by Rachel Alkon, UW-Communications It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Monday, and nine American students are learning how to prepare okonomi yaki, the Japanese version of a pancake. The instructor, Nobuyoshi Asaoka, is the floor coordinator …
Languages
World Languages Day Attracts Hundreds of High School Students
The UW-Madison Language Institute will host more than 700 high school students and teachers from 24 high schools for World Languages Day on Thursday, April 20. http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/12421.html
Conference to Address Status of Less Commonly Taught Languages in the U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 12, 2006 CONTACT: Antonia Schleicher, Executive Director, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, (608) 265-7906 or ayschlei@facstaff.wisc.edu CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS STATUS OF LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES IN U.S. …
Serving a little dinner with your French
by Barbara Wolff, UW-Madison Communications Exquisite roast beef, among certain other things, draws Tom Rensink to dinner at the University of Wisconsin-Madison French House. “It’s simply unbelievable,” waxes Rensink, a senior in physics. The French …
UW-Madison to Offer 32 Languages in Summer 2006 Offerings
Untitled Document NEWS ADVISORY DATE: Monday, March 6, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu or Dianna Murphy, Acting Director, Language Institute, (608) 262-1575, diannamurphy@wisc.edu UW-MADISON TO …
Grant for Central Asian Turkic Languages
http://www.news.wisc.edu/13481.html
UW-Madison offering French, Norwegian, Italian classes for adults
Adults in the Madison area can learn French, Norwegian and Italian in non-credit classes offered by the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. “French Language and Culture: Beginning 1” is scheduled for Mondays, Jan. 23-March 20, …
Sometimes Coming Home Is A Shock To Those Studying Abroad
Wisconsin State Journal Sunday, July 24, 2005 Denise Thornton For the State Journal As college students arrive home for the summer, many are returning to Wisconsin from classrooms around the world. Volatile international politics have …
Program immerses students into Middle Eastern languages, culture
From the La Crosse Tribune By Kate Schott Hala Ghoneim is never off duty this summer. An instructor for the Summer Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she doesn’t just …
New grant allows more students to study abroad in Germany
Undergraduate students studying the life sciences at UW-Madison will have a new opportunity to pursue their work overseas through a grant from the German American Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Ten German universities received DAAD funding …