This webinar follows the October 10, 2025 town hall meeting, Sustaining and Strengthening Less Commonly Taught Languages in the Big Ten in Precarious Times, to feature presentations by LCTL educators and administrators from four Big Ten universities who will share innovative models for developing instructional materials, engaging students, and designing more equitable placement procedures for LCTLs. The webinar will be of interest to instructors and administrators of all languages. All are welcome!
12:00-1:15 pm PST, 2:00-3:15 pm CST, 3:00-4:15 pm EST
Friday, February 27, 2026
On Zoom
Register here
Presentations
- Heritage-friendly LCTL Placement Tool, Carter Griffith, University of Minnesota
- Teacher for a Day, Ida Moen Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Hybrid Ancient Greek with OneNote’s Course Notebook, Ryan Platte, Northwestern University
- From Zero to Textbook: A Replicable Model for Rare Languages, Aleksei Rumiantsev, Indiana University
Sponsors: University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute, Michigan State University Center for Language Teaching Advancement
Contacts
Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University
Felix Kronenberg, Michigan State University
Accommodations
We are committed to inclusive and accessible programming. To request accommodation for this event, please contact Jana Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, three business days in advance.