Each summer around 200 undergraduate students, graduate students, professionals, and others come to UW-Madison to study a language at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). WISLI is host to five summer language institutes which offer high-quality courses in 30 less commonly taught languages:
Arabic, Persian, & Turkish Language Institute (APTLI)
Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI)
Don’t see the language you’re looking for? Visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Program website for a complete list of languages taught at UW Madison.
“The instructor has been incredibly supportive and has made effort to ensure the course is meeting my learning process and desired outcomes.”
Advanced Hindi Student, 2018
“Honestly one of the best instructors I have had. She is very engaging in class and wants to make sure we all participate. She brings in a mix of language learning methods so class is always fun.”
Elementary Urdu Student, 2018
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Turkish Flagship Language Initiative (TURFLI)
In 2020, Boren Scholarship and Fellowship applicants have the opportunity to study Turkish as part in the Turkish Flagship Language Initiative (TURFLI). Boren Scholars and Fellows selected for this initiative will receive funding for intensive language study and cultural …
December 3, 2019Hiring: SASLI Lecturers and Faculty Assistants for the Summer 2020
SASLI is pleased to announce that it is officially accepting applications for Lecturers and Faculty Assistants for the Summer 2020 program in the following languages: Bengali, Dari, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sinhala, …
November 19, 2019Hiring: Assistant, Associate Professor Minority Languages and Dialects
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is advertising for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, to start August 2020. Applications at the associate professor level may be considered in exceptional cases. The search …
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