Six Decades of Chinese Language Education
Students, alumni, and faculty have taken a wide range of paths to the Chinese School over its 60 years.
Midd Connections
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Fluent Forever
Vermont Edition featured Thor Sawin, the associate dean of curriculum for Middlebury Language Schools, and Gabe Wyner, a four-time Language Schools attendee, on a recent episode about learning languages as an adult.
Innovating In and Out of the Classroom
Katherine Roseau, MA French ’12 has been recognized with the Innovations in Teaching Award for faculty of Mercer University.
A Mayor’s Wordsmith
The Guardian profiled Julian Gerson ’18, the speechwriter for New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and how Gerson constructed the victory speech on election night.
Skills for Language Teachers
A new Language Schools master’s program offers participants a secondary teaching license in modern languages that’s valid for teaching grades 7–12 in U.S. public school systems.
Sing and Spiel
NPR sat down with several opera singers who honed their techniques auf Deutsch this summer at the School of German.
Ultimate Pasta Maker
There’s only one Italy-approved tortellini machine in the U.S., and it’s in Los Angeles.
Is Corporate Atonement Possible?
Language Schools attendee Sarah Federman writes in the Conversation about how corporations involved in historical atrocities have reckoned—for better or worse—with that history.
To Learn Is to Remember
Jesse Bowman Bruchac, director of the School of Abenaki, writes about the role of memory in learning and teaching a language, as well as different strategies for strengthening language memory.