[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum: Spring Classes Begin Next Week

Sat Apr 14 12:46:54 MDT 2007

P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y
The Brecht Forum
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4/16   Beginning Spanish Class led by Marisol Ruiz
4/17   Intermediate Spanish Class led by Jose Rosa
4/18   Advanced Spanish Class led by Jose Rosa
4/18   Bertolt Brecht: Poet and Playwright led by Annette T. Rubinstein
4/30   Palestine: A Primer led by Tony Alessandrini
5/2    A Workshop on Memoir Writing led by Edith Chevat

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Monday, April 16
5:30 - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS 

Beginning Spanish

Marisol Ruiz

A first course for those with little to no previous knowledge of the 
language. Students speak Spanish from the first day and acquire basic 
speaking, reading, and writing skills while learning about Spanish and 
Latin American culture. The course introduces basic grammar and 
pronunciation while developing fundamental communication skills. 
Students learn to express opinions, physical sensations, feelings, and 
needs in a simple way. Students will be able to comprehend brief letters 
and texts related to daily life.

Tuition: $275

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Tuesday, April 17
5:30 - 7:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS 

Intermediate Spanish

Jose Rosa

Students will continue to develop everyday conversational skills while 
learning more complex grammatical forms. Emphasis will be placed on 
increasing vocabulary and expressing more sophisticated ideas. At this 
level students can express opinions, speak on the telephone, understand 
conversations spoken at normal speed and read general interest texts 
such as newspapers and magazines. Classes are interactive, stressing 
conversation while balancing knowledge of grammar with communication and 
cultural skills. Teaching materials include textbooks, magazines, 
newspaper articles as well as Latin American and Spanish literature.

 Tuition: $275
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Wednesday, April 18
7:30 - 9:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS 

Advanced Spanish

Jose Rosa

 Students learn to read advanced texts, express themselves fluently, 
write long texts, and appreciate humor, irony, and wit in literary and 
non-literary texts. Depending on the students' needs, increased 
attention may be given to understanding and writing business 
correspondence and reports. Classes are interactive, stressing 
conversation while balancing knowledge of grammar with communication and 
cultural skills. Teaching materials include textbooks, magazines, 
newspaper articles as well as Latin American and Spanish literature. 

 Tuition: $275

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Wednesday, April 18
7:29 - 9:30 pm
8-SESSION CLASS BEGINS 

Bertolt Brecht: Poet and Playwright

Annette T. Rubinstein

We will read and discuss together "Galileo" and some of the "Poems in Exile"
Class will meet at the home of Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein, author of 
American Literature: Root and Flower and The Great Tradition in English 
Literature: From Shakespeare to Shaw. Please call the Brecht Forum 
office at 212-242-4201 for advance registration and location information. 

 Sliding Scale: $75-$95

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Monday, April 30
7:30 -9:30 pm
4-SESSION CLASS BEGINS
NOTE: DATE CHANGED from TUESDAY, April 24 to MONDAY, April 30

Palestine: A Primer

Tony Alessandrini

This class is intended for activists, students, teachers, and others who 
are interested in reading about and discussing the historical, 
political, and cultural background necessary for Palestine solidarity 
activists and others interested in Palestine-Israel. No previous 
knowledge is necessary-only an open mind and interest in the topic. 
Since this is a four-week course, it will be divided into an 
introductory class dealing with the historical background and frequently 
asked questions about Palestine-Israel, followed by a discussion of the 
histories of Zionism and its roots in European colonialism, a session on 
the debates around one-state versus two-state "solutions," and a final 
session that will address new forms of resistance, including the 
boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.
Participants are asked to read the MERIP primer on Palestine (available 
at  http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html 
) as a preparation for the discussion at the first session on April 30. 
A course outline will be available on our website at www.brechtforum.org.
Tony Alessandrini teaches at Columbia University. He specializes in 
postcolonial literature and theory
Sliding scale: $35-$55
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Wednesday, May 2
5:30 - 7:30 pm
4-SESSION CLASS BEGINS

A Workshop on Memoir Writing

Edith Chevat

You're never too young or too old to write your memoirs. All you need is 
paper and pen and a desire to retrieve what you thought was lost. Unlike 
biography with its need for facts and dates, a memoir is your 
recollection, your memory of what happened, of what was and still is 
important to you. It's your story from your point of view. It need not 
be the story of your whole life but can be the story of one part of your 
life, a part that is important to you. We write in class and share what 
we write, thus helping each other to remember things we thought we had 
forgotten. As we write, we find a pattern to our lives and create a 
legacy for friends and relatives of the world we've lived in and the 
lives we've led.
The class is limited to 14 students.
Sliding scale: $45-$65
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