Assistant Professor Koen Van Gorp and Professor Paula Winke from the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC) at Michigan State University were two of five international professors invited by…
Dr. Jonathan Choti, Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, received the 2021-22 Network for Global Civic Engagement (NGCE) Grant to support a collaborative project in Naitolia Village of northern Tanzania.
Baba Yaga, the well-known character from many Russian fairy tales, made a visit to MSU on Halloween to teach students of Russian about Russian superstitions. Baba Yaga, known for her…
Dr. Jonathan Choti and Dr. Danny Mendez have received the 2022-2023 College of Arts & Letters Engaged Pedagogy and Programming Fund Grant to support their joint project in spring 2023.…
Dr. Galen Sibanda, Dr. Deo Ngonyani, and Dr. Jonathan Choti In September 2022, the Germany-based Language Science Press released a new book co-edited by Drs. Galen Sibanda, Deo Ngonyani, Jonathan…
Most ESL teachers are aware that all four skills of language teaching—reading, writing, listening and speaking—are important for language learning. However, there are often particular challenges to providing good activities…
The Chinese Program held its first annual talent show on April 8, 2022 at the MSU International Center, featuring Chinese songs, dances, calligraphy, traditional storytelling, Chinese tongue twisters, poetry reading, and language games led by program faculty.
On March 13th, 2022, the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit presented the 27th Annual Michigan Japanese Language Speech Contest. Kellyn Ryan-Eyde, a Japanese major from MSU, was one of the top contestants, placing first of six university division contestants.
Dr. Yore Kedem, who leads the Jewish Studies Summer Program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was honored with MSU’s Award for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad.
For many years, TESOL students have offered classes in the EPIC Program in the spring to help adult second-language speakers of English to improve their oral communication skills.