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Member since: Sep 14 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
Slogan: Aita e pea pea!
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Hello, my name is Kate Stevenson!
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Occupation:
Associate Professor of German and French, Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota
Home town:
Walhalla ND
(if it's the self-proclaimed Moose Capital of ND, why are their sports teams called the Eagles?)
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I joined this wiki because:
It is important for language teachers to keep in contact with each other and continue to learn and grow as professionals and as language learners.

Interests:
  • music (listening, making music with friends and performing),
  • theater (performing and directing).
  • German Cabaret performance,
  • performing songs in German and French (singing and playing guitar),
  • performing the music of Peggy Lee as soloist with band or piano,
  • teaching languages (German and French, sometimes Italian and/or ESL),
  • learning languages (Italian, Spanish, Russian, Latin, Koine Greek so far),
  • reading for work, research and leisure,
  • writing (literary criticism, fiction, memoir, and poetry),
  • travel to anywhere -- domestic and international,
  • all things Polynesian,
  • life and literature in Germany,
  • Caribbean island life,
  • life and literature in France,
  • life and literature in Quebec,
  • Concordia Language Villages,
  • integrating ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview theory and techniques into language teaching,
  • cooking with friends,
  • working with the JC International Student Organization,
  • outdoor activities like camping and cookouts,
  • domestic and international films,
  • tai chi,
  • dancing for fun,
  • computer wrangling,
  • home remodeling design, upkeep and maintenance.
Lieblingsfilme für den Deutschunterricht:
  • Lola rennt
  • Der König der Löwen
  • Momo
  • Goodbye Lenin
  • Das Boot
  • Muzzy
  • Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
  • Nirgendwo in Afrika
  • German music videos on YouTube
  • Max Raabe und das Palastorchester
  • Die Harmonists
  • Der Golem (1920, Stummfilm)
  • Filme aus dem Buch German though Film von Yale University Press
  • Das Leben der Anderen
  • Luther (synchronisierte deutsche Ausgabe der amerikanischen Verfilmung)
  • Bonhoeffer: Die letzte Stufe (synchronisierte deutsche Ausgabe der amerikanischen Verfilmung)
  • und andere . . .
Films que j'utilise dans les cours de français:
  • Le roi lion, La Belle et la Bête et d'autres films de Disney
  • Muzzy
  • French in Action I et II
  • Les Diaboliques (1954)
  • Les Invasions barbares
  • Le Dîner de cons
  • La Gloire de mon Père; Le Château de ma Mère
  • Milou en mai
  • Le retour de Martin Guerre
  • Le Louvre (avec Charles Boyer)
  • Paris, je t'aime
  • Germinal
  • Madame Bovary
  • Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise
  • Indochine
  • Notre-Dame de Paris (version musicale de Plamondon et Cocciante)
  • Jean de Florette
  • Manon des sources
  • La vie et rien d’autre
  • La veuve de Saint-Pierre
  • Moderato Cantabile
  • Bon Cop, Bad Cop
  • encore de films à suivre . . .
If I could live anywhere, it would be: St. John, USVI
(It has the most beautiful beaches in the world; the people are great and visitors come from all over the world.)

My dream job(s): Teaching German and French

*Slogan note: Aita e pea pea is Polynesian for "No worries/No problem/It will all work out!"
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