Final Week for Peer Reviews

This week LxC Language Resource Specialists will be completing reviews of one another's classes. This is a great opportunity to learn more about different teaching styles, new activities, classroom management, and more. This type of activity should help the reviewer as much as the "reviewee." Although some LRS will be evaluating a class that is not in a language her or she speaks, each LRS will be amazed at what they can learn by successfully completing this activity.

LxC section discusses "Los Gitanos en Espana"

The LxC Spanish section of PSYC-239 (Multicultural Psychology) recently discussed the Gypsy/Roma minority in Spain. The students reviewed a United Nations report on discrimination of women from this minority group. As part of their discussion, students compared this situation to Latinos in the United States. Some interesting similarities and differences became apparent.

How to use video in the classroom

LxC has a great resource page dedicated to using video resources in your sections. The page is link in collaboration with the Project for International Communications Studies.

Newspaper Front Pages

The Newseum, a wonderful place to visit when in DC, offers a fantastic website the displays the front pages of 424 newspapers from 43 different countries. This is a fabulous resource that everyone should check out. (Link)

International Student Coffee Hour

Good company! Free refreshments! Celebrate the beginning of the Fall season by coming to this month's International Coffee Hour on Friday, October 7 from 3:30-5pm in the University Union Old Union Hall (next to the University Union Mandela Room). Just enter the Old Union Hall from the (old) University Union Main Lobby. This month's sponsor is The Watson School. The Coffee Hour strives to be a space where the entire Binghamton University community, including international students, U.S. students, faculty/staff, and community members are welcome. The coffee hours are informal and provide an opportunity to meet and learn more about each other in a relaxed atmosphere. They are held on the first Friday of every month in the University Union Mini Mall Greenhouse from 3:30pm-5pm. Each coffee hour has free hot and cold beverages and cookies, sponsored by a different department on campus.