Included below are a variety of options for formal language study as well as resources to support language acquisition. Resources and links are divided by region. Please contact the Outreach Coordinator from the corresponding WIRC unit with any questions or concerns.
African Studies Program
A collection of resource materials including politics, culture, and language
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Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Language and Culture Resources – Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute – UW–Madison
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East Asia
Tools and games developed by UW faculty to facilitate language learning in addition to other online sources curated by faculty. Included resources are for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan.
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Latin America, Caribbean, and Iberia
Tools and digital resources to facilitate language acquisition, including news websites in Spanish, Portuguese, Yucatec Maya, and Quechua.
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Middle East
Tools to facilitate learning Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Hebrew.
Middle East Language Resources
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South Asia
Digital resources to support language instruction in a variety of South Asian languages.
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Southeast Asia
Tools to facilitate learning a variety of Southeast Asian languages, including the Asian Languages Database.
Southeast Asia Language Resources
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Summer Study at UW-Madison
Each summer, undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and other non-traditional students from across the country study a language at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). WISLI offers high-quality language courses in less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). WISLI courses are intensive, condensing an entire year of language study in the 8-week summer session. WISLI language courses are cost-effective and increasingly accessible with distance and online learning options.