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  • French Playwright and Actors visit 21F.346 on March 19, 2008
  • Class Visit

    l. to r., in front: Emily Moberg '11, actor Dominique Pinon
    l. to r, behind: Alexa Herman '08, Professor Irving Singer [MIT/Philosophy], Tess Wise '10, Safia Chettih '08, Professor Edward Baron Turk [MIT/Foreign Languages and Literatures], actor Hilario Saavedra, Professor Ilana Zinguer [University of Haifa, Israel, Department of Comparative Literature], playwright Valère Novarina, Carrie Niziolek 'G.'
    [Photo taken by Dr. Johann Sadock (MIT/Foreign Languages and Literatures)]

  • 2008 Lufthansa Award for Excellence in German Studies at MIT
  • Lufthansa Award

    Preisverleihung - Public Award Ceremony
    Wednesday, April 30th 2008
    from 5:00-6:00pm in 14E-304
    TWO - 1st Prizes: Round-trip to Germany with Lufthansa and participation in a visitor program

    All applicants (and their supporters!) are requested to attend the 12th Anniversary Award Party on April 30th from 5:00 - 6:00pm in14E-304. Herr Christoph Fay, Head of Personnel Marketing Lufthansa, Frankfurt will be presenting the awards. Delicious refreshments will be served.

    Participants submit their work demonstrating original and creative excellence in German Studies no later than April 25, 2008 to their German instructor. We are planning to publish the most interesting entries on our Web site <http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21.german/www/>

  • FL&L's A. C. Kemp's New Book: "The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion"
  • AC Kemp

    The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion: Lady Snark's Guide to Common Discourtesy by FL&L's A.C. Kemp is now available.

  • Award For Excellence in Foreign Languages
  • Award for Excellence

    Congratulations to Lisa Nakano, Winner of the 2008 Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages. Check back in the Fall to read about her trip to Japan!

    Please check back soon to read about last year's Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages recipient, Scot Frank!

    Pictures from Scot's trip can be found below (Click to view larger size):

    Scot Frank in China Scot Frank in China Scot Frank in China Scot Frank in China Scot Frank in China Scot Frank in China

    To read about the travels of previous Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages recipients, please click here!

  • LLARC Chinese Laguage Catelog Featured in IS&T Newsletter
  • The Language Learning and Resource Center's Chinese Language catelog was featured in the January/February 2008 MIT Information Services and Technology newsletter for its use of "Exhibit" database techonogy.

    The article can be accessed at the following link: http://web.mit.edu/ist/isnews/v23/n03/230312.html

  • January Scholars in France 2008
  • The January Scholars in France have returned! Please visit their website to read about their journey: http://web.mit.edu/jsf/2008/

    To read about the 2007 trip, visit the JSF 2007: The Colors of Paris website: http://web.mit.edu/jsf/2007/!

    January Scholars in France 2007

    To read about the 2006 trip and see the wonderful pictures, visit the JSF 2006 Webpage!

    For more information on the January Scholars in France Program, please visit the January Scholars in France Website.

  • IAP 2008 in Germany
  • Twenty-one students started their adventure in Germany with a two-day workshop with Deutsche Bahn in Berlin, working together with young German professionals. Still in Berlin, they started the German language course with MIT instructors and had plenty of opportunity to get to know Germany's exciting capital. After a week in Berlin, the group got to know two more cities and regions in Germany's south west, Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, and Freiburg, situated in the Black Forest. The students visited many cultural and corporate sites in all three cities and tried out their German in get-togethers with German high school and university students.

  • e•Merging
  • Check out the new Web-Based E-Journal "e•Merging: Voices on the New Diasporas"

    New Edition Released May 2007! Now available at http://web.mit.edu/emerging/!

    Head over to http://web.mit.edu/emerging for more details.



  • CB/BS Seminar Brown Bag Lunch Series
  • MIT European Short Film Festival 2008
  • International Cultural Capital Seminar Series
  • Check back soon for more Events!


  • Foreign Languages & Literatures administers the Graduate Language Exam (GLE) and the English Evaluation Test (EET).

  • English Evaluation Test (EET)
  • Please click here for additional information.

  • Graduate Language Exam (GLE)

      Date: Wednesday April 16, 2008
      Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
      Location: 14N-417

    Please click here for additional information and application.

  • Please find the Fall 2007/Spring 2008 Communication Intensive Subjects offered by Foreign Languages & Literatures listed here.



    A listing of past events held by FL&L. Please enter the archive here.

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