82 580 - Senior Seminar in Modern Languages

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Carnegie Mellon University

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Description:

SPRING 2011 This seminar focuses on general issues in second language learning and use. It provides a culminating experience for students as they complete their studies. The course examines topics such as foreign or second language learning and teaching, the roles of second languages in American life, issues of linguistic and cultural diversity in the United States today, and discussions of multilingualism throughout the world. The primary goal of the seminar will be for students to reflect upon their cumulative language learning experiences, and to involve them in discussion of the roles that a second language plays in their own lives and in the emerging ?global knowledge economy? of the 21st century. The course carries three (3) units of credit and meets for one hour each week. The requirements for the course include one oral report, and one brief final paper in which students synthesize some aspect of their language study and a selection of recommended reading(s). The course will involve regular videoconference interaction with the instructor, Dick Tucker, who is spending AY 2010-2011 as Interim Dean of Carnegie Mellon Qatar. Faculty and other resource people from the Qatar campus will also participate periodically in class discussions. Co-requisite: Open only to Modern Languages Majors.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cmu.edu/

Phone Number:

(412) 268-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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