Session 3

3:30–4:30 P.M.

Collaborative Language Instruction: Learning Less Commonly Taught Languages at the University of Chicago Language Center

The Chicago Language Center was awarded a five-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to bring together individual instructors of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs) to establish collaborative pairs, developing shared sequences of languages such as Czech, Haitian Kreyol or Bangla.  Come learn about the many LCTLs taught at UChicago and what role those languages play in graduate and undergraduate education. You will also have the chance to see what it’s like to attend a LCTL language class remotely, and how multimedia supports and enhances that learning format.

Catherine Baumann

Catherine Baumann is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Germanic Studies, Director of the German Language Program, and Director of the University of Chicago Language Center (CLC). At the CLC, she oversees language testing and policy across the College. She also supervises graduate student lecturers teaching language courses in the College and is responsible for the first-, second-, and third-year German curriculum. Baumann is co-author of the first-year textbook Kreise, and is an ACTFL-certified Oral Proficiency Interview tester and trainer in German.

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