The Coalition of Community-Based Language Schools is a nationwide initiative established to support, guide, and promote the interests of community-based heritage language schools and organizations across the United States.
Developed by the World Affairs Council of Seattle, this teaching and learning module provides a series of lessons that engage students in exploring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With 17 goals in total, this ambitious framework targets local and global issues ranging from ensuring quality education for all to mitigating climate change. You will find the student-specific instructions provide appropriate translations to assist teachers and students of heritage languages. Overall, these lessons…
Michael Biggins is delighted to share that he'll be leading the University of Washington's first ever Early Fall Start intensive study abroad program in Slovenia with 15 UW students from a wide range of majors participating. The trip will take place September 1-21, 2024. (Michael indicates that there are still a few open spots.) No prior foreign language knowledge required Multi-disciplinary introduction in English to a fascinating culture and society with a history…
The Slavic and East European Teachers Association of Washington (SEETAW) was formed in October 2018 to provide recognition of and support to the growing number of teachers of Russian and other Slavic and East European languages in Washington state. These teachers are providing an invaluable service to children and teenagers in our state who are Heritage language speakers of these languages and are eager to develop their proficiency in both the spoken and…