Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Agenda of Impact 2012: HIGHER EDUCATION
The State of Higher Education in Lancaster
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Harrisburg Area Community College – Lancaster Campus
1641 Old Philadelphia Pike
East Building, Multipurpose Room
Lancaster, PA
RSVP by calling: 717-358-2978.
6:00 – 7:00 REGISTRATION & SOCIAL HOUR
7:00 – 8:00 PROGRAM & SPEAKERS
8:00 – 9:00 NETWORKING
Appetizers and beverages will be provided. No cost to attend.
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
World Heritage is seeking host families for students from Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Brazil, Thailand, Russia, Yemen, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Kazakhstan, Finland, China, and many other countries.
Students have been well screened. Each has his/her own spending money and medical insurance. Volunteer hosts provide a home, meals, and guidance. Host families can be couples, families with young children or teens, or even empty nesters!
It’s the experience of a lifetime. Enrich your family with another culture and help make a dream come true.
For more information, check out our two websites below or contact:
Sharon Kalbarczyk
World Heritage International Student Exchange
Regional Coordinator
1-240-818-6672 (Work)
1-866-475-2537 (Toll free)
sharon@world-heritage.org
www.world-heritage.org
www.whhosts.com
Monday, February 20th, 2012
YLC hosted a Tango Night today:
What a fun time!
We learned that the Tango came about due to the lack of women in Argentina! The ratio of men to women was about 10 to 1. So the men created the dance to impress the women and to get close and intimate with them. The embrace is the most important part of the dance, and there is an open embrace and a closed embrace. We learned the open embrace tonight.
There are 8 basic steps to Tango and it is a free style dance, so no two dances look alike. The man always leads and he leads with his chest. The woman can tell what the man wants to do by his chest and arms, and should be able to follow with her eyes closed. It is an intimate dance and because it is freestyle the woman needs to pay attention and feel which way the man wants her to go. The music is beautiful and the dance is very fun.
Try it out for yourself at the Argentine Tango Club on Monday nights and First Fridays!
Go to our Facebook Page to see all of our photos from tonight.
What a fun time!
We learned that the Tango came about due to the lack of women in Argentina! The ratio of men to women was about 10 to 1. So the men created the dance to impress the women and to get close and intimate with them. The embrace is the most important part of the dance. There is an open embrace and a close embrace. We learned the open embrace tonight. There are 8 basic steps to Tango and it is a free style dance, so no two dances look alike. The man always leads and he leads with his chest. The woman can tell what the man wants to do by his chest and arms, and should be able to follow with her eyes closed. It is an intimate dance and because it is freestyle the woman needs to pay attention and feel which way the man wants her to go. The music is beautiful and the dance is fun. Try it out for yourself at the Argentine Tango Club on Monday nights and First Fridays!
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Date: March 3, 2012
Time: Silent auction 7pm – 9pm, performances 8:30pm – 10pm, free dance 11pm – 12am
Location: Elks Lodge, 219 North Duke Street, Lancaster PA 17602
Sponsored by the Argentine Tango Club of Lancaster, Dancing for Tatas is a Family Friendly event that unites Lancaster local arts of dance and music to share their passion for dance to save lives.
This event is about 3 hour combination of performances and a 1hour social dance. The event includes a silent auction with great deals so bring money and be prepared to bid for your auction piece. Silent auction items include 4 free practicas with the Argentine Tango Club of Lancaster and a $30 dinner for 2 at El Maizal Columbian Restaurant. H’orderves will be served and cash bar will be available.
Proceeds from the ticket sale will be donated to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, and all proceeds from the auction will be donated to The American Cancer Associations
For more info: http://www.dancingfortatas.com/event-info/
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
Many language learners have heard of Rosetta Stone, the expensive and widely-marketed language learning software. To some it can seem like an easy shortcut to hours of classroom instruction and studying. Independent learning on one’s own computer sounds appealing, but can it really replace the more classic methods?
Rosetta Stone uses what they call a “Dynamic Immersion Method” to teach languages through images, text and sound without drills or translation. This is intended to mimic the way first languages are learned. Rosetta Stone has been praised by a number of software magazines and has been used by the U.S. Government.
However, it does have some criticism. The use of matching pictures with words can be good for vocabulary, but it can be more difficult when teaching grammatical concepts. Additionally, the software leaves out an amount of cultural sensitivity to each language. The company has one set of pictures for Western languages, one for Asian, and 2 unique sets for Swahili and Latin. This leads to the problem, for example, of the word “elephant” being taught to someone learning Persian while there are very few elephants in Persia and that word is rarely used.
All in all, Rosetta Stone can be a fun and fast way for an introductory language learner to get the basics of a language. But if you are serious about the language, it is best to get some formal instruction from someone who knows it well enough to help you on your journey. Ideally you should go to the country of the language you wish to learn and get full immersion, but if you can’t, it helps to keep practicing and internalizing the material bit by bit.
For more information about Rosetta Stone and its use for learning, check out this article from “Inside Higher Ed”.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
There are many words that are unique to a specific language, and they can say a lot about a country’s culture and values. Here are five interesting words that exist in other languages, but not in English:
1. Shlimazel (shli-MAH-zuhl) – Yiddish
Meaning: Someone who has nothing but bad luck.
2. Honne and Tatemae (hon-neh, tah-teh-ma-eh) – Japanese
Meaning: What you pretend to believe and what you actually believe, respectively.
3. Sgiomlaireachd (scum-leerie) – Scottish Gaelic
Meaning: When people interrupt you at mealtime.
4. Tingo (tin-go) – Pascuense (Easter Island)
Meaning: To borrow from a friend until he has nothing left.
5. Desenrascanco (the-zen-rascan-so) – Portuguese
Can you guess the meaning? Hint: Think of MacGyver.
Answer: To “pull a MacGyver”, that is, to improvise and slap together a last-minute solution to a problem, with limited resources.
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Time: 9 AM to Noon (check in 8:30 – 8:50)
Location: Franklin and Marshall College
Fun, kid-sized seminars open to Kindergarten-6th grade kids in Lancaster County, presented by LC PAGE (Lancaster County PArtners for Gifted Education). Free parents-only and teen workshops available. YLC’s Michelle Salinas will be teaching a Spanish workshop.
Attend 3 Workshops for $15.00
LC PAGE Members pay only $10.00
Class sizes are limited so return your form today!
Mail back your course selections with the registration fee by Feb. 25, 2012 – write checks to PAGE-L and mail to: Super Saturday, c/o Alrica Goldstein, 1022 Whitemarsh Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Financial assistance available for those on free lunch, please submit proof with registration.
We need assistants, escorts, and registrars! Place a check in the volunteer box on the registration form.Volunteers will be called before Super Saturday.
Questions? Call (717) 569-5265
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
“African Influences in Latin America”
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Place: The Ware Center at Millersville University Lancaster
42 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Vera Cornish
Vera Cornish is a trainer, facilitator, speaker and life coach. Vera has garnered a reputation of meeting her audience where they are and leaving them energized and excited about the future.
6:00 p.m. ~ Registration & Social Hour
7:00 p.m. ~ Program & Keynote Speaker
8:00 p.m. ~ Networking & Community Building
~ APPETIZERS & BEVERAGES PROVIDED ~
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