WelcomeThe Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is committed to providing all students at Illinois State, including majors, minors, teacher education majors and minors, and graduate students, with educational opportunities of the highest possible quality; fostering and promoting research on the part of our faculty that is recognized at the national and international level; and offering our service and expertise as appropriate to the university, the public, the Illinois educational community, and the academic profession.
Welcome from the Chair
Department Chair
Dan Everett
Click the play button above or download the Chair's Message 2008 (mp3)
Recent Faculty Publications
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Contact Us
*We are now in Williams Hall 329*
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Campus Box 4300
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790
Phone: (309) 438 - 3604
Fax: (309) 438-8038
Office: Williams Hall 329
Email: Email LLC
Important Registration Information for Spanish
Dear Students:
According to our recent study of student performance in the undergraduate program in Spanish, the vast majority of students who receive a grade of a C or lower in 115 or 116 have not been successful in the advanced-level Spanish classes. Thus, we are limiting access to the advanced level courses by instituting a continuation requirement.
Specifically, students seeking admission to Spanish 213 must have received a grade of a “B or better” in Spanish 116. Students seeking admission to Spanish 215, 223, or 233 must have received a “B or better” in Spanish 213.
This continuation requirement will go into effect for the spring of 2010. Students who have not earned “B or better” in 116 or 213 this fall or in any previous semester will be dropped from their subsequent class for spring.
Sincerely, Dr. Pancrazio
Announcements/Awards
We have two new faculty members!
- We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Ryan Davis (Spanish) and Dr. Susan Hildebrandt (Applied Linguistics and Spanish).
Congratulations to our award recipients 2008-2009!
- Susann Mann was the recipient of the new Alma Latina Award for outstanding activity in Spanish Club for 2008-09.
- Brendan Reichert received the David J. Parent Scholarship Award for 2008-09.
- Megan Goeller and Ryan Strassburger received a Summer 2009 Study Abroad Scholarship for the Taxco Program.
- Our Fulbright Scholars (Paola Portesio and Doreen Triebel) were acknowledged with gifts.
Congratulations Spanish Club!
In the Diversity Advocacy 21st Annual Commitment to Diversity ceremoney, the Spanish Club was recognized as the"Outstanding Registered Student Organization for 2008-2009." Elizabeth Benfield, Spanish Major, also received recognition for her work for diversity at ISU. The Club's advisor is Marinelly Castillo-Zuniga. 
Congratulations Dr. van der Laan!
Congratulations to Dr. James van der Laan who has recently been selected as one of this year's CAS Outstanding Researchers for the Humanities.
Congratulations, Krystal Montesdeoca!
Request for course syllabi.
The department would like to have a copy of a syllabus for each course offerred in the fall 2009 semester. Please leave a copy at the front desk and send an electonic copy to Sarah Walczynski in CAS-IT
In Memoriam of George Petrossian
Dr. George Petrossian, longtime faculty member in French, has passed away. (2/24/09)
Share your memories and learn more about this iconic member of our French section.
Important Links
Click here for IMPORTANT prerequisite changes in Spanish that will affect your ability to register.
How to get off to a healthy start this school year.
Major/Minor Add/Drop form or OPI form
300 and 400-level course descriptions for fall 2009
Need free grammar help in a foreign language? Click here for the fall 2009 schedule.
Advising FAQs, program changes and class suggestions.
Online self-placement tests
in French, German and Spanish
Fall 2009 Departmental Events
The first department seminar of this semester will take place on Wednesday, November 11th, from 3:00-4:00pm. Alejandro Enriquez will be presenting on the topic "Liturgies of Power and Resistance: Franciscan and Maya Discourses in Colonial Yucatán."
Date: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Where: Williams Hall 105
Presenter: Alejandro Enriquez
Title: Liturgies of Power and Resistance: Franciscan and Maya Discourses in Colonial Yucatán
Click here to see this week's German Club events!
Click here to see a calendar of French Club events!
Click here to see a calendar of Spanish Club events!
Calendar of Events for LLC
November 11 - Fall Open House (Veterans Day) Departmental Showcase, 1-2 p.m., WIH 116.
November 11 - Departmental Seminar by Alejandro Enriquez, 3-4 pm., Williams 105
November 18 - Department meeting, 3-4 p.m., WIH 105
November 23-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday. No classes. University will be open Nov. 23-25. Closed Nov. 26-27.
November 30-December 4: Student Evaluations. All teaching staff must participate.
December 1-12: Registration and Program Change for Spring 2010.
December 2 - Holiday Reception, 11:30-1:30, WIH 330.
December 5 - Finals for all 111.XX and 112.XX courses and Spanish 115.15 and 116.15 courses only
December 7-11: Finals Week
December 12 - Commencement, CAS ceremony 9 am, Redbird Arena.
December 24- January 1: Winter Break. Univ. offices closed.
January 4 - University offices reopen.
January 4 - 10am deadline for Faculty Productivity Report (calendar year 2009) submitted to Stacy Albright.
January 4-10: Registration and Program Change for Spring 2010.
January 11 - First day of classes
January 11-15: Late Registration and Program Change
January 16-25: Students may add a course (with dept. approval) or drop a course trhough iCampus portal.
January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. University offices will be close.
April 23, 2010 - Spring Banquet, Ewing Manor, 6-8:30 p.m.