.  You should be comfortable with a computer and the internet.  Most importantly, you must want to engage in anti-poverty work that makes a real difference in people’s lives.  If this is you, please contact smarks@bu.edu.

This is a great resume item for a young person!

Graduate students:

Summer Session 2014 –  French Translation  (FR5810, 5820). For graduate programs that require a reading knowledge of French, this is the course for you! Please let us know if you plan to take the course this summer. (partyka@ohio.edu)