Wednesday, december 9, 1981
daily nebraskan
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Foreign languages
add to floor life
liy Kirsten Nielsen
Christmas carols float through the hall in four
languages. Murals of several countries brighten the walls.
No, it's not the United Nations, just the Modern Langu
age Floor in Ncihardt Residence Center, Raymond 2.
This is the fourth year of the floor and participation
lias doubled every year since its start, according toCayle
Smith, an assistant director for the floor.
"We have 58 people on the floor involved in the pro
gram," she said. "That's about 85 percent occupancy, up
from 55 percent last year."
The idea for the special floor originated with Mark
Cory, vice chairman, and David Gitlitz, chairman of the
Modern Languages and Literatures Department.
Douglas Zatechka, housing director, was also instru
mental in getting the floor started.
"Housing has been very supportive of the program,"
Smith said.
There arc four main language groups on the floor:
Spanish, French, German and, starting this year, Russian.
Each group has an assistant director, who is a student liv
ing on the floor.
"We're there to provide help, basically," Smith said.
"For instance, if someone is writing a paper (in a foreign
language) and they're having problems, we'll read it and
discuss it with them."
Lach group also has a faculty adviser, who meets with
the group each week for dinner and discussion in that
particular language. They also help schedule programs and
speakers for the group throughout the year.
Eduardo Varela, the floor director, is the faculty
adviser for the Spanish group. Karen Hibbel advises tiie
French group, Peter Rinecort, the German, and Bruce
Kochis,the Russian.
Speakers this fall have included Bonnie Brown, assist
ant dean of the modern languages department, who spoke
on careers in modern languages. Denise-Claud LcGoff gave
a presentation on combining French with business classes.
Ramon Hernandez spoke about the life of a writer in
Spain.
Although most of the students belong to one of the
four language groups, some residents speak Dutch, Italian,
Portuguese or Chinese.
"There is a lot of language exchange on the floor,"
Smith said. "We have offered mini-courses for residents
in the past and the floor also has a language lab with text
books, tapes and dictionaries."
Only 12 percent to 15 percent of the residents are
language majors, Smith said.
"Many are people who took a foreign language here or
in high school, but whose schedules don't aDow them to
take any more language classes," Smith said. "Living on
the modern language floor is a way to keep up. The only
prerequisite for living there is a strong interest in a foreign
language."
Have fun AND study!
If you want to take to the slopes - or the beach -
yet get a head start on classes during the interim:
If you're having trouble fitting your class and
work schedules together, or need courses for
graduation:
If you must leave campus for some reason next
semester, but want to continue your education:
College independent study, offered by the Un
iversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Division of Con
tinuing Studies, may be for you. For information
call 472-1926, or visit room 269 in the Nebraska
Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and
Holdrege.
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