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Teaching and Learning Nahuatl "La Lengua Mexicana" at the University

A presentation by Delfina de la Cruz and John Sullivan.

Thursday, May 29, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

 

Methodological Proposals for Working with Native Speakers of Nahuatl in Mexican Higher Education / Model Class in Modern Huastecan Nahuatl Conversation

 

Licenciada Delfina de la Cruz is a native speaker of Nahuatl from northern Veracruz.  She is currently Professor-Researcher at el Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C. and a Professor of Nahuatl at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas.  She has a BA degree from the University of Zacatecas.

 

Doctor John Sullivan is Professor-Researcher at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. He is the director of two non-profit corporations: Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C. in México;  and the Macehualli Educational Research Program in the United States.  He has a Ph.D in literature from the University of California, San Diego and is Guggenheim Foundation recipient (2007-2008).

Cost: Free and open to the public

Special Instructions

presentation in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl.

For more information please contact

Diliana Peregrina
Tel: (310) 825-4571
dperegri@international.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute