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Interest Group Efforts

Connections across campus
Chair: Mike Hinden, International Institute
Discussion among members of Area Centers, Social 
Science units, and Language/Literature units

Responding to low enrollment in less 
commonly taught language courses
Chair: Antonia Schleicher
Research into various models for offering courses 
and in recruiting students

Distance education and less commonly 
taught languages
Chair: Magdalena Hauner
Research into various models and the possibility of 
inter-university cooperation, perhaps through the CIC.

Course Development
Co-Chairs: Frank Saloman, Rand Valentine
Initially this group is looking at the feasibility of creating 
a course on global languages, perhaps team taught. Other 
courses related to concerns of GLLCF are also of interest.

Study Abroad
Chair: Naomi McGloin
This group is looking at possiblities for research involving
study abroad, such as language gain, language loss after
return, motivation, and acculturation.