Expand and support a culture of campus multilingualism
Further solidify our position as the premier US liberal arts college for language study
- May 2022 Status:
- Conversion of ASL from per-course visitors to full-time Professor of the Practice is nearing completion
- New Admissions Viewbook highlights language learning strengths
- New frosh summer “Academic Roadmap” centers language learning
- FCGS Global Language and Outreach Fellow starts in August
- Further possibilities:
- Expand classroom language instruction to an additional language, putting us at #1 in the US with 16 languages (surpassing Wellesley, perhaps by adding Swahili)
- Convert Portuguese from per-course visitor to full-time Professor of the Practice
Increase community-based language learning opportunities, and support for such initiatives, both curricular and extra-curricular
- May 2022 Status:
- New CLAC course on “Teaching Spanish K-12”
- Writing Center service-learning courses on TESOL enable students to work with refugees, immigrants, and other community members
- Further possibilities:
- Next step is for FCGS staff to consult with Allbritton staff about other opportunities
Encourage and publicize events in languages other than English
- May 2022 Status: FCGS Global Language and Outreach Fellow starts in August
- Further possibilities:
- Ensure that any new calendaring/events system can track and display the language in which any given event will take place (noting with/without subtitles for movies)
Enhance existing language-related curricular and co-curricular opportunities
- May 2022 Status:
- FCGS Global Language and Outreach Fellow starts in August
- Writing Center and academic units have been collaborating on expanding/supporting creative writing beyond English
- Further possibilities:
- Encourage collaboration among OEI, OISA, FCGS, and academic units to identify and support needs of student heritage learners of languages
- Support efforts of Writing Center to combat a narrow “deficit model” for non-native English speakers
Continue Reading and Conversation Language Groups for Faculty and Staff
- May 2022 Status:Very successful first year (a German-language group)