Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons^™

Putting The Fun In Foreign Language: Defining Leisure Language Learning And The Implications For Foreign Language Educators, Graca Webster

Scholars Day Conference

Leisure language learning is the pursuit of learning a foreign language out of one's own volition, rather than out of necessity, to fulfill an educational requirement, or for a job requirement, and for the primary purpose of pleasure and self-fulfillment. Leisure language learning can inform the way that foreign language educators prepare students for individual and personal success in a foreign language beyond the classroom. This work seeks to provide a complete definition of leisure language learning, discuss applications of this concept in the university level foreign language classroom, and present a layperson’s guide to becoming a leisure language learner.

A Literary Inquiry Into Horacio Quiroga's Usage Of The Oriental In "Las Pantallas De Fatima", Faith Park

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or I(nvestigative

The Imperfect, Mystical Longing For God As Seen In The Poetry Of Saint Teresa Of Avila, Adele Ericksen

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Comprehensible Input As A Language Learning Strategy Among Heritage Language Learners In The Spanish Classroom, Colleen Murphy

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Theoretical Proposal

Tú Dices “Plátano” Y Yo Digo “Mofongo”: Una Representación De La Normalización Del Biculturalismo En Alma’S Way, Jordan Carter

INSPIRE Student Research and Engagement Conference

Alma’s Way, a bilingual children’s animated television program from Fred Rogers Productions about a six year old Puerto Rican girl living in the Bronx of New York City with her family, premiered on PBS Kids in October 2021. Through the use of discourse analysis, this academic paper explores characters’ use of linguistic and cultural practices. Discourse analysis focuses on the main character, Alma, as well as her friends, her immediate family (Junior, Mami, Papi), and her mother’s side of the family (Abuelo, Tía Gloria, Uncle Nestor, Cousin Eddie). The analysis of 12 episodes chosen at random, a total of …

Session Ib: Literature Presentation 3 - Casa Tomada Y Peronismo (House Taken And Peronism), Paula Harvie

Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference

With my PowerPoint presentation, I plan to argue that the short story, Casa tomada by Julio Cortázar, is in fact of a metaphor of Peronism. I will discuss the story, who was Juan Perón, what was Peronism, and finally establish the connection of these Peronism and Casa tomada.