Language Studies

In Conversation: Language Education in the Age of Rapid Technological Change

Sierra Abukins — 2025-05-06T09:58:33-0700

We recently caught up with TESOL program chair Jason Martel, the 2024 Faculty Excellence Award winner, to talk about whether it’s still worth learning a language these days and how long-time language teaching paradigms need to shift.

New MA in Interpretation for Diplomats and Executives Combines Advanced Language and Policy Studies

Sierra Abukins — 2025-04-09T10:30:30-0700

This customizable degree helps those working in international diplomacy and business enhance their interpretation skills while allowing them to take courses in global security, sustainability, and development.

Students Work at Intersection of Language and Mobility in Monterey through New Fellowship

Sierra Abukins — 2025-03-31T12:20:35-0700

The inaugural fellows created a bilingual booklet to help the community engage - in both English and Spanish - with new sidewalk murals along routes to Salinas schools. The multi-year partnership with the Transportation Agency for Monterey County lets faculty and students put their skills to work on local community projects.

Building a Land Acknowledgment from the Ground Up

Sierra Abukins — 2024-06-14T08:34:43-0700

Over a two-year period, students, faculty and staff worked to shape a land acknowledgment that they hope will be the start, not the end, of a process of learning and deepening relationships with local Indigenous people and tribal nations.

Students Awarded Funding for Language Study and Research in Ghana and Taiwan

Jason Warburg — 2024-05-29T13:41:51-0700

Gabe Albright MAEPM ’24 and Alex Christodoulou MAEPM ’24 recently completed fellowships in Taiwan and Ghana, respectively, funded by the Boren Awards program for graduate students pursuing intensive language study overseas.

For First Time, Fall Forum Delivers World Cuisine Alongside Interpretation Practice

Charles Cai, Xiaohui Hu — 2024-02-13T11:44:12-0800

Second-year interpretation students organized and led the annual Fall Forum, which was not only centered on a food theme this year, but featured seven local restaurants serving different cuisines.

The Language of Impact: Classwork Benefits the Community Thanks to Library Collaboration

Mark C. Anderson — 2024-02-05T12:37:59-0800

This fall, students studying Spanish at the Institute teamed up with community members learning English to create a local bilingual job-seeker’s guide.

How I Got Hired: Strategic Enterprise Capabilities Transformation Change Lead, Nike

Lizzie Falconer MPA ’17 — 2023-10-31T16:05:22-0700

MPA graduate Lizzie Falconer shares how support from faculty, staff, and alumni helped her to launch a career in international development.

Two Institute Students Win Competitive Critical Language Scholarships

Jason Warburg — 2023-10-13T09:00:53-0700

A pair of Middlebury Institute students have won Critical Language Scholarships supporting study abroad opportunities in Japan and East Africa.

Learning in Language: New Online Short Course in Russian Focuses on the War in Ukraine

Sierra Abukins — 2023-10-11T16:32:34-0700

Intermediate Russian speakers can improve their language skills while also deepening their knowledge of Russian culture, history, and politics in this 5-hour course.