by jsaccomani | Apr 20, 2021 | Events, Portuguese
Come learn how to make some delicious and refreshing desserts for the summertime. Do you like tropical flavors? Do you like easy-to-make recipes? Do you enjoy sweet cold treats for dessert? This is the cooking class for you. It will take place on Zoom on May...
by jsaccomani | Apr 12, 2021 | Events, Portuguese
Visite o site e inscreva-se O Illinois Portuguese Language Connection é uma iniciativa da Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, e University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A motivação principal para este encontro anual é reunir estudantes de português...
by jsaccomani | Apr 5, 2021 | Events, French, Portuguese, Spanish
The concept of vision is described as “the sensory experience of a future goal state” (Dörnyei & Chan, p. 455). When foreign language students envision their future goals, they create vivid mental representations of “what success looks like and feels like” (Levin,...
by jsaccomani | Mar 8, 2021 | Catalan, Events
Dr. Robert Davidson began his virtual talk “Cava’s Place” with what else but a toast with the bubbly drink. On February 26th, the University of Toronto Professor and Director of Northrop Frye Centre at Victoria College proposed that cava, unlike other terroir...
by jsaccomani | Feb 15, 2021 | Events, Portuguese
Brazilian society is racially, economically, and socially divided, with a clear geographic distinction that marks the spaces of the different classes. The street, as a common public space, is the venue where this division can be questioned. Street art in Brazil has...
by jsaccomani | Feb 4, 2021 | Comics, Events, Portuguese
Don’t forget we will have our second Portuguese Cooking Class on February 11, 2021 at 5pm. And to help us to prepare for it, our dearest partner Luiz Horário has sent us one of his comics that show a family cooking this staple of Brazilian home cooking. Email...
