Spotlight

2025 JET Program Application Info Session

Sep. 26, 2024—The JET Program Applications are now open. If you are interested in applying, please consider attending the Info Session being held on October 7th from 4:00-5:00pm in Buttrick Hall 202. Program Applications can be found HERE

VCL Scholars Symposium – October 16th & 17th

Sep. 25, 2024—

**Check out our NEW Satellite Location!**

Sep. 24, 2024—Building community around language and culture. Located in Rothschild College, this attractive new space functions as an extension of the Vanderbilt Center for Languages, and serves as an additional resource to build community around language and culture. Recently, during our soft launch, the VCL Satellite hosted the Italian Language Club, Nilaja Amari Dance Troupe, a Chinese...

Did you know? We’re introducing Cherokee in addition to 5 other Less Commonly Taught Languages at Vanderbilt!

Jul. 21, 2024—Partnership for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Introducing the study of the Cherokee language in Fall 2024 through the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) partnership. Founded ten years ago by faculty at Vanderbilt University, The University of Virginia, and Duke University, we currently offer courses in Swahili (UVA), Turkish (Duke), Haitian Creole (Duke), Malagasy (Duke),...

VCL Classroom Spotlight

Apr. 20, 2024—Elementary Hindi-Urdu I Explore Elementary Hindi-Urdu in the VCL’s first Classroom Spotlight video! This sneak-peak, led by Dr. Divya Chaudhry, showcases class activities and student testimonials, demonstrating why this course is a must for cultural immersion and language skills. Prof. Chaudhry shares insights and highlights her passion for teaching this class. Interested in showcasing your own language course? Please...

Spring Faculty Workshop with Dr. Takako Aikawa

Mar. 20, 2024—“The Power of Generative AI in Language Classroom” The VCL and the Language Pedagogy Advisory Committee are hosting the last Faculty Workshop for the year. We are welcoming Dr. Takako Aikawa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will demonstrate the power of generative AI in the language classroom. This will be a hands on...

Spring VCL Scholars Announced!

Feb. 22, 2024—We are pleased to announce the 2024 VCL Scholars Congratulations to Pengfei Li, Xianmin Liu, Anna Marra, Asami Nakano, Maria Paz Pintane, Claire Scott, and Hideko Shimizu! The 2024 awardees will explore these topics: Virtual exchange program models (German and Spanish) Heritage speaker course development (Chinese) Immersion within area language community (Japanese) Mindfulness in language...

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