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O – Languages
Dover (Wyoming Church) | February 4, 2025-March 4, 2025
Tuesday: 9:00 AM-10:15 AM
La Lorraine, often paired with Alsace, serve as the context for improving language skills. Participants acquire vocabulary and structures needed to discuss the special features of this region. They practice the language while they learn about the history, the cuisine and the products of the region. This includes Daum Crystal, the porcelain of Lunville and art nouveau, to name just a few of the treasures of this region. Prerequisite: Intermediate-level French proficiency.
This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).
INSTRUCTORS: Alice Cataldi, Susan Watkins
CATALDI, ALICE–Learned French as a first language at the Pensionnat Saint Joseph in Jaffa, Israel. In the U.S., she received a bachelor’s in English and French, master’s in French and pedagogy from the University of Connecticut, and postgraduate studies in linguistics at UD. The French government recognized her as a Chevalier (Knight) in the Academic Palms.
WATKINS, SUSAN–M.S., nursing, Rutgers University. Retired registered nurse with a wide range of interests including tai chi, history, music, literature and theatre. Loves to research new subjects and find innovative ways to present the material.
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