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118 College Drive, Box #5038
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601.266.4964
Fax: 601.266.4853
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Graduate Study Abroad
The MATL and Study Abroad
Since required FL core classes are offered online in the summer, a MATL student may combine online summer courses with travel abroad to Spain or France. It is possible to study with a group going abroad from the University of Southern Mississippi or to study at approved institutions with faculty supervision independently. Assistantships to work or teach on the Granada, Spain or Pontlevoy, France (Abbey Program) undergraduate semester programs may also be available. Please check with the Department Chair or Graduate Program Director for more information.
Graduate Credit Abroad
Graduate students in the MATL or from other institutions who wish to study at a language institute can combine travel, study, and research for USM transfer or regular graduate credit (3-6 hours). The French program supports learning opportunities at Langue-Onze in Toulouse, France and on the French in France program in Paris or Nice with France Langue. Spanish graduate students can study on the Spanish in Spain program in Madrid with Enforex.
For the programs in Toulouse and Nice, students travel on their own to the school and take language courses, in addition to conducting work on a specific research project for a total of 3-6 hours of graduate study transfer work. For the programs in Paris and Madrid an instructor from the university will supervise the students' program of studies at a language school, in addition to directing a research project. Please contact the Graduate Program Director for more information about these possibilities.
Departmental News
In the fall of 2012 we will be offering courses in Russian, Chinese, and Italian. Sign up now!
Dr. Joanne Burnett's article "Two case studies of secondary language teaching: A critical look at the intersection of management and the local and social realities which shape our classrooms" is currently in print in the Modern Language Journal.
Dr. Carmen Carracelas-Juncal presented "A Pebble in the Pond: The Impact of a Graduate Online Service-Learning Course on the Practices of Spanish Language Teachers, Their Students and Their Communities" with MATL graduates Tiffany Robayna and Michelle Leland and MATL students Elvira Deyamport and Jessica Thomas at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education in March.
Dr. Laurel Abreu had her article "Subject Pronoun Expression and Priming Effects among Bilingual Speakers of Puerto Rican Spanish" published in the Selected Proceedings of the 14th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium.
Instructor Keltoum Rowland has been named the Honorary Consul of France to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She recently hosted a ceremony at the Thad Cochran Center for three World War II Veterans who received the Legion of Honor for their service to France and the United States.
Kaycie Hall, a recent graduate of the department's French program, is currently doing a master's degree with New York University in Paris.
Congratulations to Jarred Hayes who received a Gilman Scholarship to suppport his studies in Jaén, Spain.
MATL graduate Verniece Goode has been inducted into the Mississippi Hall of Master Teachers.
MATL graduate Ryan Ruckel has been named PRCC Humanities Teacher of the Year.
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