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American Literature: Short Stories: Paths to the Canon
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This trimester we will examine some of America’s best-known short stories and short story writers, and explore the ways in which these works and authors gain the necessary prestige and popularity to be called “canonical.” How many paths to the canon are there? How do they function? Who decides what
American Art History: Photos Telling Stories
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This course will focus on the stories that well-known and lesser-known photographers have told about America through iconic photos that still resonate today. From the weary eyes of Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, to the panorama of Robert Frank’s Americans, the misfits of Diane Arbus, and all the searing news images that made
American Expression: Liberty 3.0: American Outlaws
NEW ACS COURSE WINTER 2017 This trimester we will examine America’s fascination with and susceptibility to outlaws both real and imaginary. How does culture simultaneously perpetuate and embody that fascination? What are its historical foundations? These are a few of the questions we will consider throughout the trimester. Instructor: Andrew Bennett, PhD Language Skills developed
Happy Thanksgiving from Young Learners 2!
This week in Young Learners 2, we celebrated Thanksgiving. We read a story called Spare the Turkey about a boy who had his first vegetarian Thanksgiving. After that the class was split into two groups and we placed Guess Who? and Memory with Thanksgiving vocabulary cards. Lastly, we made fingerprint turkeys with paint and we each wrote
CINE FORO SOBRE CINE AMERICANO – ASPECTOS A CONSIDERAR DURANTE LA VISUALIZACIÓN DE LA PELÍCULA PARA EL POSTERIOR DEBATE: EL FRANCOTIRADOR
El francotirador (American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, 2014) es una película dirigida por Clint Eastwood basada en la autobiografía de Chris Kyle, un Navy SEAL que sirvió en la guerra en Irak, titulada American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. Estrenada en 2014, la película llegó a ser la más
American Cultural Studies Program (ACS): FREE OPEN SESSION
Monday, December 19th, from 18.00 to 19.15 Aula 203 Attendees Will Receive a 5% Discount on Winter 2017 Enrollment! Join us to learn more about the American Cultural Studies Program (ACS) and meet our faculty. Find out about the content for the Winter 2017 trimester of our core courses (American Art History, American Expression, American Literature.)
YL2 Shapes and Silhouettes, Formas y Siluetas
Young Learners 2 did a creative project with shadows using recycled paper on October 22nd. The students read a story together about making animal shapes using hands and a flashlight. Only the description of one of the shapes alluded to Halloween, with its howling dog, but as you can see in the pictures, its theme is there in the legs of a zombie, a bat, and a
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP” BY FRANCIS BRETT HARTE
This month’s story is Francis Brett Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” first published in 1868. Harte’s career has been tightly linked to Mark Twain’s, and it’s not hard to see why: they shared a time, place, and an interest in capturing the colloquial reality of provincial America, in particular the realities of the California
NEW ACS COURSE FOR WINTER 2017: American Theatre
American Theatre: Broadway and the American Dream This course on American Theatre will use material from Broadway to introduce students to the concept of “The American Dream.” We will study three plays and musicals presented on Broadway: A Raisin in the Sun A Streetcar Named Desire West Side Story Students will strengthen language skills and
We’ve had a great start to this year in YL4! The kids are enthusiastic and eager to learn English. We’ve focused a lot on speaking. I’m impressed with everyone’s level, enthusiasm, and imagination. The things they’ve invented during our fake interviews surprised me and made me laugh. I was very excited about our Halloween class!
