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.
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