Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

We have a new Humanities course, which fulfills the Area IC GE requirement.

We are offering German 1A and 1B, which are both open to ALL CSU students and are taught fully ONLINE.
We are also offering German 1A, 1B and 2A, which fulfill the Area C (C2) GE requirement and are scheduled for in-person instruction for the Fall semester.

Minor in German and fulfill your General Education Area C2 requirement

German GE course for Spring 2021: How learning German can help you graduate!

2 exciting Fall 2020 courses!

German 1A: Fully Online and Asynchronous.
Interactive weekly Zoom meeting and cultural course content.
No Textbooks Required.

HUM 118: Fully Online
Interactive weekly Zoom meetings and content.
No Textbooks Required.

Our department offers courses in Portuguese, including GE courses, and soon we will have two minors in Portuguese.

Are you interested in teaching in a dual immersion classroom in Spanish or Hmong? Check out the requirements in this video.
http://fresnostate.edu/kremen/teaching-credential/multiple-subject/elem-bilingual.html

Elementary Bilingual Authorization (Credential) Description

Humanities 118, which fulfills the requirement for GE Area Integration C (IC), is available this summer as an online course.

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Susana Vargas Cervantes is giving two presentations, on March 11th (in Spanish) and March 12th (in English).

Catarina Sobral donated three books to Henry Madden Library. They can now be read not only by Fresno State students and community but also by any member of the CSU library consortium! Muitíssimo obrigada, Catarina!!
Thank you also to the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and to Camões I.P., represented by Dr. Duarte Pinheiro, for sponsoring this event, and to the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute for their support. Lastly, thank you to the Portuguese Language instructors, Diniz Borges and Dr. Inês Lima, the event's organizer.

Many thanks to Catarina Sobral for sharing her time with us! Students from the POR1A and POR 1B courses were able to ask lots of questions in Portuguese and in English and learn more about Catarina's creative process, inspiration and future projects! We've discussed how literature influences her art, how she uses images metaphorically, the three different types of languages within a picture book and how she uses scale and primary colors to create meaning. After the discussion, students did a creative writing activity where they had to use metaphors and images to describe their majors!

The Portuguese author, illustrator and graphic designer Catarina Sobral will conduct a workshop with Fresno State’s Portuguese Language students. The recipient of the International Award for Illustration (2014) has authored 13 picture books and illustrated 10 of them, published in different languages in several countries. She has also directed an animated short film and wrote and did the art direction of a stage play for children.
In this workshop, after a discussion of Sobral’s work process, the students will be able to write a story in Portuguese based on her illustrations. The event will take place on Monday, December 2 at HML 2132. This event is sponsored by Camões, I.P. and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, with support from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute. All are welcome to attend.

Poet Sam Pereira will do a poetry reading December 5 at 6PM in PB 191.

Today, November 7, is Day of Giving at Fresno State.

Please consider giving $10 to one of our programs. Thank you for your support!
Giving is easy:
1. Go to: http://bit.ly/DOG19F
2. Click on the blue donation button.
3. Choose from the dropdown menus:
College, School or Area: College of Arts and Humanities
4 Fund Designation: Other
5. Type in the area you wish to support: Classics, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Day of Giving 2019 Support Student Success at Fresno State

The mayor of Angra, Terceira, Prof. Álamo Meneses, will give a talk on November 7 at 6:00PM in Agricultural Lecture Hall AG 109.

Study in the Dominican Republic in summer 2020 and receive 3 units of credit in GE Area ID. The course is AFRS 144. There will two informational meetings to learn more about the program:
Wednesday, November 20th from 3:00-4:00pm. Science 1, Rm 145.
Thursday, December 12th from11:00am-12:00pm. Science 1, Rm 145.

Learn how to write "calaveritas" in Spanish with Professor Rafael Lemus on Monday, October 28 4:30-6:30 in HML 2108.

Study in Spain in summer 2020 with Dr. Isolina Sands, and earn 3 units of credit for Spanish 3, Spanish 117 or Spanish 125.

Come and learn about the European Union, as well as Portugal's role in it, on Monday, October 14 at 6PM in PB 191.

Sign up to attend our conference for language teachers.

Spanish teachers, sign up for our workshops by September 27th.

Study abroad in Spain next summer with Prof. María Dolores Morillo and receive 3 units of credit for Spanish 148T, which is an elective in the Spanish major and minor.