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Adeola Agoke Publishes Yorùbá Dictionary for Foreign and Second Language Learners of Yorùbá

Adeola Agoke, Director of the African Languages Program and Assistant Teaching Professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has published a Proficiency-Based Dictionary of Yorùbá Language. This open-source, digital resource fills an important gap in language acquisition and learning. During the summer, Dr. Agoke teaches WISLI’s Intensive Multilanguage Seminar (MULTI), which supports …

CSA Awarded Two-Year UISFL Grant for Language Pathways Program

The Center for South Asia (CSA), which co-administers the South Asia Summer Language Program (SASLI), was awarded a two-year Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant from the Department of Education to fund a project titled “Language Pathways Program: International Business and Sustainable Development in India.” This program will support language instruction and provide …

WISLI Coordinator Publishes Article on Language Learners’ Transferable Skills

Ryan Goble, SASLI and LCTL Career Coordinator, recently published the research article, “Language Learners’ Transferable Skills and Narrative Competence in U.S. Career Advising Appointments: Multilingual Development Beyond Higher Education,” in the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. Abstract: In a career climate that casts “foreign” language proficiency as a measurable and technical skill, this study …

Inside WISLI’s Intensive Language Programs