The department of Foreign Languages is pleased to announce ¡Ecuador Now! a Millersville University course abroad, July 30-August 10, 2012.  For more information, please contact Dr. Norma Rivera-Hernandez at norma.rivera-hernandez@millersville.edu.

The department of Foreign Languages is looking forward to our 2012 summer language camps in French, German and Spanish.  Please visit the High School Camps page in early Spring 2012 for information about our 2012 camps.

The Department of Foreign Languages at Millersville University now has its very own Facebook page! View the new page here. Expect more updates, events, and pictures on the page soon.

October 30 2010, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The language rich classroom, featuring Drs. Pérsida and William Himmele will be the theme of our Second Annual Rosario Caminero 2010 In-Service Conference on the teaching of Foreign Languages. This event will take place on Saturday, October 30th at 9:00AM - 3:00PM. For more information, click here.

October 4 2010, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join us in Lehr (Gordinier Hall) on Monday, October 4, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, for a workshop and concert by Québécois group Dentdelion.  Composed of Claude Méthé, Dana Whittle, Denise Leva, Colin Savoie-Levac, and Béatrix Méthé, two families, two generations bring Québec traditions back to life! To learn more about Dentdelion, visit their website. For more information, contact the department of Foreign Languages (717) 872-3526.

April 10, 2010, 10:30 am-12 noon, McComsey Hall 201

Joanne S. Silver, Manager of Beach Lloyd Publishers and former teacher of French and Barbara P. Barnett, filmmaker, author, department chair and French teacher at the Agnes Irwin School, will demonstrate how to incorporate the study of World War II into the French language classroom through the use of authentic materials. Participants will become familiar with documentary films and first-person accounts of those who lived through the dark years of Vichy France.

MU Alumnus, Ned Benner (class of '60), will come and talk at our general advisement session.  His experiences with the Peace Corps, Inter-American Foundation, and Sister Cities International, coupled with extensive work with the NGO community here and in South America, will help MU students look at some other alternatives/uses for their language degrees.

January 29, 2009, 4 pm, Ford Atrium

In time for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Millersville is hosting an exhibition on “Icons of a Border Installation,”  a photographic search for traces of the Berlin Wall in today’s Berlin. The exhibition, based on photos taken by students of the University of Paderborn and accompanied by German and English texts, is sponsored by the Goethe Institute and shown in various locations in the US. To open the exhibit, there will be a presentation by Ms. Cornelia Jarasch, Political and Cultural Affairs Consul, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York, and Dr. Marianne Washburn, Pedagogical Liaison Officer of the Goethe Institute New York, followed by a reception. The exhibit will be at Millersville until Feb. 13. For more information, please contact Dr. Susanne Nimmrichter, Department of Foreign Languages, at extension 3529.

Click here (PDF) for more information.

• Under the guidance and stewardship of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2005 will be celebrated as The Year of Languages in the United States. 
• The goal of The Year of Languages (YOL) celebration is to advance the concept that every American should develop proficiency not only in English, but in other languages as well. 

Click www.yearoflanguages.org for more information.

• Teaching Speaking Skills
• February 25-26, 2005
• Location: Millersville University, Bolger Conference Center
• Facilitator: Dr. Sabine Dinsel, pedagogical liaison officer of the Goethe Institute New York 
• The workshop starts with a dinner on Friday at 6 pm, followed by a work session until 9 pm. 
• The Saturday workshop lasts from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
• Registration: $55 (Stipends are available for new teachers and student teachers)