Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures (DFLL)

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Foreign Language Film Conference 3, October 2009

A powerpoint slide presentation. View it in your browser, or download the powerpoint file to view on your computer. And check out the conference website for information about future and past conferences.

 

2009 Foreign Language Day

Here's a powerpoint presentation put together by Karen Sweiger-Veil in htm form; for a prettier version in Powerpoint format, click here--this will require a recent version of Powerpoint, or a converter to read the pptx format. Here's the FLD website.

 

2009 Award Winners

 

Spring 2009 Newsletter

 

"Works in Progress" talks

 

An ongoing series of talks by department faculty and graduate students. We'll archive fliers here--and try to post them ahead of upcoming talks.

 

 

Foreign Language Open House Fall 2008

 

The Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures is sponsoring an Open House for all new, transfer, and continuing SIUC foreign language students on Monday, August 18, 2008 from 3:00-4:30 pm in Faner Room 2083. Information about majors, minors, free credit, language tables, scholarships, and study abroad opportunities will be available. Come meet the faculty, staff, and fellow foreign language students. The event is free and refreshments will be available.

 

Click here for a powerpoint presentation introducing the orientation. If you want to view the show through your browser (less pretty, but doesn't require powerpoint or such a large download), click here.

 

Foreign Language Day, 10 April 2008:

Powerpoint slide show (Large, pretty, 2MB powerpoint file to download, requires Powerpoint on your computer)


Slide show (This should run directly through your browser, without downloading anything, but is a bit less pretty.)

FLD web site

Older news:

 

2008 Award winners

 

2007 Season's Greetings (with information on 2007 events)

 

Foreign Language Day, 7 April 2007

 

Foreign Language Film Conference, 11-13 October 2007

 

Department attracts seven new scholars. (Link to an SIUC news release about our new faculty.)