CONTACT: Wendy Johnson, 608-262-1473, wsjohnso@wisc.edu MADISON – On Friday, April 3, Wisconsin high school students and teachers will participate in World Cinema Day, for an educational screening of “Football Under Cover” (Germany, 2008: in German, …
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Announcing the Baltic Studies Summer Institute
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) in the summer of 2009 (June …
French Master’s Program Opens Doors to Work Opportunity
by Jenny Price With graduation looming, Kristen Murphy was at a crossroads. As she was finishing up bachelor’s degrees in French and political science during her final semester at University of Rhode Island, she figured …
Live & Learn [Spectrum Magazine]
By Andy Cho, Spectrum Magazine, January 2009 Verb conjugating textbooks were never part of the curriculum. Not a single audiotape blared out a generic list of important phrases. I became bilingual simply by living with …
Foreign Language Housing Challenges Students [WISC-TV]
From WISC-TV Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are sharpening their foreign language skills and developing global perspectives in foreign language housing. As part of the program, students immerse themselves in their language of choice …
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowships
Funding is available from UW-Madison Area and International Studies Programs for Summer Intensive Language Study (2009) and Academic Year Language/Area Studies (2009-10) Application Deadline: February 16th* FLAS Fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of …
Shifting Winds in Arabic Teaching [Inside Higher Ed]
Teaching conversation skills in an Arabic classroom may seem like an uncontroversial thing. It would be standard, after all, in many introductory courses for other languages. But when Munther Younes started integrating instruction of the …
Athletes, interpreters discuss international experiences, use of languages
It’s not just Olympic athletes who travel the world. The internationalization of sports has led to opportunities for many athletes – professionals and amateurs alike – to cross national, cultural and linguistic borders to play …
First-year Interest Groups take off at UW-Madison
by Bobbi Jo Snethen for UW Communications Alex Sevett remembers the vast amount of choices she was presented with upon entering her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aside from deciding where to live, …
Language immersion programs at UW-Madison [The Capital Times]
Todd Finkelmeyer — The Capital Times 7/21/2008 The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute and the South Asia Summer Language Institute are eight-week intensive language training programs for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals. The eight-week courses, …