Vagabond

VAGABOND stands with UC Berkeley language lecturers. ❤ We value what you do and hope that the University can understand the enormous value that you bring to hundreds of students each year. Many of us have taken classes with you which have enhanced our academic experiences in critical ways.

I, as a third-generation mixed-Filipino American, grew up speaking only English. Taking Tagalog 1A with Tita Chat was more than a language-learning experience: it was a chance for me to learn about my identity in solidarity with other Fil-Am students. Tagalog 1A was a space in which we, as products of diaspora, could together struggle to learn the mother-tongue of many of our parents and grandparents. Such a space would not have been possible if not for our caring and skilled instructor, Tita Chat.

-Shelby (Vagabond Alum '14)

Lost in translation: Campus language lecturers combat funding cuts, threats to diversity Ana-Belén Redondo-Campillos, a UC Berkeley lecturer of Spanish and Catalan, is worried the campus will cancel her classes.

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Students tell 'undocumented' stories in bilingual anthology Undergraduates in the Spanish course "Biographical and Autobiographical Writing” tell stories of the undocumented — their own and others’ — in a new bilingual anthology

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The world's smallest language has only 100 words — and you can say almost anything Find out how primitive hunter-gatherers inspired a language based on a beautiful and simple philosophy.

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Condom Instructions Correct Condom Instructions in Ojibwe Language

Tueriez-vous une personne pour en sauver cinq?

An examination of the connection between fluency and morality.

Gained in translation “WOULD You Kill the Fat Man?” is the title of a recent book about a set of moral problems that philosophers like to ponder, and psychologists to put to their...

CNA - Speaking Exchange FCB Brasil and the CNA language school network are launching the Speaking Exchange project, which connects CNA students in Brazil with Americans living in re...

language & landscape ~

Johnson: Mountains high enough and rivers wide enough WHY do some places in the world have lots of small languages, and others have fewer, bigger languages? Earlier studies seemed to show that areas of high altitude,...

THIS WEDNESDAY: Words in Action-- a multilingual theatrical production-- 3-7PM at the I-House. See our EIC, Gigi, sing and act in Italian!

Nobel Prize-Winning Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dies At 87 The Colombian-born author of One Hundred Years of Solitude had been in failing health for some time.

The Spring 2014 Issue of Vagabond @ Cal Day! Swing by, say hello, and grab your copy!

Come pick up an copy of our Spring 2014 issue at our Cal Day booth! If you do, we'll tell you a joke.

So cool! :D Mariachi Luz de Oro de Berkeley

Como Quien Pierde una Estrella - Mariachi Luz de Oro de Berkeley Our first official Performance! Spring 2013