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‘Maximizing Study Abroad’ author to give presentation on Feb. 4

Andrew D. Cohen, author of the Maximizing Study Abroad guidebook will visit UGA for a presentation and conversation. His talk, “Enhancing Students’ Language and Culture Learning in Study Abroad,” will be held Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. in Room 150 of the Miller Learning Center. The hour-long event is open free to the public.

A professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, Cohen will describe the development at Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research on Language Acquisition of the Maximizing Study Abroad student guidebook and the companion guidebook for program professionals and teachers. More than 50,000 copies of the student guidebook have been purchased over the last decade.

Cohen’s visit is sponsored by the Office of International Education in collaboration with the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.