Languages, Tuesday

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In case you missed the announcement yesterday: every student in the language classes needs to do an in-class presentation. There is a sign-up sheet and further instructions at my office. The presentations should be between three and five minutes long. Visuals are encouraged. Your first presentation may be in English or your native tongue; your second one, later in the semester, must be at least half in the language you are studying. (History of English students are the exception.) The subject of your presentation may be any historical or cultural aspect of the language you're studying.

Homework for all classes is study and practice your vocabulary, and prepare for your presentations.





[ooc: I am completely out of ideas today. My apologies.]

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8:00 - 10:00 TTh. Cat.

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As soon as everyone's here we'll begin the transformation.

Today we'll take a short field trip around the campus. It may be difficult to focus as you'll be experiencing many new sensations, but try to concentrate on how the campus looks compared to in your normal forms. Stay close to me at all times.

If you have any questions about the in-class presentations, please ask.

1:00 - 3:00 TTh. Languages of Europe

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Your vocabulary quiz is on the board. The first five are French to English, the second are German to English.

We'll also begin with Spanish and Latinate languages today, simple verb conjugation and basic vocabulary.

3:00 - 4:00 TTh. History of English

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A reminder: you have a project of transcribing the speech of someone with a different accent than your own using the phonetic alphabet. This will be due a week from Thursday.

Everyone take a handout: we'll be looking at runes today. Be careful with these. They're not to be used lightly.

10:00 - 1:00 TTh. Open lab

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(ooc- I did my homework but it's on my computer at home so will "hand it in" tomorrow some how)