Learning Outcomes for the Study of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
The two-semester language requirement provides students with the linguistic and communicative skills to interact in basic transactions with people from the target culture. Students also develop skills, knowledge, and perspectives that will help them gain intercultural awareness, make comparisons and connections between the language studied and their own, and use the language to interact and collaborate with their own community and the globalized world.
Speak at an Advanced Low oral proficiency in the target language.
Write at an Advanced Low written proficiency in the target language.
Use the target language to discuss major topics related to the cultures of countries where the target language is spoken.
Use the target language to discuss the literary works of major authors of countries where the target language is spoken.
- Conduct research in different areas of the field of World Languages: literature, culture, pedagogy, and applied linguistics.
- Use the target language to write about major literary works in Italian, Spanish or Spanish-American literature.
- Use the target language to write about topics related to the cultures of Italy, Spain or Spanish America.
- Use the target language to analyze Italian or Spanish grammar as well as to analyze the target language structure.
Student Resources
World Languages Study Hall
Join Us!
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Department of World Languages
Williard DiLoreto, D403
Need a place to study? Stop by the World Languages Study Hall!
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Contact Dr Rutherford - j.rutherford@ccsu.eduÂ
Paranoia and Conspiracy in Contemporary Latin American literature
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Workshop with Students
- "From Columbus's Diaries to Contemporary Literature"
- Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- Willard DiLoreto Hall, Room D205
Public Lecture
- "Paranoia and Conspiracy in Contemporary Latin American Lit."
- Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Founders Hall, Davidson Hall
Co-sponsored by the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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Lunar New Year Celebration
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Alumni Hall
Sponsored by Asian American, Asian, and Pacific Islander Center, Mosaic, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies
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Cross-Medical Encounters
Led by Dr. Jessica Rutherford
Jesuit Missionary, medicine in Brazil, Mexico, and Japan, 1549-1650
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: Central Community Health Education Clinic.
180 Paul Manafort Dr.
New Britain, CT
Dr. Rutherford's talk explores how Jesuit missionaries used local medicinal knowledge and plants in their evangelization from 1549 to 1650. This is not only aided conversion but also supported trade through the Jesuit network, blending religion, science, and commerce. The study reveals the global and cross-cultural dimensions of Jesuit missions during this period.
Central Clinic contact information:
Phone: 860.832.0235
Email: clinic@ccsu.edu
Social: @central.communityclinic
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Wisdom Wednesdays
Latinx Artist Christy Road's Next World Tarot Deck: A Non-Binary & Queer Spin on the Traditional Tarot Deck,
Dr. Jessica Rutherford (Assistant Professor, Spanish).
Date: April 9th, 2025
Once a month, on a Wednesday, throughout the semester.
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Elihu Burritt Library, 4th Floor, Suite 408
Online participation: TBA
A series where faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers share their inspiring research in ALL academic disciplines that relate to Latin American, Latino, and/or Caribbean Studies.
for further information, please contact us at LALCC@ccsu.edu or 860.832.0056