European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 9. 1986 paid  special insert to the Stara and stripes Paige i a new year with Maryland nov year s Las traditionally teen a Lime for Telf Imp Areminta  Attr year s  out of la Rietl Ituna for Itaf  it a College filiation. A Opportunity unit available to you6? tit University of Muylaet i european Dirilen. Thi Laten atals information i a Moiety of Cartti and training offered by Maryland Aspell at it aside sources of financial Aid fat Maryland etude Iii. Experience Europe through its languages you la probably never find a better Lime to learn a foreign language than now while you arc living in Europe. Thai s not to say that speaking read ing and writing another language is easy. It requires diligent study prac Tice and a lot of repetition. Bui Mary land students in Europe have he unique Opportunity to study a foreign language while using it on a daily basis which greatly facilitate the learn ing process the european division foreign Lan Guage program staffed by skilled faculty with native language fluency of fers courses in dutch French German italian modern greek russian Span ish and turkish. Students also can obtain certificates and degrees in area studies focusing on the life and Cul Ture of countries such As Germany Greece Italy the soviet Union Spain and Turkey. It lakes time to learn a foreign Lan Guage. It is not possible to become fluent in one term says or Walter Knochs Maryland s foreign language coordinator Many factors contribute to mastering a language including memorization and the ability to associate similar words with shared meanings in English and the foreign  and that s Why the classroom setting is to crucial. It is in the classroom that material is made relevant and language As communication gets put into prac Tice but Maryland students in Europe can really help themselves learn a Lan Guage if they do rot View it As Only a classroom exercise. There Are ways of acquiring vocabulary painlessly by listening to native speakers for exam ple. Or just going for a walk downtown Grid looking into store windows. Or. Knoche advises. Wherever you go things Are labelled in this society. If students acquire vocabulary by keeping their eyes and ears open that will be half the task of learning a foreign Lan  or. Philipp Shnell of Heidelberg who bus More than if years of experience leaching courses in German with Maryland advises part time students nol to enrol in More than one course per term while taking a foreign Lan Guage because of the study time involved. Or. Schnelt also suggests that students try to think in their new Lan Guage instead of translating from English. And he recommends that students understand Basic English grammar be fore attempting another language. Maryland offers courses in which Stu dents can improve their knowledge in this important area. Most of the foreign language lecturers assigned to european division classes Are like or. Schnell native  an advantage nol As frequently available at universities in the United states while you re still in Europe Why nol Tan i his resource by enrolling in a Lan Guage course ask the Maryland Field representative at your local education Center about courses to be offered in your area during term 111, or. Philipp Shnell. A graduate of the Voniver Istatt maim and the univer Staft of Idelberg began leaching languages for Maryland in 1962. $500 scholarships to he awarded in the months ahead 20 students with Maryland s european division will be named winners of s500 scholarships made available through the University of Maryland s alumni association International scholarship und the Chancellor s scholarship program. The alumni association International will award scholarships to four students who will Complete Maryland baccalaureate degrees with the euro Pean division. The scholarships will each be Worth $500 in tuition credit. To be eligible for the scholarship students must i have an official evaluation for a Maryland baccalaureate degree 2 have at least 75 semester hours . Posted on their Maryland transcript at the time of application 3 have completed no fewer than 15 . With the University of Maryland and 4 be taking classes with the european division on a regular basis to be considered students must submit a letter of application in which they explain How the scholarship would enable them to Complete their Maryland Bach Elor s degree and what the degree rep resents to them. Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their academic record and Promise. Applications must be postmarked by i March 1986 and should be sent to the University of Maryland alumni association scholarship committee continued an Page 111 Pho Oyln Mccormick or. Frank Mueller who s been with the european division since 1967, advises of Vdell during a break in jigs German language class. Organizations la Benefit Maryland offers latest in microcomputer training efficiency and productivity mean Money to today s automated organisation benefits which will come from having staff properly trainee in the use of computers. The University of Mary land european division now offers a number of microcomputer Lafi Ware training program a civilian and Mili tary organization a Sencaj. This train ing covers the is Dos operating system word perfect and word Star word processing soft Ware the Daia base packages base ii and Iii. Lotus 1-2-3 integrated software and the newest addition Auto cad. Training begins with students learn ing the principles common to ail Micro computers and then focuses on individual software packages. Participants learn to use computers to develop re ports create data bases utilize spreadsheets produce designs and pre sent ideas with graphic display. The University of Maryland has most recently begun training in the use of Auto cad one of the most flexible graphics software packages for Micro computers. This software support the drafting design and planning activities of engineers architects systems de signers graphics designers factory at facilities planners and base defense planners. Auto cad can produce two dimensional and three dimensional technical drawings in color or Black and White or free form drawing and can be used to teach engineering graphics. Among the topics covered in these seminars Ore is Jos slut ends using inns Standard Kopcial ing system for 16-Bil Moncor Huleis learn Aboul lha uni Dwarf needed the cd iely at Slor ago Jovici available and the Many utilities that is Dos Oil s. Word perfect one 01 the Lesl most widely  and user Friendly word Pic is Sirj packages. Word perfect Lea lures Tunc Trofi Hoys thai to easy Roum automatic Lair Irving of Teal and a spelling checker. Word Star topics covered in this widely Guiod word processing system include rulers. Headers and Loc res. Praia. Cut copy and merge search Rind Iep Ace. Font changes and help menus Voase ii crude la using this Papular Dalf base program Loath about creating Complete Rusla Case Sysler Ris. Adding deleting editing displaying and printing of data base data Fichie Viny p Ogram a old Delta Independence Alifi  report arid using Lull screen adding capability Annase 111 this upgraded a Orsich of Obasi it alg tit Access up 10 10 Dan files . Pio Virjes up to i3b mrs per record and is last and re Isy to use  l-?-3 training is provided