Committed to Change Initiative
- Support for the Fall 2022 UW-Madison Teaching Academy Retreat on Addressing Linguistic Bias to Support All Learners
- The October 28 workshop for language educators on Critical Race Pedagogy for Antiracist, Equity-minded, and Inclusive World Language Teaching, led by Dr. Uju Anya, Carnegie Mellon University
- A small grant for Language Institute affiliates to engage in follow-up implementation activities, following the October 28 workshop
- Two events with Anne Charity Hudley, Stanford University, on making space for Black language practices in higher education:
- Talk sponsored by the Language Institute for the Teaching Academy’s Fall 2022 Retreat
- A public online talk on An Educational Model for Black Linguistic & Cultural Reparations, 3-4 pm central, Thursday, February 2, on Zoom
- A social media campaign in 2022-23 to raise awareness of UW-Madison as a multilingual space
- A Spring 2023 workshop for language educators on Anticipating Disability: Design Strategies for Inclusive World Language Teaching, led by Wade Edwards, Longwood University, Friday, 1-3 pm, Friday, March 31, VH1418
Other Events
Brownbag for language graduate students: Teaching at a Community College, Carolina Bailey, Sarah Fritz, and Hicham El Majdi, Madison Area Technical College, 5:00-6:00pm, Thursday, April 27, Zoom
Language Collaboratory lightning talk: Language Beyond the Classroom: Engaging with Communities of Migrant Workers and Asylum Seekers, Dominique Butler-Borruat and Mabel Rodriguez, University of Michigan Residential College, 3:30-4:00 pm, Monday, April 24
Language Collaboratory lightning talk: From Language Students to Duolinguists, Parker Henry and Elisa Camps Troncoso, Duolingo, 3:30-4:00 pm, Thursday, April 20
How Your Contacts Shape your Language: From the Diffusion of Lexical Innovation to Second Language Acquisition, Michał Paradowski, Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, 12:00 pm, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 113 Brogden Psychology Building
Information session for language students: Make a Difference: Teach! Information Session to Introduce the New UW-Madison Teaching Certification and MS Program for World Languages, 4:00 pm, Thursday, April 6, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Language Collaboratory lightning talk: A Multilingual Oral History Project, Claire Frances and Azul Trejo Zetina, University of Iowa, 3:30-4:00 pm, Monday, April 3, session recording
Presentation for Language Sciences’ Linguistics Fridays series: Educating the Educated: Raising Language Awareness on Campus, Jeffrey Reaser, North Carolina State University, 3:00-4:00 pm, Friday, February 24, on Zoom
Series of online talks Language Collaboratory – Understanding Success in Undergraduate Language Certificates: Success Rates and Their Implications, Amanda Dalola and Adolfo Carillo Cabello, University of Minnesota, 3:30-4:00 pm, Monday, February 20, session recording
Pair Work in the Language Classroom, 12:00-1:00 pm, Friday, February 17, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Assessment-Driven Pedagogy and Recognizing Student Language Proficiency, Catherine Baumann, University of Chicago
How Assessment Informs Pedagogy, Drives Innovation, and Empowers Instructors, brownbag for language program directors, faculty, and instructors, 12:00 pm, Friday, December 2, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Give Them What They Want – Especially if It’s Real-World Language Proficiency!, talk for language educators, 4:00 pm, Friday, December 2, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Language Collaboratory – Lead with Language: Putting Language Skills to Work, Kaitlin Koehler, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Toni Landis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 3:30 pm, Thursday, December 1, on Zoom; session recording
Culture and the Language Classroom: Revisiting Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New Language Instructors, workshop for new and continuing language TAs, 1:30 pm, Wednesday, November 30, 1418 Van Hise Hall
SLA Lecture: Understanding and Analyzing Narratives in Context, Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, 3:00 pm, Friday, November 4, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Language Collaboratory – Marketable Language Competencies, Rebekah Paré, Washington University in St. Louis, 3:30 pm, Thursday, November 3, on Zoom; session recording
Language Collaboratory – Designing a New Language Curriculum From the Ground Up, Felix A. Kronenberg, Michigan State University and Wonneken Wanske, Cégep Heritage College and University of Ottawa, 3:30 pm, Thursday, October 27, on Zoom; session recording
SLA Lecture: Narrative Analysis as a Research Method for Studying Language and Identity, Christina Higgins, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 4:00 pm, Friday, October 21 on Zoom
Language Collaboratory – Postgraduate Success for Language Learning: Framing Questions and Undergraduate Student Perspectives, Dianna Murphy, UW-Madison and Claire Frances, University of Iowa, 3:30 pm, Monday, October 3, on Zoom; session recording
Co-sponsorship of the Fall 2022 Teaching Academy retreat, Addressing Linguistic Bias to Support All Learners, 9:00-11:30 am, Friday, September 30, Gordon Commons and on Zoom
Welcome (Back) Social, 3:00 pm, Friday, September 23, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New UW-Madison Language Instructors, August 29-30, Van Hise 104; 3rd floor classrooms in Van Hise Hall