Bringing the world to our community

Students at Alfred University have the option of living in the Language House, located at 12 Park Street. The Language House creates an immersion experience for its residents. Alfred students in language courses have the opportunity to live with an international Teaching Assistant and other language students. Our international Teaching Assistant fosters an authentic cultural and linguistic experience for students in the language program. Before, after or in lieu of a study abroad experience, living in the Language House opens/provides a space to develop your fluency. The Language House also hosts a variety of events in other languages: foreign films, discussion groups, dinners, games, lectures...

Every year the House represents one of the languages taught in the Division of Modern Languages. In 2005-2006, the Language House is German-speaking with a resident Fulbright Teaching Assistant from Austria, Angelika Tsaros. Angie is finishing her Masters in American Studies with a specialization in queer studies at Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria. She speaks English like an American (though never in the Language House of course!) and has studied both Russian and Spanish. When she returns to Austria, she plans to prepare a PhD in order to be a university professor. Angie loves literature, teaching Austrian Culture and language at Alfred and traveling. She participates actively in numerous Language House events, the German Club and Spectrum. In the spring, Angie will be teaching a Special Topics course on contemporary Austrian culture entitled “No Kangoroos in Austria.”

2005-2006 Faculty Advisor: Sandra Singer