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December 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Learn how to teach Less Commonly Taught Languages in Spring 2026!

AMES 5221: Pedagogy For Less Commonly Taught Languages
Instructor: Katrien Vanpee
Wednesdays 4:00 – 6:30 PM
3 Credits
Open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students!

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December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In the fall 2025 launch of Advanced Teaching Methods (FRIT 8999 / GSD 8103 / LGTT 8999), taught by Kate Paesani, language students designed their own advanced undergraduate course from the ground up!

Read the full story at https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/news-events

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December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good luck on finals, Gophers!

The end of the semester is almost here! The Language Center staff wish you a restorative winter break!

Check our website for the LC hours during finals week! (8am-4pm unless otherwise noted)
cla.umn.edu/language-cen...

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December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join the FRIT club for Movie Night this Wednesday! Showing Parïs A Tout Prix!
Popcorn and treats will be served.
See you there! 🍿

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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Take these Spring 2026 German courses — pre-reqs GER 1004 or 3011 (class dependent) 

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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Take these Spring 2026 German, Dutch, & Scandinavian courses — all taught in English with no pre-requisites!

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November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Take a look at these Spring 2026 Scandinavian courses — all taught in English and open to beginners!

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November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Check out these Spring 2026 Russian courses!

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November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Register for French 1001 and build your skills to:
- use your French in real-world scenarios
- understand media designed by French speakers, for French speakers, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific

Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/TakeFREN1001

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November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fall 2026 course
ITAL 3806: Italian Film and Literature

If you love Italian and film adaptations of powerful texts, this course is for you! You'll discuss how films like Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo deliver a different narrative experience than the books.

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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Spring 2026 course
ITAL 2303: Italian Travelers

How do travels shape our identity, freedom, and belonging? Dive into literature, cinema, and media from Dante’s Inferno to today’s refugee crossings, and explore Italy through the eyes of pilgrims, migrants, exiles, and tourists!

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November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Try out a new language in Spring 2026 with the CourseShare Program! 

Open to Beginners:
-Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
-Introduction to Korean History
-Beginning Wolof I

Learn More: https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/programs/courseshare/courseshare-courses

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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Morgan Staley took the first cohort of students to Egypt in May 2025 for three weeks, as part of the new course LING 3702 - Decoding Egypt: From Ancient to Modern Language.

Read the full article at https://z.umn.edu/ling-egypt

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October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ever caught yourself wondering why your roommate says “hella,” your neighbor says “y’all,” and that one professor says “idear” instead of “idea?” Congrats, you’re already asking the big sociolinguistic questions! 

LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics
Spring 2026

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October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The FLAS Fellowship competition is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree students to study a modern less-commonly-taught language (LCTL) in combination with area studies courses.

Learn more about the application at z.umn.edu/flas.

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October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In this talk, Professor Bigelow explores how Nordic horror—from silent films of witches and trolls to vampire and environmental thrillers—reveals the region’s unique fears and cultural anxieties.

Learn more: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/scandinavian-gothic-century-nordic-horror-cinema
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM