Language Program in the News

How does a library capture a global debate about freedom of the press? The attacks on the Paris headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in January 2015 by Islamic extremists provoked a worldwide conversation through all...

Habituellement, sa sœur l'appelle le dimanche pour prendre de ses nouvelles. Alors ce mercredi 7 janvier 2015, quand Virginie Greene a vu son numéro s'afficher sur son téléphone, elle a tout de suite compris qu'il s'était passé quelque chose. "La dernière...

The Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian will award $5,000 to concentrators or other undergraduates involved in the program for outstanding work. Nick C. Diaco ’04 and his family funded the award to encourage undergraduate travel to Italy. Chiara...

Some professors have incorporated AI tools into their courses in innovative ways. A December 6 faculty presentation demonstrated some of the innovations being tested in classrooms. Senior preceptor in romance languages and literatures Nicole Mills...

In Nicole Mills's French language and culture classes, students meet native speakers at parties in their homes and eavesdrop on conversations in Parisian cafés, all without leaving Cambridge. Cultural immersion is a tried-and-true element of language...

Virtual solutions have also been developed that allow students to forgo expensive travel by practicing their language skills in VR scenarios with AI-powered animated characters. Students can feel less inhibited than in real-life interactions to improve...