Session Descriptions

The following sessions were offered in 2009.For sessions from the current year, click here.

 

WLD 2009

"German Idol": Popular music in Germany
Viel Spass! Have fun while improving your German
Latinoamérica es un pueblo al sur de Estados Unidos!
La Seine...principale avenue de Paris
La pizza napoletana: The history and language of pizza
Armavirumque Monstro: Life in the Imperial Roman Army
Bharatanatyam: Classical dance from India
Ku zo mu koyi Hausa! Explore one of Africa's most widely spoken languages
Po Polsku! A fun intro to Polish language and culture
Yookoso! Welcome to Japan
A Quinta do Caranguejo (and other tidbits of Brazilian culture)
A musical and cultural tour of Russia
A taste of Arabic
A taste of Korean language and culture
A tour of Tajikistan!
A tour of Ukraine in 50 minutes!
Arabic as an economic and spiritual language
Authentic movies from Latin America for teaching Spanish language and culture
Be a part of it: Join the Michigan World Language Association
Bongoflava: Hip hop music of Swahili-speaking East Africa!
Chinese Zodiac and symbols
Communicating across cultures
Considering MSU? How to apply to MSU and finance your college education
Considering MSU? How to apply to MSU and finance your college education
Cross-cultural understanding and the high school student exchange experience
Dips and Salsa: Be the life of the fiesta while learning how to dance the salsa!
Dummy Presentation for Joy's Testing
Ebonics and hip hop ain't just slang!
Extinction is not just for dinosaurs!
Food and festivals in Mexico and Spain
From turquoise to Santa Claus: Little known facts about Turkey
Germany: 16 sensational states - 16 fun facts
globalEDGE: Your source for global business knowledge
Globalization and your student's future
Grammar guru: Communicative grammar can be fun!
Growing up in Paris
Irish dance: Past, present and future
Israeli folk dancing: Rikudey Am
Israeli folk dancing: Rikudey Am
Jamaican proverbs and folk songs
Journey to the East: Discovering China through Shanghai World Expo 2010
Language and culture in the Arab world
Language and music: Communicating ideas in Indonesia
Languages and globalization: The Chinese and American experiences
Learn to juggle in Chinese with the diabolo
Let's learn Nihongo!!
Lord of the languages
Making the most out of online translators
Michigan facts and fun - in English and Ojibwe!
Muay Thai kickboxing: History and self-defense
Of friendship and learning: A Vietnamese tradition
Out and about: A tour of MSU's campus
Poetry Slam auf Deutsch!
Polish: Not just the language of Popes and Nobel Prize winners!
Recent French films and French slang
Rich Internet Applications: Work the Web
Russia and Russian today
Salsa 101
Silence is golden: A crash course in American Sign Language
Songs from Latin America and Spain
Spanish in Latin America
Spanish in the New World Order (or 10 reasons you can give your parents why you should study it!)
Study abroad: The real story!
Survival Indonesian: From Borneo to Bali!
Tae Kwon Do and self defense
Tamil: An ancient Indian language creating waves in Japan today!
Teen-created Esperanto: An easy, fun language for the Global Village
The fun side of language diversity: English vs. Urdu
The language of movement: The art of pantomime
The modernization of an ancient classical language: A Tamil experience
The power of yoga
The role of Language Analysts in the FBI today
The strange ways of the Germans
The women of Islam
Top ten reasons to learn a foreign language (through the family living experience)
Try Thai!
Tying the knot in German - Tree climbing the new national sport in Germany?
Understanding India through Hindi
Uzbekistan: Culture and traditions
Walk like an Egyptian: Modern Middle Eastern dance
Welcome to Kazakhstan: Culture, language, and dance!
What are y'all talkin' 'bout? -- The future of American English dialects
What's it really like in the Peace Corps?
What's your destination? Foreign languages and your career path
You say toMAYto, I say toMAHto: Britain and British English