b'Language Anxiety and the Language LearnerErika Townsend, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Victoria Russell, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesLanguage anxiety is a common variable for many second language learners and a subject of much debate in the linguistic community in recent years. This project investigated the relationship between learner anxiety levels and the performance of second language learners from a sociolinguistic perspective. Research studies that investigated the following topics were examined for this project: (1) language anxiety and student success, (2) the foreign language classroom anxiety scale and language learning outcomes, and (3) coping mechanisms for students with a high level of classroom foreign language anxiety. In addition to providing summaries of the studies that were examined, this poster also provides practical implications that may be useful for foreign language practitioners. What is Culture Shock?Keishaunda LeQuayle Haynes, Department of Interdisciplinary StudiesFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Grazyna Walczak, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesCulture shock is the feeling of disorientation experienced by anyone who is suddenly subjected to a new culture, way of life, or set of attitudes. There are several stages of this condition and this presentation identifies and explains five of them. The research of the five stages is supported by the presenters memories of her own personal experience with culture shock during her four-week study abroad program in Costa Rica. This poster also offers advice on how to cope with feelings of uneasiness and awkwardness while traveling far from home.The Other Love StoriesElizabeth Bishop, Department of Modern and Classical Languages Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Grazyna Walczak, Department of Modern and Classical LanguagesThis paper explores one of the most relevant themes developed in Laura Esquivels novel Como agua para chocolate (1989)love. Despite the fact that this topic has been explored and analyzed in literature for centuries, readers never get enough of it, and authors do not tire of seeking new ways to explore this important component of human life. While most of the research examines the romantic relationships between men and women, it is also important to analyze other manifestations of love, which may be even more relevant than the sexual passion. Also, where there is love, there is also hatred. This poster examines the many faces of love and hatred as depicted in the creative style of magical realism by one of the first widely published Mexican female writers.49'