2024-10-29
- The UIUC Arabic Debate Team's performance at the National Arabic Debate Championships was highlighted in The Daily Illini!
Check out the article (linked below) celebrating their achievement of placing fourth amongst non-native speaking teams.
2024-10-09 - Click here to read the full story from the SLCL Newsletter: U of I hosts U.S. Universities Arabic Midwest Debate Championship.
2024-05-09 - Through April 19-21, 2024, a significant milestone was achieved with the inception of the inaugural U.S. Universities Arabic Midwest Debate Championship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The event was coordinated by the Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Program and the...- 2024-04-22 - Four University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study foreign languages this summer. Shireen Aydogan, Xavier Davenport, Karel Pene and Sylvia Techmanski received full scholarships to spend 8-10 weeks abroad studying one of 14 critical languages....
2024-04-15 - We are excited to recognize Dr. Eman Saadah for receiving the 2024 SLCL Diversity & Engagement Award! This award recognizes alumni or members of the community at large who have made significant contributions (tangible and intangible) to the SLCL community; contributions which strengthen our public service mission, our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusivity, and our...- 2023-11-09 - Dr. Eman Saadah was featured in Al-Jazeera news, speaking about her role on the committee for this year's U.S Arabic Debate competition. In this article, she discusses how debating opportunities can enhance language learning....
- 2023-11-09 - Congratulations to the UIUC Arabic Debate Team for their amazing performance at Qatar Debates' US Debate Championship! This team scored Fourth Place at the national level with team members Shireen Aydogan (Senior, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Arabic), Amina Gurmen (Senior, Education and Arabic), Foziea Garada (Junior, Computer Science), and Hedaya Hassanein (Sophomore, Political...
- 2023-11-02 - International Education Week is an annual event that aims to celebrate global education, cultural exchange, and scholarship as well as to raise awareness about the breadth of international education activities and resources available in our community. This event is sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services, Illinois Extension, and the School of Literatures, Cultures, and...
2022-11-07 - Mabrook (Congratulations!) to Dr. Eman Saadah and the UIUC Arabic Debate team who competed in last week's Arabic Debate at Stanford University! Team member Suad Al Jawhari received first place at the national level for the AFL (Arabic as a Foreign Language) category, and the UIUC team was ranked # 2 nationally in the same...
2022-10-21 - View original article here by QNA Doha, October 18 (QNA) - Qatar Debate, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, in collaboration with the Abbasi Center for Islamic Studies at Stanford University, concluded the third edition of the U.S Universities Arabic Debating Championship, with the...- 2022-10-21 - View original article here When summer arrives at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and undergraduates go back to their hometowns, a perfect opportunity arises for other, much younger students to take part in the college experience in a way that reaches beyond a typical campus tour. High school...
- 2021-03-27 - Please join us in congratulating Professor Eman Saadah for being named a 2021-22 Levenick iSEE Teaching Sustainability Fellow!
- 2020-06-18 - On Monday, June 15, 2020, Department of Linguistics and LCTL program welcomed 104 students to the Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World, held virtually this year from June 15 to August 8. The program consists of 2 intensive summer sessions, when students are immersed in language instructions in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Swahili. SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the...
2018-04-24 - Our student John Rossi took this picture during his study abroad program in Morocco. It was displayed at the UIUC undergraduate exhibition.Thanks John for sharing this project with us! "This image, taken in the tanneries of Fez, was captured during my semester abroad in the kingdom of Morocco during Fall 2017. Despite departing to research political and economic effects of North Africa’s...