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Language Activity in Service:
This one-credit language activity in service allows students who wish to engage with language and/or cultural interactions to participate actively in experiences related to internships or community engagement within and outside of Rutgers.
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LEP Ambassador
This one-credit language activity in service (P/NC grade) allows students who wish to engage with language and/or local cultural interactions and exchanges to participate actively in experiences related to community engagement. Students will be organized into 3-5 person groups led by one cultural ambassador selected from undergraduate students. Students will create personalized goals for their service, complete entry and exit surveys to assess their experiences, and write brief weekly reflection reports. They will serve one hour for 12 weeks in addition to preparation time and attend three one-hour meetings as a group for orientation and group discussion meetings with supervisor. In addition, students will complete a related mini-final project highlighting the linguistic skills practiced and the actual cultural competence that they gained during service.
Prerequisites: Open to All Levels
Eligibility: Current Undergraduate Students
LEP Internship
This one-credit language activity in service allows students who wish to engage with language and/or cultural interactions to participate actively in experiences related to community engagement. Students will create personalized goals for their service, complete entry and exit surveys to assess their experiences, and write brief weekly reflection reports. They will serve one hour per week for 12 weeks in addition to preparation time and attend three one-hour meetings as a group for orientation and group discussions with supervisor. Attendance reports from internship placement supervisors will be sent to the in-service language faculty member supervising the Language Activity in Service. In addition, students will complete a related final project highlighting the linguistic, cultural, and professional competencies that they gained during service.
Prerequisites: Open to All Levels
Eligibility: Placement Test or Equivalent (Language level stipulated by the Language Activity in Service offering.)
Telling Languages - Reflecting on Language and Social Justice - Italian
In this activity, students will be asked to reflect on language and social justice through questions such as, "How does rhetoric affect relationships and others' feelings?" To do so, they will:
- Read a text provided by the instructor that models how and what we can infer about people, their feelings, and attitudes from the language they/we use.
- Interview people of the community that belong to a minority/discriminated group. The questions will be prepared with the instructor's help.
- Transcribe the interview.
- Participate in a discussion on Canvas.
- Write a reflection paper.
- NOTE: The best reflection paper could be included in the Italian Department's open-source book.
Prerequisites: Italian 131 or placement.
