Workshops, Presentations, and Keynotes on Language Enrollments
We are offering workshops, presentations, and keynotes for colleges and universities and their language departments and programs. Partners we have worked with (or will be in the near future)听 include the 听Vincennes University, Wittenberg University, UC Berkeley, and UW-Madison.听
Conferences we presented at include ACTFL, the ADE-ALD Summer Seminar (MLA) (plenary), the听Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (keynote), and the International Language Teacher Education Conference.
Please reach out to any of us if you are interested in us working with your department, program, center, organization, or institution: , , and 听
The Book: Language Program Vitality in the United States
Our co-edited book was published in November 2023 by Springer听(part of the听.).听
Editors: 听(国产探花), 听(国产探花), 听(Indiana State University)听
The book documents and addresses root causes of declining enrollments seen in language programs at U.S. institutions of higher education over previous decades. It identifies obstacles created by programs and institutions that prevent students from either initially exploring or continuing with language study, challenges long-held beliefs about language program structures, as well as promotes opportunities for language programs to address these obstacles and innovate in the field.听This publication reflects a wide range of opinions and diversity of authors that reflect the broad roles that our readers will encompass.听
Who is this book for? (Target Audience)听
This book can be used by foreign language faculty to reflect on their own programs and university trajectory. It is also for those faculty, language program directors, chairs, university administrators, and graduate students to understand issues and trends facing the field and possible solutions that they may explore.听The data provided in this book provides launching point for discussions at a variety of institutions as they adapt to new challenges in the field. Both those 鈥渋n the trenches鈥� and those who have broader decision-making power about language programs and policies at the university can use this as a reference.听
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