Proficiency-Based Instruction: A Workshop for Language Teachers

Curtin 309 WI

This workshop summarizes research on proficiency-based instruction and discusses the many ways that language teachers can use ACTFL-based tools (e.g., Can-Do Statements, Thematic Units, and Integrated Performance Assessments) to (1) help increase their students’ proficiency, (2) incorporate more authentic resources …

Special Event with Yanick Lahens!

Writing in Haiti & Telling Stories of Universal Human Truths Don’t miss these special events with author, and activist, Yanick Lahens!   Friday, September 22 4:30 pm Special Collections 4th Floor, Golda Meir Library Saturday, September 23 11 am Boswell …

A Conversation with Christiane Taubira & Raoul Peck

Curtain Hall 175 WI

In tandem with two film screenings, on October 19th, of Raoul Peck’s documentary on James Baldwin, “I am not your Negro“. and on October 26, Distinguished Lecture Series:  “An Evening with Raoul Peck: Conversations on Identity, History, Race, and History”            …

French Film Festival 2018

UWM Student Union WI

Please join us from 16-25 February 2018 to celebrate our 21st Festival of Films in French.   @ Student Union Cinema, UW-Milwaukee

Talk @UWM by Author Yamen Manai

Curtain Hall 321 WI

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 You are invited to meet award-winning Tunisian author Yamen Manai who will speak (in French) about his recent book L’Amas Ardent. Download Yamen Manai event poster

Table Française

Join us for conversation on Thursdays at 11:00 am to 12:00 noon throughout the 2018 fall semester. Location: UWM Language Resource Center, Language Oasis, Curtin Hall 187 Download flyer for Tables and Informal Conversation, Fall 2018

Gaël Faye: Franco Rwandese Rapper, Composer, and Novelist

UWM Hefter Conference Center WI

Gaël-Faye Wednesday, October 24, 2018 — 5:00-7:00pm UWM Hefter Conference Center 3271 North Lake Drive Milwaukee Open and free to the public Join us for an evening of conversation and bilingual readings from the award-winning novel Small Country, and songs with …