About the Language Institute

The administrative home of the Doctoral Pro gram in Second Language Acqusition, the Language Institute spearheads collaborative projects and instructional initiatives inluding:

programs to Wisconsin K-12 schools such as World Languages Day and World Cinema Day;
the National Online Less Commonly Taught Languages Teacher Training Initiative, a project to develop teaching methods courses for postsecondary instructors of less commonly taught languages;
the Online Language Initiative, a pilot project to develop distance, online language courses, including a new online Chinese course for business professionals;
CAILS: Central Asian Interactive Listening Series, a project to develop advanced-level instructional materials in Kazakh and Uzbek;
and the 2007-08 lecture series Assessing Language Learning.

The Language Institute is an initiative of the College of Letters and Science, with substantial support from the Division of International Studies.

Upcoming

Lecture: New Media Literacies and the 21st Century Language Learner
Steven L. Thorne
Pennsylvannia State University
11:00 am, Saturday, May 31
104 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Avenue

An invited lecture for the 20th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese. Learn more >

Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New UW-Madison Language Instructors
August 25-27, 2008

A workshop for new language instructors comprised of lectures, readings, demo lessons, and practice teaching. Learn more >

Upcoming in the Fall 2008

Online Chinese courses for business professionals! Learn more >

New online methods course for postsecondary instructors of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) Learn more >