After graduation, I plan on working at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp for kids ages 7-16 in Trinity, TX, for my 6th straight summer, and then start the PhD program at University of Texas at Arlingtion in the fall. I will be a Graduate Teaching Assistant and will be teaching two classes and taking three each semester. As of right now, I want to focus on contemporary American and British literature. While authors like John Steinbeck and Flannery O’Connor are the reasons I became an English major in the first place, I think that I will best be able to make a contribution to my field by focusing on more contemporary works. Authors such as Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McKewan, and Dave Eggers are a few of my favorites, and I hope to be able to teach this type of literature in the future. While at UTA, I will be living with my older brother–a nurse in Dallas–and going to as many Ranger and Cowboy games as possible. I hope to budget my monthly expenses at Half-Price Books, and I look forward to starting at a brand new school and hopefully represent the ACU English Department well.

Microsoft, Google Eye Arabic Web Growth Potential

This article gives some good reasons for studying business and mobile tech in Arabic.

Teaching by Texting Starts to Take Hold – AOL News.

Informal poll: should foreign language classes start using texting? Read the article then come back and leave a reply here.

Spotlight on Asian Studies: Exchange programs prepare Upper St. Clair High School students for world beyond SWPA – Pittsburgh Business Times:.

This article shows the importance of culturally rich study abroad experiences for today’s students.

Gene A. Budig: Americans must learn to speak bilingually – Opinion – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports –.

Good article on the reasons for learning a foreign language.

WORLD

Shanghai Is Trying to Untangle the Mangled English of Chinglish

By ANDREW JACOBS

Published: May 2, 2010

A commission is trying to clean up signs and menus to rid them of their malapropisms, like “Teliot” and “Urine District.”

Shanna Early feels blessed to have been involved the ACU English Department as an undergraduate major (2005), a graduate student (2008), a first-year composition instructor for the past two years, and on-site director of the Writing Center this spring. This fall, Shanna will begin work on a Master’s in Irish Culture and Literature at Boston College.  She is excited about this opportunity to study with some of the most well-respected scholars in the field at one of the top Irish Studies programs in the country.  After completing this degree, she intends to pursue a PhD in English with a focus on Irish literature.  Shanna would love to hear from you if you’re visiting Boston, or for any other reason.  Her email address is shanna.early@gmail.com.