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.
WEDNESDAY COURSES FRENCH (ADVANCED BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE) Eleanor Kazdan Wednesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:00 AM This class is for students with at least a beginner’s knowledge of French. We will focus on basic grammar, conversation, listening comprehension, and writing. This course is a continuation of the fall course and will begin where we ended in the fall. Class limit: 15 SPANISH 3 Stephanie Sesker Wednesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM This course is a continuation of the fall course and will begin where we ended in the fall. Only students who attended in the fall, can join this spring session. Spanish 3 is an intermediate-level Spanish course combining grammar, listening, and conversation. Each class will consist of the presentation and practice of a grammatical point appropriate for the level, a listening exercise to be completed as homework, and small-group conversation based on everyday use of the language. This course requires the active participation of all students. Students will need an intermediate-level grammar book for reference. Class limit: 15 MEMOIR/FICTION/ALL WRITING PROJECT TECHNIQUES Fran Metzman Wednesdays, 1:30 PM‒3:00 PM Writing for advanced, intermediate, beginner, or those exploring new skills. Learn writing techniques and structure of fiction, memoir, any nonfiction or those grappling with untried concepts. Release the creative person within. We invite those who wish to publish, enlighten family/friends, explore your inner self, or bolster a healing process. In class, read a work in progress and receive input from the group and instructor, if desired, or just listen. Prompts suggested for greater deepening of writing skills. Class limit: 50 THURSDAY COURSES FRENCH IMMERSION Lois Beck Thursdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM This course is a continuation of the fall course and will begin where we ended in the fall. Only students who attended in the fall, can join this spring session. French Immersion is a course intended for students who speak French on an intermediate advanced or advanced level. The course, taught entirely in French, aims primarily at sustaining and improving aural/oral abilities. A second goal is to have the student keep abreast of current happenings in France and Francophone countries. There is no text as students read articles from online sites of popular French newspapers. Class limit: 14 EXPERIENCES ABROAD Eleanor Gesensway Thursdays, 10:30 AM‒12:00 PM Experiences Abroad continues the theme of this year’s monthly Thursday literature study class. To participate in the discussion, members must read all the books and, at least once during the year, co-lead the discussion. This semester’s selections are by American authors who lived abroad at some time in their lives and who wrote about their experiences. They are For Whom the Bell Tolls (E. Hemingway), February 4; The Sheltering Sky (P. Bowles), March 11; and Memoirs of a Geisha (A. Golden), April 1. Class limit: 26 16 Spring 2021 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505
THURSDAY COURSES (Continued) WRITE NOW! Phyllis Mass Thursdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM Write Now! Right Brain Writing Workshops stimulate the imagination through the use of a variety of improvisational multi-media/multigenre prompts including meditation, music, cartoons, design, theater, and visual games. Group writing is done “in the moment,” for ten minutes, then shared. Comments may only be concerned with what “stays” with us and “what is memorable.” Participants learn to listen, focus, relax, and forgo overthinking. Inner critics are silenced. Information is synthesized. Class limit: 30 IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITY: THE NAMESAKE Jo Ellen Winters Thursdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM Indian short story and novel writer Jhumpa Lahiri’s first novel explores the difficult internal and societal issues frequently faced by immigrants and immigrant families. From the very name(s) of the young main character to his lonely pursuit of a sense of belonging, from the concept of the ABCD (American-Born Confused Deshi) to his father’s battered copy of Gogol’s short stories, we accompany Gogol Ganguli on his urgent search for an authentic identity. Class limit: 45 For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2021 17
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WEDNESDAY COURSES<br />
FRENCH (ADVANCED BEGINNER/<br />
INTERMEDIATE)<br />
Eleanor Kazdan<br />
Wednesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:00 AM<br />
This class is for students with at least a<br />
beginner’s knowledge of French. We will focus<br />
on basic grammar, conversation, listening<br />
comprehension, and writing. This course is a<br />
continuation of the fall course and will begin<br />
where we ended in the fall. Class limit: 15<br />
SPANISH 3<br />
Stephanie Sesker<br />
Wednesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM<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. Spanish 3 is an intermediate-level<br />
Spanish course combining grammar, listening,<br />
and conversation. Each class will consist of<br />
the presentation and practice of a grammatical<br />
point appropriate for the level, a listening<br />
exercise to be completed as homework, and<br />
small-group conversation based on everyday<br />
use of the language. This course requires the<br />
active participation of all students. Students will<br />
need an intermediate-level grammar book for<br />
reference. Class limit: 15<br />
MEMOIR/FICTION/ALL WRITING PROJECT<br />
TECHNIQUES<br />
Fran Metzman<br />
Wednesdays, 1:30 PM‒3:00 PM<br />
Writing for advanced, intermediate, beginner,<br />
or those exploring new skills. Learn writing<br />
techniques and structure of fiction, memoir,<br />
any nonfiction or those grappling with untried<br />
concepts. Release the creative person within.<br />
We invite those who wish to publish, enlighten<br />
family/friends, explore your inner self, or<br />
bolster a healing process. In class, read a work<br />
in progress and receive input from the group<br />
and instructor, if desired, or just listen. Prompts<br />
suggested for greater deepening of writing skills.<br />
Class limit: 50<br />
THURSDAY COURSES<br />
FRENCH IMMERSION<br />
Lois Beck<br />
Thursdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM<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. French Immersion is a course<br />
intended for students who speak French on an<br />
intermediate advanced or advanced level. The<br />
course, taught entirely in French, aims primarily<br />
at sustaining and improving aural/oral abilities.<br />
A second goal is to have the student keep abreast<br />
of current happenings in France and Francophone<br />
countries. There is no text as students read<br />
articles from online sites of popular French<br />
newspapers. Class limit: 14<br />
EXPERIENCES ABROAD<br />
Eleanor Gesensway<br />
Thursdays, 10:30 AM‒12:00 PM<br />
Experiences Abroad continues the theme of this<br />
year’s monthly Thursday literature study class.<br />
To participate in the discussion, members must<br />
read all the books and, at least once during the<br />
year, co-lead the discussion. This semester’s<br />
selections are by American authors who lived<br />
abroad at some time in their lives and who wrote<br />
about their experiences. They are For Whom<br />
the Bell Tolls (E. Hemingway), February 4;<br />
The Sheltering Sky (P. Bowles), March 11; and<br />
Memoirs of a Geisha (A. Golden), April 1.<br />
Class limit: 26<br />
16 <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | <strong>OLLI</strong> at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505
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