Session Descriptions

The following sessions were offered in 2006.For sessions from the current year, click here.

 

WLD 2006

¡Vamos a jugar!
Arabic and the world
Aspiring world citizens wanted: A preview of the MSU Honors College
Beyond cappuccino and bruschetta
Bollywood Dreams: Hindi in a nutshell
Bridging the gap: What Muslim students wish you knew about Islam
Calligraphy: The beauty of Chinese handwriting
Chinese numbers and the culture
Cultura Latina
Culture shock: USA
Current and future approaches for assessing language skills online
Destination Germany: FIFA World Cup 2006
Dips and Salsa: Be the life of the fiesta while learning how to dance to salsa!
Discovering the Portuguese language
Filipino Folk Dances
Financing an MSU education
Foreign language & your career: Recognizing your skills in a global context
Foreign language skills & your student's future career
Fun ways to assess performance in the language classroom
Globalization and your student's future
Guiding and promoting interaction during web-based reading activities
Hausa greetings and introductions
How to speak French without saying a word
L'Histoire de France en s'amusant / Learning French history the fun way
Le français dans la rue
Learn how to talk to a billion people: An introduction to Chinese
Learn Thai quick with karaoke
Let's learn Nihongo!
Motivating students with language learning tasks
Ojibwe: Keeping our language
Out and about: A tour of MSU's campus
Popular Israeli folk dances
Putting a face on Tagalog
Russia and Russian today
Simon says - Learn German vocabulary through games and other fun activities
Spanish tapas
Sprechen sie Deutsch? - Total immersion conversation group
Study abroad: The real story!
Taste of Korea!
The Cyrillic alphabet: Did you know that it was devised by two Greek brothers?
The exciting world of the U.S. Diplomatic Corps and the State Department
The fighting arts of Thailand
The power of Yoga
The Swahili kanga cloth and its oblique messages
The sword and Zen: An introduction to Iaijutsu
Thirty-Six Chinese Characters
Turkey: The birthplace of ancient civilizations and the land where two continents meet
Unveiling Japanese Culture
Vietnamese culture and holidays
What's it really like in the Peace Corps?
Whirlwind tour of language teaching methods
Wikis and podcasts and blogs, oh my! Language learning online
Yookoso! Welcome to Japan
You say tomAYto, I say tomAHto: A Rough Guide to British English
Zapateado, palmas, y vueltas: Flamenco dance basics