Session Descriptions
The following sessions were offered in 2008.For sessions from the current year,
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WLD 2008
| "Les chaussettes de l'archi-duchesse": Pronunciation fun in French |
| Armavirumque Monstro: Life in the Imperial Roman Army |
| Fussballfieber! The passion of club and international soccer in Germany |
| Ku zo mu koyi Hausa! Explore one of Africa's most widely spoken languages |
| La pizza napoletana: The history and language of pizza |
| Pasadas y pasadas! Flamenco dance basics |
| Viel Spass! Have fun while improving your German |
| Yookoso! Welcome to Japan |
| A musical tour of Brazil |
| A taste of Korean language and culture |
| A tour of Ukraine in 50 minutes! |
| A toy thousands of years old: The Chinese diabolo |
| Afro-Colombian Vibes |
| Aspiring world citizens wanted: A preview of the MSU Honors College |
| Beyond falafel: Explore Lebanese cuisine and culture! |
| Bongoflava: Hip hop music of Swahili-speaking East Africa! |
| Chinese Zodiac and symbols |
| Considering MSU? How to apply to MSU and finance your college education |
| Cross-cultural understanding and the high school student exchange experience |
| Culture and traditions of Uzbekistan |
| Dips and Salsa: Be the life of the fiesta while learning how to dance the salsa! |
| Discovering the Portuguese language |
| Do you speak African? No, I speak Lingala, Kikongo, Swahili, Lontomba, Wolof, Sereer, Pulaar, Diool |
| Fashion and language throughout the centuries: A story from the heart of Europe |
| German music beyond Rammstein |
| German theatre games and skits |
| Germany beyond Lederhosen |
| Independent school activity with your teacher |
| Irish dance: Past, present and future |
| Israeli folk dancing: Rikudey Am |
| Journey to the East: Discovering China through the 2008 Summer Olympics |
| Kazakhstan: Up-and-coming in Central Asia |
| Language and culture in the Arab world |
| Language diversity in Indonesia: 742 distinct dialects! |
| Let's learn Nihongo! |
| Love and respect: A Vietnamese tradition |
| Making the most out of online translators |
| Meals and food in Spain and Mexico |
| Michigan facts and fun - in English and Ojibwe! |
| Muay Thai kickboxing: History and self-defense |
| Our daily bread: What bread means for the French |
| Out and about: A tour of MSU's campus |
| Portuguese in the world today |
| Recent French films and French slang |
| Remixing our world view: Using map mashing and other Web 2.0 technologies to study world cultures |
| Rich Internet Applications: Work the Web |
| Russia and Russian today |
| Silence is golden: A crash course in American Sign Language |
| Songs from Latin America and Spain |
| Spanish in Latin America |
| Study abroad: The real story! |
| Sweden: From Viking raids to rap music |
| Tae Kwon Do and self defense |
| Teaching vocabulary for retention |
| Teen-created Esperanto: An easy, fun language for the Global Village |
| The history of the Spanish language, from Arabic to the Americas |
| The Mis-education of the 'Negro' & You: Ebonics 101 |
| The power of yoga |
| The women of Islam |
| Tribal belly dance workshop |
| Try Thai! |
| Turkey: The land where continents meet |
| Understanding India through Hindi |
| Walk like an Egyptian: Modern Middle Eastern dance |
| What's it really like in the Peace Corps? |
| Why French? I don't want to be a teacher! |
| Why learn languages? Top 10 reasons + how student exchange enhances language learning |
| Why study Arabic? |
| You say tomAYto, I say tomAHto: A rough guide to British English |
