The 26th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-26) & The 20th International Conference on Chinese Language and Culture (ICCLC-20) May 4, 2018 – May 6, 2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison The 26th annual …
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The 27th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference
Imagining the Future of Japanese Language Education （これからの日本語教育に向けて） Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, 2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison We are pleased to announce the 27th CATJ conference to be held at the University of …
Dr. Erlin Barnard receives Satya Abdi Budaya 2017 Award
Dr. Erlin Barnard received the Satya Abdi Budaya (SAB) award! SAB is the highest award given to BIPA (Indonesian for Foreign Speakers) experts who have steadfastly developed the field of teaching Indonesian as a foreign …
Korean Language & Culture presentation at STARTALK Conference
The 2017 STARTALK Fall Conference was held in Portland’s Hilton Downtown in Oregon from November 3 to 4, 2017. This summer 11 different languages including Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu …
ALC Department Newsletter – August 2017
We are proud to share our Inaugural ALC Newsletter – August 2017. Please make requests to rweiss@wisc.edu for a Newsletter to be mailed to your current address.
Terry Nealon retires after 53 years of service to L&S
Teresa “Terry” Nealon has been with the College of Letters and Science since 1964, and with the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature since 1975. Last July, Terry watched the merging of two departments …
Courtside Language Lessons to Chinese Speech Contest
David Burnett put Madison on his back this Saturday at the 16th Annual Midwest regional chinese speech contest. He’s a first year student at UW-Madison in third year Chinese who had a drive to win …
NSA Grant Funds Korean Language Program for Local High School Students
This summer, as many as 20 students from across Dane County will be exploring Korean language and culture through the UW-Madison STARTALK Korean Language and Culture Academy. The STARTALK program, an initiative of the National Security …
Non-native foreign language instructors help students through shared experiences Foreign teachers can provide greater opportunities
When Junko Mori came to Wisconsin in the 1990s, Japan was experiencing an economic boom. To foster business collaboration, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recruited native Japanese speakers to help elementary and secondary school …
Japanese literature course leads to the ultimate field trip for UW students
Late last semester, UW–Madison professor Adam L. Kern sent an urgent, cryptic email to four of his students. He summoned them to his office early the next morning, promising something “potentially extremely interesting and important, if not …