Acknowledgements

The Language Institute was launched with a generous donation from the Schoenleber Foundation and with ongoing financial support of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science and Division of International Studies.

Projects in Russian and Swahili are funded by the US Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities, respectively.

World Languages Day 2004 was funded by UW-Madison College of Letters and Science, the Division of International Studies, the Anonymous Fund, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program, the Center for Russia , East Europe and Central Asia, the African Studies Program, the Global Studies Program, the Center for South Asia and the Center for European Studies.

World Cinema Day 2005 is a high school outreach program of the Language Institute in partnership with the UW-Madison Arts Institute and is made possible with the generous support from the Brittingham Fund and the Evjue Foundation.

Support for World Languages Day 2005 is from the UW-Madison Anonymous Fund and the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT).

Upcoming

2008-09 Language Institute Lecture Series Culture, Literature and Language: Power and Pedagogies

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 >

Panel: Sports and Languages
4:30 pm, Monday, September 8
Great Hall, Memorial Union

A discussion with alumni and other professionals using languages in the world of sports. Learn more>

Interactive Lecture: Language Learning Strategies
Sally Sieloff Magnan, University of Wisonsin-Madison
3:30, Tuesday, September 16
254 Van Hise Hall

Want to learn how to become a better language learner? Learn how to do better in your language classes? Come to this talk for specific tips on oprtimizing your language learning experience. Learn more>

Lecture: Interaction as Method and Result of Language Learning
Joan Kelly Hall, Pennsylvannia State University
4:00 pm, Tuesday, September 30
254 Van Hise Hall

A public lecture in the SLA Talk Series on interaction and language learning. Learn more >

Lecture: Land of the Free, Home of the Phraselator: The Weaponization of Language
Mary Louise Pratt, New York University
12:00 pm, Thursday, November 6
Place TBD

The first in a series of public lectures sponsored by teh Language Institute on Culture, Literature and Language: Power and Pedagogies. Learn more >

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