Resources

Videos by UofM instructors

Here are some videos shared by our faculty and graduate assistants explaining their favorite festival from their native culture or culture from the language they teach.

These short videos, including full transcripts, are both a way to share some of our cultural experiences with students, as well as a possible resource for high school teachers to use in their classes and to promote the Fair. At the end of each video, there is also information about how students can learn your language at the UofM.

Chinese: Spring Festival

Lan Zhang, Associate Professor of Chinese

French: Fête de la musique

Melanie Conroy, Associate Professor of French

French: La Galette des rois

Denis Grélé, Professor of French

French: La Guiannee

Will Thompson, Department Chair and Associate Professor of French

German: Das Biberacher Schützenfest

Robert Keltz, Associate Professor of German

Italian: il Palio del Niballo

Cosetta Gaudenzi, Associate Professor of Italian

(Transcript)

Japanese New Year

Maika Yamaoka, Japan Outreach Initiative Program Coordinator

(Transcript)

Latin: Saturnalia

Rita Pasqui, Instructor of Classics and Italian

(Transcript)

Portuguese: Festa Junina

Lais Vas, Graduate Student of Romance Languages

(Transcript)

Spanish: La Tomatina

Souad Khanoussi, Visiting Spanish Lecturer of Spanish

(Transcript)

Spanish: Las Posadas

José Magaña, Instructor of Spanish

Spanish: La Virgen del Valle

Romar Rodríguez, Instructor of Spanish

(Transcript)

Spanish: El Festival de Cosquín

Diana Ruggiero, Associate Professor of Spanish