About the Language Institute
The administrative home of the Doctoral Program in Second Language Acqusition (SLA), the Language Institute spearheads collaborative projects and instructional initiatives including:
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research studies on foreign language education such as the the 2009-13 study, funded by the U.S. Department of Education International Research and Studies Program, to investigate the alignment of postsecondary student goals with the goals of the U.S. Standards for Foreign Language Learning, and a study, with International Academic Programs, to research the long-term impact of study abroad;
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course and curriculum development initiatives such as distance, online language courses, including hybrid Chinese courses for high school students, online Chinese courses for business professionals, instructional materials development in languages such as Kazakh, Russian, Persian, Swahili and Uzbek;
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outeach programs such as World Languages Day for Wisconsin K-12 schools and the broader community;
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workshops and invited lectures such as the 2012-13 series on Language, Cognition and Sociality and bi-weekly Language Over Lunch brownbag presentations;
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the Russian Flagship Center, an undergraduate program that provides opportunities for highly-motivated students of all majors to achieve a professional level of competence in Russian by graduation;
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acacemic and career advising for undergraduate students and resources for university academic advisors.
The Language Institute is an initiative of the College of Letters and Science, with substantial support from the Division of International Studies.
2012-13 Advisory Committee
Sandra Arfa, English as a Second Language Program
Erlin Barnard, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Monika Chavez, Department of German
Karen Evans-Romaine, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Margaret Hawkins, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Yoshiko Herrera, Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia; Political Science
Rob Howell, Department of German
Andrew Irving, Department of French and Italian
Aliko Songolo, Department of
African Languages and Literature
Ex officio:
Guido Podesta, Division of International Studies
Susan Zaeske, College of Letters and Science
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