College of San Mateo's

World Language Days 2007

were held the week of

March 19.

Where in the world
would you like to go?
Come to our events and find out!

Above: Office Assistant Zarghona Khano,
Language Arts Dean Susan Estes

Right: The CSM campus fountains

Below right: A campus scene

Below: San Francisco viewed from campus

Printed programs were available.

They could be picked up in the Foreign Language Center, 18-112,
and in the literature holders outside the Language Arts Division Office,
17-169.

Right, a promotional display for the events.

 

All Week: The Foreign Language Center, Building 18, Room 112, held open house. Refreshments The hours were Monday, 9:10-2:00 and 4:30-6:30 Tuesday, 8:30-2:00 and 5:15-6:40 Wednesday, 9:10-2:00 and 4:30-6:30 Thursday, 8:30-2:00 and 5:00-6:20 Friday, 9:10-2:00

Monday, March 19

	8:10-8:25 am: Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.
A student presents a poem by Lermontov.		A presentation about Greek.

8:10-10:00 am: Professor Jing Wu showed Myth (San Wa), in Chinese with English subtitles. 16-252.

9:10-9:25 Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

	1:00-2:25 pm: Professor Michael Cheung's students demonstrated their use of American Sign Language. 16-250.
Michael Cheung, above Some of his students, right

6:30-9:30 pm: Professor George Khoury showed The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in French with English subtitles. Refreshments. 16-252.

6:30-9:30 pm: Professor Jing Wu showed House of Flying Daggers, in Chinese with English subtitles. 18-203.
		Above, below, and left, students in Jing Wu's class ready to see the film.

	6:45-9:30 pm: Professor Brandon Smith's ESL students individually presented a poem, short tale, song, or proverb in their first languages, then explained it in English. Refreshments. 16-267. Left, a Tamil speaker presents proverbs; right, a Mexican student discusses his flag. Lower left, Professor Smith in class; lower right, a woman sings in Chinese.
			Brandon Smith, above
Right, a woman from Peru prepares to sing in Spanish.

6:30-9:20 pm: Professors Guy Marra and Tiziana Balestra showed L'ultimo bacio, an Italian film with English subtitles. Refreshments. 18-204.

Tuesday, March 20

9:10-9:25 Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

	11:10 am-12:45 pm: A slide show of Paris in the summer, photographs taken and explained (mainly in English) by Professor Susan Petit. Refreshments. 18-203. Below, students and visitors ready to see the show.
Susan Petit, above		Above, the theater complex. Left, the campus at dawn: light comes through the library, and the San Francisco Bay stretches out below the campus.

	6:30-9:30 pm: Professor George Khoury showed Coup de torchon, in French with English subtitles. Refreshments. 16-256.
Above, students getting refreshments before the film. Right, two other students in the class.		George Khoury
6:30-9:20 pm: Professor Roslyn Raney showed Good Bye Lenin! a German film with English subtitles. 18-207. Right, the class before the film.
6:30-9:20 pm: Professor Tiziana Balestra showed L'ultimo bacio, an Italian film with English subtitles. 18-203. Below, students with refreshments before the class.
	Right, Professor Balestra poses between two of her students.

6:30-9:30 pm: Professor Jing Wu showed Rush Hour 2 , a Chinese film with English subtitles. 18-301.

Wednesday, March 21

8:10-8:25 am: Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

8:10-10:00 am: Professor Jing Wu showed The Banquet (Ye Yan), in Chinese with English subtitles. 16-252.

9:10-9:25 Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

11:10 am-noon: Professor Barbara Baraff showed scenes from La Meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth), in Italian with English subtitles. 18-306.

Above, Uudu Below, Chinese	Spanish	Persian
	11:10 am-noon: Professor Lisa Suguitan Melnick's ESL students individually presented poems in their first languages, then explained them in English. Refreshments. 18-303.

6:30-9:15 pm: Professor Machiko Conway showed Shall We Dance?, a Japanese film with English subtitles. 18-203.
	Above, students of Japanese ready to see the film.

6:30-9:20 pm: Professor Roslyn Raney showed Lola rennt, a German film with English subtitles. 18-307.

6:30-9:20 pm: Visiting Professor Yukio Tsuda introduced and screened Endangered Languages: The Case of "Udehe" in Siberia, a rare documentary concerning a vanishing language. Professor Tsuda is a Fulbright scholar visiting and teaching at CSM this spring semester. As a specialist in language policy, he is very concerned with vanishing languages. The screening was followed by a question and answer period. 16-153.

Yukio Tsuda

6:30-9:30 pm: Professor Jing Wu showed Memoirs of a Geisha, in Chinese with English subtitles. 18-301.
	Jing Wu

Thursday, March 22

9:10-9:25 Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

12:10-1:00 pm: French Club presented French songs--everyone was invited to join in the singing. Refreshments. 18-203. Above, students in Susan Petit's French 120 class.

12:45-2:00 pm: Professor Brandon Smith's ESL students individually presented a poem, short tale, song, or proverb in their first languages, then explained it in English. Refreshments. 16-153.	Above, Professor Smith's students singing in Portuguese, rapping in Chinese, and reciting in Arabic.
	Below, his students singing in Japanese, French, and Korean.

6:30-9:15 pm: Professor Machiko Conway showed Shall We Dance?, a Japanese film with English subtitles.18-203.
	Machiko Conway

	6:30-9:20 pm: Professor Roslyn Raney showed Nirgendwo in Afrika, a German film with English subtitles. 18-302.
Roslyn Raney	Above, Professor Raney with German students.

Friday, March 23

		Students presenting on Lebanon (left), Machu Picchu (right), and Mexican folkloric danse (lower right).
8:10-8:25 am: Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English or about other cultures. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

8:10-10:00 am: Professor Jing Wu showed Hero, in Chinese with English subtitles. 16-252.

9:10-9:25 Student presentations of poems or other material in languages other than English. Professor Muriel Brennan. 14-104.

9:10-10:00 am: English students of Professor Susan Petit presented favorite poems in their original languages, then explained them in English or present an English translation. Right, a student presents a Russian poem; below, students read poems in Spanish.
	Left, Susan Petit

10:10-11:00 am: Professor Barbara Baraff showed scenes from La Meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth), in Italian with English subtitles. 18-203.

Post-Week activity Monday, March 26, in 18-202 Tuesday, March 27, in 16-153 Wednesday, March 28, in 16-170 6:30-9:30 pm: Showing of Ridicule, in French, subtitled in English. (The entire film shown each evening.) Professor Marilyn Carter. Below, students at the Monday screening.
		Marilyn Carter

Right and below: the Foreign Language Center
	Left: View past the new science center toward San Francisco Right: the central mall
	Above: spring comes to the campus Left: part of our display window for WLD 2007 Right: the college seal

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