Language in Motion: Pilot

Language in Motion was an innovative cooperative outreach program using international students, study abroad returnees, and upper-level language students to enrich small rural public school language classrooms.

After participating in workshops on language teaching methodology, distance learning techniques, and idea development, the college students created language and cultural activities. Presentations were made in cooperation with local public school teachers in and about French, German, Russian, and Spanish, both in the classrooms and via distance learning.

This replicable model increased young people's interest in second-language learning and study abroad while engaging college language students in community-based service learning.