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Kansas Languages Symposium - Spanish

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Kansas Languages Symposium
November 8, 2012
Johnson County Community College
 
The Kansas Languages Symposium explores the languages of Kansans as well as the ethnicities and cultures that created them. Experts on German, Arabic, Spanish and Osage languages present information on their specialties. They also meet in a panel discussion to explore the similarities and differences among the languages. 
 
The Kansas Languages Symposium is co-sponsored by the Kansas Studies Institute at JCCC, the JCCC Foreign Language Department and the JCCC Office of Staff and Organizational Development. 
 
The Kansas Languages Symposium features six sessions:
 
Keynote Address: The Crazy Quilt of Languages in Kansas: Weaving the Cultural Fabric of America's Heartland
Dr. William Keel, Professor of Germanic Languages
University of Kansas
 
Osage
Ed Smith, Center for American Indian Studies
Johnson County Community College
 
German
Dr. William Keel, Professor of Germanic Languages
University of Kansas
 
Spanish
Hector Martinez, Director, Adult Learning Center
Garden City Community College
 
Arabic
Mervat Ibrahim, Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Arabic
Johnson County Community College
 
Panel Discussion: The Peoples and Languages of Kansas
Dr. William Keel, Mervat Ibrahim, Ed Smith Hector Martinez
 
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