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Ganeshan Presents at 2019 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Dr. Ashwini Ganeshan at the 2019 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

Dr. Ashwini Ganeshan, Assistant Professor of Spanish in Modern Languages at Ohio University, presented a pragmatics research paper at the 2019 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium in El Paso, Texas, Oct. 24–26. The paper titled “Las funciones del marcador discursivo uruguayo tá: una primera aproximación pragmática” (“The functions of the Uruguayan discourse […]

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October 31, 2019 at 3:46 pmResearch

Sigma Delta Pi Kicks Off Fall with Hocking Hills, Movie Night, More

Sigma Delta Pi Kicks Off Fall with Hocking Hills, Movie Night, More

From a visit to Hocking Hills State Park, a busy involvement fair, a movie night and a bake sale, Ohio University’s Pi Rho/Tau Chapter of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi, has had an active fall. ¿Has Probado Ants-on-a-Log? (Have You Tried Ants-on-a-Log?) Members of Sigma Delta […]

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October 15, 2019 at 3:36 pmNews

Modern Languages Colloquium | Spanish Language Learning Through Telecollaboration, Oct. 10

Modern Languages Colloquium | Spanish Language Learning Through Telecollaboration, Oct. 10

The Modern Languages colloquium series presents Dr. Emilia Alonso Sameño, who will be giving the talk “Spanish language learning through telecollaboration: Preparing our students for the digital, global era,” on Thursday, October 10 from 4–5 p.m. in Gordy 113. Alonso Sameño is Professor of Spanish in the Modern Languages Department at […]

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October 1, 2019 at 9:45 pmEvents

Kunkel Presents Work on Tonal, Non-Tonal Sounds in English and Mandarin

Gwen Kunkel, HTC Communication Sciences and Disorders major and Spanish minor, presented her research on “Auditory Perception and Electrophysiological Responses to Chimeric Sounds.”

Several Modern Languages students presented their research and projects at Ohio University’s Student Research and Creative Activity Expo on April 11. Gwen Kunkel, an Honors Tutorial College Communication Sciences and Disorders major and Spanish minor, presented her research on “Auditory Perception and Electrophysiological Responses to Chimeric Sounds.” Kunkel worked with […]

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April 19, 2019 at 4:42 pmResearch

HTC Spanish Freshman Presents a Paper on Surrealism in Spanish Art

Honors Tutorial College Spanish Major, freshman Kaitlyn Booher (left), poses with Associate Professor of Spanish, Dr. Mary Jane Kelley (right), prior to giving her presentation "The Reaction of Surrealist Artists to the Spanish Civil War."

Kaitlyn Booher, a freshman Honors Tutorial College Spanish major, presented her spring semester project, “The Reaction of Surrealist Artists to the Spanish Civil War.” She completed the project in a tutorial with Dr. Mary Jane Kelley, Professor of Spanish. For the project, Booher examined the artwork of five artists: Joan […]

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April 19, 2019 at 2:41 pmResearch

Partyka, Students Attend Cincinnati Romance and Arabic Languages Conference

Kaitlyn Booher, Carrie Summerford and Suzy Aftabizadeh sharing newly acquired Colombian detective novels over some Mexican dishes.

Dr. Betsy Partyka, Professor of Spanish, and three OHIO Honors Tutorial College Spanish majors attended the Cincinnati Romance and Arabic Languages Conference on April 7. Partyka presented a paper on a Paraguayan dictator novel by Renée Ferrer with a focus on the psychopathic features of the main characters and a […]

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April 15, 2019 at 2:50 pmResearch

Barrile Gives Presentation on Online Language Learning

Dr. Matthew Barrile delivers his colloquium talk “Spanish on Your Time: The Asynchronous Online Language Classroom.”

Dr. Matthew Barrile, online curricular designer and Spanish lecturer in the Modern Languages Department, delivered a presentation at the spring term Modern Languages Department Colloquium on March 26. In his presentation, “Spanish on Your Time: The Asynchronous Online Language Classroom,” Barrile detailed the unique design processes of an asynchronous online […]

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April 1, 2019 at 2:46 pmResearch