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World Language Week 2004

was held the week of October 25.

It was sponsored by the Language Arts Division,
the Foreign Language Department,
and the French Club.

 

 

Professor Machiko Conway decorated a glass case with materials representing various languages.

Everyone was invited!

We had films, speakers, slides,
activities.
Dean Susan Estes with the program of activities

 

Featured languages:
Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish.

Monday, October 25

8:10-9:00 a.m. Room 16-256. Discussion: the Chinese zodiac. Professor Jing Wu.

8:10-9:00 a.m. Room 14-205. Presentation: French breakfast. Refreshments. Professor Susan Petit.

9:10-10:00 a.m. Room 14-100. Activity and demonstration: Chinese paper cutting. Professor Jing Wu.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 16-253. Presentation with guest speaker: A virtual trip to China. Professor Jing Wu.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 16-168. Film: Bread and Chocolate. In Italian with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Guy Marra.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 16-251. Film: Night of the Shooting Stars. In Italian with English subtitles . Refreshments. Professor Leda Mussio.

7:00-9:00 p.m. Room 14-188. Film: Shall We Dance? In Japanese with English subtitles.Professor Machiko Conway.

Chinese paper cutting
and the Chinese zodiac with Professor Jing Wu.

Tuesday, October 26

9:10-10:00 a.m. Room 16-252. French, Spanish, and Mexican cheese tasting. Refreshments!! Professors Richard Castillo and Susan Petit.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 14-102. Film: The Last Emperor. In Chinese with English subtitles. Professor Jing Wu.

6:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-256. Film: Title to be announced. In French with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Marilyn Carter.

6:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-267. Film: La Gloire de mon père. In French with English subtitles. Professor George Khoury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mexican/Spanish/French cheese tasting:

anticipation
tasting
choices, choices
setting up: Professors Richard Castillo
and Susan Petit; Danielle Tran
talking it over
serving
We had cheeses, cheeses, cheeses, with a selection of fresh baguettes and various crackers, accompanied by sparking cider and spring water.
just a bit of the selection!
 

 

7:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-268. Film: Good Bye Lenin. In German with English subtitles. Professors Diane Musgrave and Roslyn Raney.

 

 

Wednesday, October 27

8:10-9:00 a.m. Room 16-256. Film: Shower. In Chinese with English subtitles. Professor Jing Wu.

9:10-10:00 a.m. Room 14-100. Film: To Live. In Chinese with English subtitles. Professor Jing Wu.

6:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-256. Film: Mediterraneo. In Italian with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Tiziana Balestra.

6:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-251. Film: Life Is Beautiful. In Italian with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Guy Marra.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 14-102. Film: Title to be announced. In French with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Marilyn Carter.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Room 16-273. Film: Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille). In German with English subtitles. Professor Diane Musgrave.

The slide show was accompanied by croissants, spreads, coffee, and water.

 

Thursday, October 28

8:10-9:35 a.m. Room 14-205. Slides of France showing typical summer outdoor activities. Focuses on Paris. Refreshments. Professor Susan Petit.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 16-252. Presentation: Translating Chinese humor. Professor Jing Wu.

6:30-9:35 p.m. Room 16-256. Film: Title to be announced. In French with English subtitles. Refreshments. Professor Marilyn Carter.

7:00-10:00 p.m. Room 14-118. Film: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume (Rhapsody). In Japanese with English subtitles. Professor Machiko Conway.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Room 14-103. Film: Mostly Martha (Bella Martha). In German with English subtitles. Professors Diane Musgrave and Roslyn Raney.

 

 

 

To learn more about any of these films, visit the
Internet Movie Database!

 

 

 

Return to top of World Language Week

Visit the French Club Page
Read about WLW 2001, WLW 2002, and WLW 2003

 

 

 
Professor Richard Castillo
 
Professors Jing Wu and
Diane Musgrave

 

Photographs of World Language Week events are by Xing Kai Wu and Susan Petit.

 

 

Questions? Ask Susan Petit
(Professor, English and French)

Office: 17-145
Phone: 650-574-6357

650/574-6357
petit@smccd.net

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November 4, 2004

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