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YorkU summer abroad: AP/SP 2020 6.0 Intermediate Spanish in Ávila, Spain!

18 Students traveled to Spain with Professor Maria Figueredo to study Spanish in one of the most exciting and diverse countries in the world. In collaboration with UCAV, these students earned 6-credits in Spanish language while immersing themselves in Spanish-speaking culture, participating in a Tandem de Idiomas program that linked them with university students and […]

Two New Community Partners

The program of Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies is pleased to announce our two new community partners: The Portuguese Canadian History Project and the Milenio Stadium Newspaper.  Our community partners play a crucial role in offering immersion opportunities for our students as well as insights on the professional activities of a vast Portuguese-speaking community.  Through this […]

Languages, Literatures & Linguistics professors release new books

Faculty members in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) have released new books that investigate the intricacies and influences of language. View the full YFile article.

Professor Maria Figueredo (Spanish) wins 2016 President’s University-wide Teaching Award (Full-time Faculty Category).

This prestigious award is a well-deserved and important recognition of Maria’s passion as a teacher and mentor.  Her teaching strategies foster intellectual growth and challenge students to achieve a higher level of critical thought and analytical writing.  In DLLL and at York University in general, Maria has spearheaded several co-curricular activities, including the arrangement of […]

Congratulations to DLLL Professors on their book publications in 2015-16

Gabriela Alboiu (with co-author Virginia Hill UNB): Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics, Oxford UP, 2016) Philipp Angermeyer: Speak English or What?: Codeswitching and Interpreter Use in New York City Courts (Oxford Studies in Language and Law, Oxford UP: 2015) Susan Ehrlich (with co-editors Diana Eades and […]