MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Global Studies and Languages

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MIT Language Conversation Exchange presents: Lunch around the World

MIT Language Conversation Exchange team

Jan/11 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM 14N-417
Jan/18 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM 16-644
Jan/25 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM 16-644
Feb/01 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM 16-644

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none

Weekly lunch mixer for language enthusiasts to meet native speakers and exchange about language and culture! All MIT community members welcome. Native speakers of the following language will be present: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Hebrew, Punjabi.

Please let us know if you are coming at http://bit.ly/2hR59qV

Sponsored by Graduate Student Life Grants, Committee on Race and Diversity, and Global Studies and Languages

Sponsor(s): Global Studies and Languages
Contact: The MIT Language Conversation Exchange Team, E23-441, 617 253-1614, lce-coordinator@mit.edu


Polish Your English Through Creative Writing!

Eric Grunwald, Lecturer, English Language Studies

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

"Everyone is creative. Everyone has something to say." —Brenda Ueland

“English was the novelist Joseph Conrad’s third language, and much that seems piquant in his use of English was no doubt colored by his first language, which was Polish. . . . No matter what your first language, you should treasure it all your life. If it happens not to be standard English, and if it shows itself when you write standard English, the result is usually delightful, like a very pretty girl with one eye that is green and one that is blue.” —Kurt Vonnegut

Are you a bilingual student who has wanted to polish your English? Do you like writing fiction, poetry, or personal essays, or have you always wanted to try?  Why not combine the two?!

In this workshop, you will both explore what innovations you have to offer to the English language and find places where you need to conform more to standard English. Through reading works by immigrant writers as well as imagining, writing, and workshopping your own, you can engage your imagination and polish your English at the same time.

All genres welcome! (Except, of course—well, you know...)

Sponsor(s): Global Studies and Languages
Contact: Eric Grunwald, 14N-236, 617 253-2647, EGRUNWAL@MIT.EDU


Jan/10 Tue 04:00PM-05:45PM 14N-313, Bring paper, pen, and laptop
Jan/17 Tue 04:00PM-05:45PM 14N-313, Bring paper, pen, and laptop
Jan/24 Tue 04:00PM-05:45PM 14N-313, Bring paper, pen, and laptop
Jan/31 Tue 04:00PM-05:45PM 14N-313, Bring paper, pen, and laptop

Eric Grunwald - Lecturer, English Language Studies