August 22, 2017
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This is the second in a two-part series about songs which UW Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows have learned in their various locations around the world this summer.
August 11, 2017
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Songs represent a unique and effective means of learning language–there is repetition of words and grammar, the language is conversational, they include idiomatic expressions, and they are easier to remember
July 25, 2017
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“While Aung San Suu Kyi remains, for many, a powerful symbol of the struggle for democracy, the time has come for stronger international pressure to condemn her moral abstention regarding
July 21, 2017
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“…being able to converse in ‘Taglish,’ the commonly spoken combination of Tagalog and English, has allowed people I’ve spoken with to represent their experience accurately, without being white-washed.” Hannah Bassett,
April 19, 2017
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Studying Arabic with the FLAS has also impacted my experience here by allowing me to build friendships and make connections with Arabic-speaking students on a deeper-level. Perry Keziah is a
April 5, 2017
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“My UW experience provided me with the intellectual community and fieldwork opportunities to combine my unique perspectives as a mountaineer and development scholar to fight for a more thoughtful and
March 10, 2017
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“Learning Hebrew has opened the door to Israel Studies, but also to languages like Ladino and Yiddish, which are often written in Hebrew letters. Knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet has
February 13, 2017
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“To the best of my ability, I completed my task whilst abroad. I met new people, I learned more Russian, and I feel that I have come to understand the
January 27, 2017
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“By the time Isatou graduated from high school, she had already achieved much more than anyone expected of her, but she was determined to keep moving forward. Her personal and
January 19, 2017
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“It seems that bi-cultural identities are just as common here as they are in the U.S.” Center for Global Studies FLAS Fellow Henry Milander, an undergraduate student in Business, International