The Center for Liberal Arts offers
classes and workshops to K-12 foreign
language teachers of French, German,
and Spanish.
The Center for the Liberal Arts is
founded around the notion that the
University of Virginia has a
responsibility to assist in improving
the learning and teaching of academic
disciplines in schools. The Center
offers classes and workshops
specifically for K-12 foreign language
teachers of French, German, and
Spanish.
The mission of the French Project is
to bring teachers closer to the
reality of French language,
literature, and contemporary society
by offering opportunities to exchange
ideas and experiences with other
teachers, scholars, and performing
artists. The French Project aims at
answering French teachers' needs with
lectures and discussions led by
specialists in fields ranging from
applied phonetics and experimental
language methodology to all periods of
literature and culture in France as
well as in Francophone countries. With
very few exceptions, all activities
are led in French and many use audio-
visual materials.
The German Project aims to enhance
language skills through the study of
culture. Our intensive summer
institutes are designed to provide
opportunities for teachers to speak
German, exchange information and
teaching strategies, preview new
German texts, and discuss topics of
interest with visiting experts.
The Spanish Project of the CLA offers
a variety of programs designed for and
by Spanish teachers in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Since 1984
we have offered institutes, workshops,
courses, and in-service days which
focus on the content of Spanish and
Latin American literature, language,
and culture. In addition, we offer a
summer course of study in Valencia,
Spain along with scholarships to help
defray the costs of that program.
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