{"id":71988,"date":"2020-02-11T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=71988"},"modified":"2020-10-26T20:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T03:07:28","slug":"alumna-rachel-faerber-ovaska-tells-about-her-time-in-the-sli-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/alumna-rachel-faerber-ovaska-tells-about-her-time-in-the-sli-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Rachel Faerber-Ovaska Tells About Her Time in the SLI Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4ykj694-2974df3fcab1b56db33697aefeab2a4d\">\n.avia-section.av-4ykj694-2974df3fcab1b56db33697aefeab2a4d{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-4ykj694-2974df3fcab1b56db33697aefeab2a4d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  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Years later, when I moved to a small town in the U.S., jobs for German teachers were scarce. So I studied for a new Bachelor&#8217;s degree in French at a local state university, after which they hired me as a French instructor. In my first year, I became aware of many complex foreign language (FL) pedagogy challenges in my teaching context and knew I needed more up-to-date, in-depth knowledge to tackle those issues. Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s SLI program was ideal, because I didn&#8217;t have to give up my teaching job, and it offered a real immersion in French culture.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on my 3 summers in Angers, I can say that the faculty were amazing. They offered a valuable variety of intellectual perspectives and teaching styles. 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