WelcomeThe Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is committed to providing all students at Illinois State, including majors, minors, teacher education majors and minors, and graduate students, with educational opportunities of the highest possible quality; fostering and promoting research on the part of our faculty that is recognized at the national and international level; and offering our service and expertise as appropriate to the university, the public, the Illinois educational community, and the academic profession.
Welcome from the Chair
Department Chair
Dan Everett
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Recent Faculty Publications
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Contact Us
*We are now in Williams Hall 329*
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Campus Box 4300
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790
Phone: (309) 438 - 3604
Fax: (309) 438-8038
Office: Williams Hall 329
Email: Email LLC
Important Registration Information for Spanish
Dear Students:
According to our recent study of student performance in the undergraduate program in Spanish, the vast majority of students who receive a grade of a C or lower in 115 or 116 have not been successful in the advanced-level Spanish classes. Thus, we are limiting access to the advanced level courses by instituting a continuation requirement.
Specifically, students seeking admission to Spanish 213 must have received a grade of a “B or better” in Spanish 116. Students seeking admission to Spanish 215, 223, or 233 must have received a “B or better” in Spanish 213.
This continuation requirement will go into effect for the spring of 2010. Students who have not earned “B or better” in 116 or 213 this fall or in any previous semester will be dropped from their subsequent class for spring.
Sincerely, Dr. Pancrazio
Announcements/Awards
We have two new faculty members!
- We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Ryan Davis (Spanish) and Dr. Susan Hildebrandt (Applied Linguistics and Spanish).
Congratulations to our award recipients 2008-2009!
- Susann Mann was the recipient of the new Alma Latina Award for outstanding activity in Spanish Club for 2008-09.
- Brendan Reichert received the David J. Parent Scholarship Award for 2008-09.
- Megan Goeller and Ryan Strassburger received a Summer 2009 Study Abroad Scholarship for the Taxco Program.
- Our Fulbright Scholars (Paola Portesio and Doreen Triebel) were acknowledged with gifts.
Congratulations Spanish Club!
In the Diversity Advocacy 21st Annual Commitment to Diversity ceremoney, the Spanish Club was recognized as the"Outstanding Registered Student Organization for 2008-2009." Elizabeth Benfield, Spanish Major, also received recognition for her work for diversity at ISU. The Club's advisor is Marinelly Castillo-Zuniga. 
Congratulations Dr. van der Laan!
Congratulations to Dr. James van der Laan who has recently been selected as one of this year's CAS Outstanding Researchers for the Humanities.
Congratulations, Krystal Montesdeoca!
Request for course syllabi.
The department would like to have a copy of a syllabus for each course offerred in the fall 2009 semester. Please leave a copy at the front desk and send an electonic copy to Sarah Walczynski in CAS-IT
In Memoriam of George Petrossian
Dr. George Petrossian, longtime faculty member in French, has passed away. (2/24/09)
Share your memories and learn more about this iconic member of our French section.
Important Links
Click here for IMPORTANT prerequisite changes in Spanish that will affect your ability to register.
How to get off to a healthy start this school year.
Major/Minor Add/Drop form or OPI form
300 and 400-level course descriptions for fall 2009
Need free grammar help in a foreign language? Click here for the spring 2010 schedule.
Advising FAQs, program changes and class suggestions.
Online self-placement tests
in French, German and Spanish
Fall 2009 Departmental Events
Department Seminars 2009-2010
April 7 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Ryan Davis, "Suggestive Characters: Pseudoscience in Blanca de los Rîos's Las hijas de Don Juan."
February 24 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Susan Hildebrandt, "Universal Design for Instruction: Characteristics of an inclusive L2 classroom."
February 3 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Roxanna Curto, "Aimé Césaire and the Theatre of Development."
Wednesday, November 11th, 3 p.m., Alejandro Enriquez will be presenting on the topic "Liturgies of Power and Resistance: Franciscan and Maya Discourses in Colonial Yucatán."
Click here to see this week's German Club events!
Click here to see a calendar of French Club events!
Click here to see a calendar of Spanish Club events!
Calendar of Events for LLC
January 4-10: Registration and Program Change for Spring 2010.
January 11 - First day of classes
January 11-15: Late Registration and Program Change
January 13 - Administrative Advisory Mtg. WIH 330
January 16-25: Students may add a course (with dept. approval) or drop a course trhough iCampus portal.
January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. University offices will be close.
January 20 - Dept. Mtg. WIH 307
January 25 - Last day to withdraw from a course with no withdrawal grade assigned. Last day to put a course on Credit/No Credit (Pass/Fail) or audit.
January 26 - Students must register in person at the Student Service & Referral Center, Moulton Hall 107. (Overrides required)
January 26 – 28 Spanish Linguistics Candidate, Roberto Aranovich.
January 27 - Candidate Roberto Aranovich's presentation, 3 p.m., WIH 307. "Dative pronominal duplication and postverbal word order in Spanish."
January 31 – February 2 Spanish Linguistics Candidate, Patxi Lascurain.
February 1 - Candidate Patxi Lascurian's presentation, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Title to be announced.
February 3 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Roxanna Curto, "Aimé Césaire and the Theatre of Development."
February 10 - Administrative Advisory Committee meeting, 3 p.m., WIH 330
February 10 - Information meeting for LLC Teacher Education Candidates, 3-5 p.m., STV 223
February 10 - Applications for the CAS Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement by a Tenured Faculty Member/CAS Excellence Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement by a Pre-Tenured Faculty Member; the CAS John A. Dossey Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Tenured Faculty Member/CAS Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Pre-tenured Faculty Member; and the CAS Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Administrative Professional are due to DFSC. http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/faculty/awards.shtml
February 15 - International Faculty Travel grant applications are due to Chair Everett. Information can be found here. Submit your original application to Sharon and office staff will make copies.
February 17 - Department meeting, 3 p.m., WIH 307.
February 18 - Founders Day Convocation, 2 p.m., Brown Ballroom
February 24 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Susan Hildebrandt, "Universal Design for Instruction: Characteristics of an inclusive L2 classroom."
March 4 - CAS Awards Ceremony, 3:30 p.m., Old Main, Bone Student Center.
March 5 - LAST DAY to withdraw from a full semester course, withdrawal grade (WX) assigned.
March 5 - Applications for the CAS Excellence Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement and Outstanding Teaching are due to the College.
March 8-12 Spring Break.
March 17 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Scott Jordan, Interim Chair of the Department of Pssycholody, ISU, "Wild Bodies: On the Self-sustaining Nature of Movement, Meaning, Mind and Culture."
March 27 & April 3 - MA Comprehensive Exams
April 7 - Department Seminar, 3 p.m., WIH 307. Prof. Ryan Davis, "Suggestive Characters: Pseudoscience in Blanca de los Rîos's Las hijas de Don Juan."
April 14 - CAS Spring Address, 3:30 p.m., Old Main, Bone Student Center.
April 23, 2010 - Spring Banquet, Ewing Manor, 6-8:30 p.m.