Spring 2016 Integrated Language Options (ILO)
Integrated Language Options (ILOs) constitute the core elements of the RCAH CLAC Program. ILOs provide language immersion opportunities for students. In an ILO, students use the language to collaborate with each other and their language mentor on a semester-long project. Spring 2016 topics and projects are listed below.
Arabic: Title: Baklawa
Students chose poems from prominent Arabic poets around themes of feminism, love, revolution, injustice and resistance. They also collaborated to write a poem about Baklawa.
Participants: Madeline Aulicino, Brian Batayeh, Austin Littley, Uchechi Okeke, Casey Paskus, and Ray Weidner with Language Fellow Aida Amroussia
Chinese: Title: Exploring Chinese minorities
Slide coming soon (PowerPoint #1 | PowerPoint #2)
Students chose the places that they are interested in and explored the culture of Chinese minorities in those places. In this study, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia were explored.
Participants: Leea Fellows and Katherine Rock with Language Fellow Jenni Lee
French: Title: Virtual visits to Francophone places
Photos coming soon (Visit #1 | Visit #2 | Visit #3)
Paris gets a lot of attention (and rightly so!), but there are A LOT of other places in the world where French is important. Students studied the language, culture, politics, and history of Mali, Guyane, and Saint-Martin and then used the interactive storytelling software Twine to let others explore these amazing places on their own. These virtual visits are rich in multimedia, using music, videos, images, and text to teach about la Francophonie.
Participants: Marie Kaniecki, Sarah Teppen, and Alexa White with Language Fellow Spencer Greenhalgh
Hebrew: Title: Srugim
(see poster image below)
Poster presentation based on the award-winning Israeli television series Srugim, about young, professional singles in the Jewish Modern Orthodox community of Jerusalem. It's about their lives and their search for love.
Participants: Lindsey Beaver with Language Fellow Ellen Rothfeld
Italian: Title: Who do you meet in college?
A video, with a hint of Italian comedy, consisting of a collection of short episodes written and performed by the students, having as the main theme the funny characters you can meet in college.
Participants: Nicole Sherman, Andrew Texel, and Leslie Welch with Language Fellow Danilo Balzarini
Japanese: Title: Making and playing with Karuta, a traditional Japanese card game
(see photo below, PowerPoint coming soon, & video)
Students created a traditional Japanese card game, Karuta. Using their favorite Japanese games and anime as a theme of the game, students developed the Karuta cards by writing Japanese sentences (Yomifuda cards) and drawing pictures corresponding to the sentences (Efuda cards). Students also prepared presentation slides about Karuta, including its rules, history, and influences on the popular culture.
Participants: Emily Callaghan and Leea Fellows with Language Fellow Tsuyoshi Oshita
Korean: Title: Comparing Korean and U.S. patriarchal systems
View videos: Video #1 | Video #2
Students interviewed two Koreans and asked them about their experiences related to patriarchy, roles in their families, and more. The students compared whether or not Korea and the U.S have similar or different patriarchal systems.
Participants: Laney Hult and Sarah Teppen with Language Fellow Jenni Lee
Spanish: Title: Exploring the cross-cultural role of music in people's lives
This short documentary examines the role of music in people's lives. RCAH students interviewed each other and also three participants from Latin America to explore the intersection between music, dance, and culture as both an art form and a way of seeing the world.
Participants: Juwan Clarke, Jenny Crakes, Jackie Guzman, Katie Harger, Kristin McConnell, Taylor Peterson, Sadie Shattuck, Alexandra Stano, and Morgan Torre with Language Fellow Fredy Rodriguez-Mejia
imPACT of tolerance: Sharing small acts of tolerance to change our world (website) In this project, we define, analyze, and reflect on what creativity and tolerance are. As a result, we created a website. The goals of the website are to share our understandings of what tolerance is, to creatively inspire others to think about tolerance in their lives, and to learn from others about how to enact tolerance. An important component of the site is the PACTOs (Spanish acronym for Small Acts of Tolerance), examples of how Spanish speakers in different countries enact tolerance in small events in their daily lives.
Participants: Jess Black, Maggie Devins, Ryan Roehler, and Krista Rodriguez with Language Fellow José Martinez-Hinestroza
Swahili: Title: Understanding the bilingual education system in Tanzania
See poster below.
This Work in Progress looks at the nature of the education system in Tanzania and the language of instructionin the classroom. The student created a poster based on the structure and goals of the education system in Tanzania.
Participants: Marie Kaniecki with Language Fellow Rose Mnzava
Vietnamese: Title: Bánh cam ‘Orange cake’: A street food specialty of Vietnam
We created a video project that explores one of Vietnam’s most popular snacks, banh cam. In this video, the student will show the audience how to make banh cam as well as giving her opinion on the culture surrounding Vietnamese street food.
Participants: Julia Le with Language Fellow Ni La Le
If you would like more information about ILOs, what it’s like being immersed in a world language while learning about other cultures, and how ILOs can help you reach proficiency, contact Professor India Plough via email.