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		<title>¿Qué pasa? Quoi de neuf? Novità? Department News Abounds (9.1)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[¿Qué pasa? Quoi de neuf? Novità? Department News Abounds The Department of Foreign Languages welcomes two new faculty members: Spencer Wolf, who started teaching German in the fall semester and Congmin Zhao will be teaching Chinese, starting in the spring semester. The French, Spanish, and Italian clubs have been active this semester hosting movie nights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1578&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canciones in the Spanish Classroom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canciones in the Spanish Classroom By Jon Aske, Department of Foreign Languages I have always been fond of bringing songs to my Spanish language classrooms. The main reason was personal. I started learning English as a teenager in the 70’s, primarily through exposure to English language songs and I think that the experience was not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1593&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic and the Politics of Language</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic and the Politics of Language By Joseph Hitti, Arabic and French instructor The Arab world spreads all the way from the Arabian Peninsula to Morocco in the north-west of the African continent. Supposedly all the inhabitants of the many countries in this area speak the same language, Arabic. Still, the reality is a bit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1587&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Everyone should learn a second language”</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Everyone should learn a second language” A conversation with K. Brewer Doran, Dean of the Bertolon School of Business, about the value of foreign language study By Elizabeth Blood, Department of Foreign Languages K. Brewer Doran, Dean of the Bertolon School of Business and well-known specialist in global and cross-cultural marketing and decision-making, knows first-hand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1568&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Slavery: Chinese Coolies in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Other Slavery: Chinese Coolies in Latin America Michele C. Dávila Gonçalves, Department of Foreign Languages “Coolie (variously spelled Cooli, Cooly, Kuli, Quli, Koelie etc.) is a historical term for manual laborers or slaves from Asia, particularly China, India, and the Philippines during the 19th century and early 20th century. It is also a contemporary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1683&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salem State Foreign Languages Students Play a Vital Role in the City of Salem’s Work with the Hispanic Community</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salem State Foreign Languages Students Play a Vital Role in the City of Salem’s Work with the Hispanic Community By Kristine Doll, Department of Foreign Languages The Salem Council on Aging was recently honored by the city’s Hispanic community for its efforts to reach out to and serve Hispanic senior citizens. Approximately seventy people crowded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1663&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Practice your Spanish Next Summer in Costa Rica or Spain!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practice your Spanish Next Summer in Costa Rica or Spain! If you are a Spanish major, minor, or you need to complete your Foreign Language Requirement , or if you would simply like to go abroad and try language immersion in a new fun environment, check our Spanish summer abroad programs As every year for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1667&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Experience Living and Teaching in Lugo, Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work Abroad / Study Abroad My Experience Living and Teaching in Lugo, Spain Alyssa Barras, alumna from the Spanish Major program Introduction by Dr. Fátima Serra, Department of Foreign Languages The Education Office of the Embassy of Spain is offering another round of positions as Cultural Assistants in Spanish Schools. Seniors or recent graduates get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1652&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salem State Well Represented at MaFLA’s Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salem State Well Represented at MaFLA’s Annual Conference By Kristen Artinano, MAT/Spanish graduate The Massachusetts Foreign Language Association held its 44th Annual Conference at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center from October 27 to 29, 2011. Lisa Lilly, 2010 ACTFL Teacher of the year, kicked off the conference with her exhilarating opening session, Accentuate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1642&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[FUTURE TEACHERS OF ITALIAN IN THE US Teaching in Lombardy, Italy By Anna Rocca &#38; Kathryn D. O’Connell Leaving home to study or work in a foreign country can be an emotionally complicated experience. It is normal to look forward to the travel with anticipatory nervousness and, as the messages below attest, acclimation can be an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6073825&amp;post=1634&amp;subd=ssclinguafranca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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