Students

As final projects for POR 304 “Sound and Sense,” students created podcast episodes. Topics range from popular music to linguistics, identity, work, dance, singing, water, and others. Narrations and interviews were recorded in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. The McGraw Digital Learning Lab—in particular, Dan Claro—assisted with the technical aspect of mixing and editing the audio.

Over spring break, students in SPA 204 travelled to Ecuador in collaboration with Conestoga Eye (Lancaster, PA) for a medical mission which brings together health education, humanitarian engagement, and the Spanish language.

While there, they documented their experiences and personal reflections while providing practical information about the area via http://commons.princeton.edu/missionecuador/.

Written by Ingrid Brioso Rieumont, assistant in instruction for SPA103, Fall 2017

Last December students from SPA103 Intensive Beginners and Intermediate Spanish went to Repertorio Español, a performing arts theater in Manhattan. Together we attended the play Valor, agravio y mujer, a comedia from the Spanish Golden Age, authored by Ana Caro Mallén de Soto and directed by Cuban dramatist Leyma López. The play featured performers from Cuba, Spain and Puerto Rico.

Last month, a group of students enrolled in SPA 107 visited Princeton Nursery School (PNS) to participate in a Spanish storytelling event in collaboration with the Community-Based Learning Initiative (CBLI).

The theme of the event was animals and colors and students enjoyed reading together with PNS students. As part of the visit, the students also brought books that were offered by the department to be donated to the school.

Following the visit, students had the opportunity to write about their experience in their final composition.