The College of New Rochelle
The School of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages

The Third Biennial Colloquium:

Teaching Cross-Cultural Understanding in the Foreign Language Class

Gill Library: Fourth Floor Seminar Room
9:00a.m. reception - 2:30p.m. lunch

9:30a.m. Welcome: André Beauzethier, Chair of Modern and Classical Languages at The College of New Rochelle

9:30- 11:00a.m. Panel I - Roundtable Discussions moderated by Nereida Segura-Rico, The College of New Rochelle
Panelists:
    Victoria Ketz, Spanish Professor, Chair of the Foreign Language Department, Iona College
    Michelle de Luca-Serpenti, Spanish teacher, Trinity School of New Rochelle
    Patricia Morris, French teacher, Fordham Preparatory School
    Marga Taylor, M.A. in Translation Studies (concentration in Computational Linguistics); Asst. Dean, Arts and Sciences, The College of New Rochelle
    Gale Verdi, Professor of Multi-Lingual/Multi-Cultural Education, Graduate School, The College of New Rochelle


(l-r) V. Ketz, G. Verdi, M.-A. N'Diaye

(l-r front) N. Segura-Rico, J. Gordon, J. Diaferia, F. Garcia
(l-r back) A. Jorge-Smith, A. Beauzethier

(l-r) M.-A. N'Diaye, N. Segura-Rico

(l-r) M.-L. Desrosiers, A. Jorge-Smith, J. Diaferia, A. Beauzethier

(l-r) J. Jeremie, E. Cobly, Bertrade Banoum, Jacqueline Didier

11:15a.m.-12:15p.m. Panel II- Student Roundtable Discussions moderated by André Beauzethier, The College of New Rochelle
Panelists: Majors in Spanish and French, speaking about their varied experiences with language in its cultural context

     Emma Cobley '04    Aileen Godoy '08  Nisha Feliz '06    Emily Williams '05
     Stacy Coleman '05    Judith Jeremie '05  Marie-Laurette Desrosiers'05  
   


(l-r front) J. Jeremie, A. Beauzethier, J. Diaferia
(l-r back) G. Verdi, A. Jorge-Smith, B. Nitzberg

(l-r) M.-A. N'Diaye, N. Segura-Rico, M-L Desrosiers

(l-r) K. Madigan, Sr. M. Boyan, F. Garcia

(l-r front) Sr. M. Boyan, K. Madigan, C. Blay
(l-r back) A. Beauzethier, Dean Thompson, A. Raia

(l-r) V. Ketz, G. Verdi

(l-r) E. Cobley, Jacqueline Didier, T.Choiseme

12:30-1:15p.m. Keynote Address: "A Year in Sénégal: Reflections on Learning and Teaching." Speaker Kathleen Madigan, alumna of the class of 1980, Chair of Classical and Modern Languages at Rockhurst University, 2003-2004 Fulbright Scholar in Dakar, Senegal. Introduced by Nereida Segura-Rico.


Nereida Seguara-Rico

Kathleen Madigan

J. Gordon

(l-r) A. Raia, Bertrade Banoum

(l-r) A. Beauzethier, K. Madigan, N. Segura-Rico

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages acknowledges with gratitude the support for this project provided by the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and by CNR Trustee David Eisenberg through his grant to the Classics program.