My recent RIFLA presentation

Well, here it is November 1 and I still have made my first "real" post on this blog.  I think of blogging often, and draft many blog posts in my head, usually as I commute to and from work, but never seem to carve out the time I need to sit down and write.  So, to get things moving, today I will post a slightly modified version of my October presentation at the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association (RIFLA) annual conference. The presentation, "Film in the Spanish-Language Classroom: Spotlight on Female Directors", focused primarily on my recent research on female film directors of Spain, Mexico, and Argentina.  It was meant as an introduction to films that other educations could incorporate into their own classes - both at the high school and college levels - and resulted in a great conversation among the small, but seemingly interested audience.  I have taught all of the featured films in at least one of my classes, and each film in this presentation deserves it's own blog post to better explore themes and to further discuss it's applicability to the Spanish language classroom. Perhaps those posts will appear over the next few months, but for now I will start with this. (Click the link to see the presentation.)