OLLI Spring 2021 Course Guide
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Temple University is pleased to offer a wide selection of online courses for the Spring 2021 semester! New members should enroll in a membership before registering for courses. To learn more, visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli or contact the OLLI staff at olli@temple.edu.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Temple University is pleased to offer a wide selection of online courses for the Spring 2021 semester! New members should enroll in a membership before registering for courses. To learn more, visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli or contact the OLLI staff at olli@temple.edu.
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TUESDAY COURSES<br />
GERMAN CONVERSATION/LISTENING FOR<br />
ADVANCED BEGINNERS<br />
Cheri Micheau<br />
Tuesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM<br />
In this language course, students with some<br />
background in German will participate in<br />
basic conversation on everyday themes, with<br />
language support through sentence patterns<br />
and key vocabulary, as well as readings and<br />
audiovisual texts on each theme. The goals for<br />
this class include increased speaking fluency<br />
and comprehensibility, more accurate listening<br />
comprehension, increase in size of productive<br />
vocabulary, and automaticity building in using<br />
common sentence patterns. Feedback on<br />
comprehensibility and accuracy, as well as<br />
appropriateness of vocabulary use, will be<br />
provided. Class limit: 50<br />
SHORT TALES AND BOOK BITES<br />
Tony Trifiletti and Sol Glassberg<br />
Tuesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM<br />
The course explores a variety of readings in short<br />
stories and nonfiction. Each week’s discussion is<br />
based upon a short story or a “bite” of nonfiction.<br />
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories by<br />
Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor will be the source of<br />
some of the short stories. Others will be available<br />
online. In lieu of a nonfiction book this semester,<br />
we will explore climate issues through discussion<br />
of two additional short stories. Class limit: 35<br />
SPANISH 4<br />
Diana Goldman<br />
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM<br />
This course is a continuation of the fall course<br />
and will begin where we ended in the fall. Only<br />
students who attended in the fall, can join this<br />
spring session. Classes are very interactive,<br />
with opportunity of participation for all students.<br />
Although emphasis is on grammar, students will<br />
engage in conversation in every class. We will<br />
use the book Advanced Spanish Grammar, by<br />
Luis Aragonés and Ramón Palencia, plus other<br />
materials provided by the teacher. Class limit: 15<br />
WRITING WORKSHOP: ALL IN THE DETAILS<br />
Essie Abrahams-Goldberg<br />
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM<br />
This course will focus on characters and conflict.<br />
Whether writing fiction or memoir, writers<br />
successfully develop characters that face and<br />
handle conflict. This workshop assumes writers<br />
are looking to improve their craft and are open<br />
to regular writing challenges, sharing them<br />
and receiving feedback. In addition, readings<br />
will include pieces on craft. Small class size<br />
encourages comment and risk taking.<br />
Class limit: 20<br />
SPANISH 2 (PART 2)<br />
Michael Niederman<br />
Tuesdays, 10:30 AM‒12:00 PM<br />
This course is a continuation of the fall course<br />
and will begin where we ended in the fall. Only<br />
students who attended in the fall, can join this<br />
spring session. Our goal is to increase students’<br />
written and verbal skill in Spanish. Class limit: 15<br />
For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 15
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