CETLI Events Calendar

Starting your teaching journey can feel overwhelming — lesson prep, grading, burnout, and staying in the target language can quickly pile up. This interactive workshop will provide you with practical […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Comparative Literature department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the […]

This workshop, “Collaborative Language Classroom,” explores why collaboration is central to effective language learning and how instructors can foster it from the very beginning. Since language is inherently social, students learn best when negotiating meaning together, which builds communicative competence, lowers anxiety, and creates a sense of community. Participants will examine concrete examples of collaborative […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Comparative Literature department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

How can we bring authentic literary texts into intermediate language classrooms while keeping students engaged and communicative? This workshop explores strategies for integrating historical and cultural content into instruction for B1-level learners. Focusing on a comparative approach to two poems—May Ayim’s politically resonant work from 1990/1991 and a reflective poem by Rainer Maria Rilke from […]