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Language Clubs
Language clubs are organized by students with a passion for language and a desire to share that passion with the greater AU community to promote language learning and cultural understanding. Typical activities include:
- conversation tables where speakers at all levels meet informally and speak only the target language
- movie nights where club members watch a movie in the target language and discuss
- sponsoring speakers for the AU community, for example the French Deputy Ambassador
- embassy visits
- museum visits
- themed dinners
- holiday celebrations such as the Cinco de Mayo, Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras
LFS sponsors the following language clubs. If you would like more information or would like to join a club, please contact the club or faculty advisor:
Arabic Club: Professor George Berg, berg@american.edu
Chinese Club: Professor Linda Li, xiaonal@american.edu or auchineselanguage@american.edu
Professor Haiying Yang, hyang@american.edu
French Club: Professor Elizabeth Lang, frenchclub@american.edu
German Club: Professor Renee Von Worde, rvworde@american.edu or michelle.dromgold@gmail.com
Italian Club: Professor Ranieri Cavaceppi, ranieri@american.edu
Spanish Club: Professor Marie Pineiro, spanishclub@american.edu
Useful Web Sites for LFS Graduates
The American Association of Language Specialists
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Foreign Service Association
Association of International Educators
Development Executives (DEVEX)
Division of French and Italian Studies – University of Washington, Seattle
Idealist (jobs, internships and more in the non-profit world)
