1. Less Commonly Taught Languages Program Eman Saadah | Linguistics New Student Orientation | August 18, 2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2. Linguistics has a long story with the LCTLs……. http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Arabic  Bangla  Hindi  Modern Greek  Persian  Swahili  Turkish  Urdu  Uzbek  Wolof  Zulu

3. We hired people to teach and create programs  Arabic: Dr. Eman Saadah  Hindi: Dr. Mithilesh Mishra  Modern Greek: Dr. Stefanos Katsikas  Sub-Saharan African Languages: Dr. Kristina Riedel  Turkish: Ayse Ozcan http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/

4. They created programs….. http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Arabic Language Program  Hindi Language Program  Modern Greek Language Program  Sub-Saharan African Languages Program  Persian Language Program  Turkish Language Program

5. And, created minors as well….. http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Minor in Arabic Studies  Minor in Hindi Studies  Minor in Modern Greek Studies  Minor in Sub-Saharan African Languages

6. CIC CourseShare http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  In collaboration with other institutions in the CIC member network. Uzbek, Estonian, Kiswahili, etc.

7. Our programs provide much more than language instruction http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Conversation tables  Language days  Cooking classes

9. Our programs provide much more than language instruction http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Conversation tables  Language days  Cooking classes  Bake sales

11. Our programs provide much more than language instruction http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Conversation tables  Language days  Cooking classes  Bake sales  Movie screenings  Social hours  Holiday celebrations  …………

13. What is unique about studying a LCTL? http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/  Tuition support  Free travel and language learning is available  Heritage language  International work  Academic research

14. We also have summer intensive classes Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World [SILMW] 2017 SILMW−intensive courses in a variety of Muslim world languages, including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Wolof and Uzbek. http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/ http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/ SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region. Director: Dr. Eman Saadah http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/

15. FLAS Center for Global Studies: Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Persian, Swahili, Turkish European Union Center: Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish *Priority will be given to less-commonly- taught languages (languages other than French, German, Spanish) and higher-level language study Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center: Turkish, Uzbek Center for African Studies: Arabic, Swahili, Wolof FLAS application will be available online in Fall 16. Graduate student applications are submitted by the student’s department http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/

16. Questions? If you have questions about the LCTL program, send an email to LCTL Director: Eman Saadah, esaadah2@illinois.edu http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/