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Each Tuesday, a group of Carolina students and a professor have been fighting the midafternoon energy spiral with a steaming pot of coffee, cookies and a dose of Cherokee language immersion.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Frey<\/a>, a professor in the College of Arts and Science\u2019s <\/a>Department of American Studies<\/a>, dreamt up the idea of an out-of-class language experience while he was working on his post-doctoral studies.<\/p>\n \u201cI envisioned it originally as an opportunity for my students in Cherokee language classes to come and use the language in an informal setting,\u201d Frey said.<\/p>\n That was in 2013. Today, the open-door coffees are still offered in Abernathy Hall at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays during the fall and spring semesters.<\/p>\n Each session, up to a dozen students, faculty and staff members file in with notebooks, preparing to learn a language which Frey said has been spoken in North Carolina for 11,000 years. Each class begins as soon as Frey asks students their names and if they would like a cup of coffee \u2014 all Cherokee.<\/p>\n \u201cI have people speaking by the first lesson,\u201d said a grinning Frey.<\/p>\n Students say they like that the class is so immersive \u2013 and they learn so much, so quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I can tell first, second, and third-person,\u201d said Jay Raleigh, a recent Carolina graduate. \u201cAnd I know the words for salt and water.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each Tuesday, a group of Carolina students and a professor have been fighting the midafternoon energy spiral with a steaming pot of coffee, cookies and a dose of Cherokee language 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