American Corner Timisoara

Events

	On June 1, 2006, Masters students in English Language Fellow Rebecca Janson’s American Studies course used the American Corner in Timisoara, Romania, to present to the public a video of news stories they wrote as part of their ROAMINGS’ (Romanian-American Interactive News Gathering Series) project. This project encompassed a year of exchanges of current events and cultural issues between Rebecca’s students and American students in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It has also paved the way for similar exchanges between Romanian students in Banat, Romania, and American students in Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts and West Virginia, from elementary to college.
	On May 26, 2006, Masters students in English Language Fellow Rebecca Janson’s creative writing class offered a public poetry reading at the American Corner in Timisoara. It was the first event of its kind and is set to repeat next year.
	On May 26, 2006, pre-service teachers in English Language Fellow’s Rebecca Janson’s third year teaching methodology class from the University of the West in Timisoara, Romania, offered presentations of their original lesson plans at the American Corner in Timisoara, Romania.

Several news stories were written about the project in the U.S., including an entire issue devoted to the Romanian students’ stories. The video will be made available in the U.S. and Romania, including copies for the University of the West, the American Corner in Timisoara and the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest.

Additionally, students compiled a book of all materials related to the project. The project is set to be repeated at the University next year.

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