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Recipient Profile<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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E-mail: <\/b>dfische3@nd.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

Language: <\/b>Spanish<\/span><\/p>\n

Location of Study: <\/b>Lima, Peru<\/span><\/p>\n

Program of Study: <\/b>ECELA Spanish Language School<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsors: <\/b>Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, the College of Arts and Letters, and Kellogg Institute For International Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Blog URL: http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/author\/dfische3\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pre-departure<\/h1>\n

A brief personal bio:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I research indigenous kinship structures in colonial Latin America, focusing on the “ayllus” of Peru. I graduated from Wesleyan University with a major in Social Studies, and I received a Master’s Degree in History from Southern Connecticut State University. Currently at Notre Dame, I study with Dr. Karen Graubart in the History Department.<\/p>\n

Why this summer language abroad opportunity is important to me:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Although my Spanish language abilities have improved due to study and practice since I arrived at Notre Dame, the Summer Language Abroad Grant will help me bring my reading and speaking abilities to the levels required for my professional goals. In my career, I will need to be able to quickly read early modern and current texts in Spanish, attend Spanish-language conference presentations, and conduct extensive research in Spanish-speaking countries. Since arriving at Notre Dame, I\u2019ve challenged myself by taking a graduate-level Spanish class and a graduate-level seminar in Spanish paleography. By immersing myself in the language this summer, I hope to further improve my comprehension and speed when I work with Spanish-language materials. I plan to return from this summer program with the language skills needed to pursue higher-level research, instruction, and immersion at Notre Dame and in the South Bend community. I hope to become fluent before I graduate.<\/p>\n

What I hope to achieve as a result of this summer study abroad experience:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I hope to get to the point this summer where I regularly think and even dream in Spanish, and where I will not rely so much on the dictionary when I read texts in Spanish. I chose this program because of its small class sizes and because of the ability to advance in levels of instruction throughout the summer. I chose to study in Lima in order to gain an experience living in a city to which I hope to return in order to research for my dissertation on changes in the ayllus in indigenous communities in the early modern Peruvian highlands.<\/p>\n

My specific learning goals for language and intercultural learning this summer:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the summer, I will be able to speak, read, write and listen at a level of proficiency equal to two semesters beyond my current Spanish coursework placement at Notre Dame. At the end of the summer, I will be able to communicate in Spanish with native speakers on academic and political topics. At the end of the summer, I will have read several books in Spanish related to my academic interests.<\/p>\n

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Recipient Profile E-mail: dfische3@nd.edu Language: Spanish Location of Study: Lima, Peru Program of Study: ECELA Spanish Language School Sponsors: Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, the College of Arts and Letters, and Kellogg Institute For International Studies Blog URL: http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/author\/dfische3\/   Pre-departure A brief personal bio:\u00a0 I research indigenous kinship structures in colonial … Continue reading Daniel Fischer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}