Language excellence at IU supports large Kurdish community in Nashville, Tennessee
CeLCAR is funding a community course for Kurdish in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. The course is offered by Nashville State Community College (NSCC), with the support of funds from CeLCAR’s Title VI Language Resource Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Professors From Uzbekistan Visit IU To Discuss Language Materials
Indiana University has developed quality materials to teach the Uzbek language, and they aren’t alone. Professors in Tashkent, Uzbekistan have as well, and they’re sharing their ideas with IU.
Project Currently In Progress At CeLCAR
CeLCAR is currently developing language materials in the following languages and levels.
Language Projects Approach Completion
Language developers at CeLCAR are finalizing a number of important projects, many of which represent the first formal language learning materials to be published for these languages of Central Asia. These materials will facilitate formal teaching and informal study.
New Research-based Guide For Developing Language Learning Materials For LCTLs
Many teachers of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, find themselves in need of quality language teaching and learning materials where none exist, or where those that do are extremely outdated. This new book, Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages, is a concise guide that leads instructors through the development process using the ADDIE model of instructional design (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation).
Retired U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Visits Indiana University
The Honorable Allan Mustard, Retired U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and his wife, Ann, visited CeLCAR on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, as part of his visit to Indiana University. We discussed his interests in agricultural and economic concerns, the highlights of his service in Turkmenistan, and the challenges of learning the Turkmen language.
In Memory of Professor György Kara
We at the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) are sorry to share the sad news of the passing of Dr. György Kara.
2022 Outstanding Staff Mentor/Advocate Award
Congratulations to CeLCAR's Language Instructional Specialist, Amber Kennedy Kent, who has been selected by IU's Center of Excellence for Women in Technology and IU Women in IT (IUWIT) as a 2022 Outstanding Staff Mentor/Advocate.
Nashville State Community College offers free Kurdish language and culture classes
Adult students are learning Kurdish in Nashville, Tennessee in a program provided by Nashville State Community College (NSCC) for free, and sponsored by CeLCAR, Indiana University’s Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region. The partnership is funded via CeLCAR’s Language Resource Center grant by Title VI and the U.S. Department of Education.
Op-ed: Language is a crucial link in the foreign policy supply chain
A pandemic period of critical shortages, shipping delays and even unfilled prescriptions at CVS reminds all of us that disrupted supply chains thousands of miles away disrupt everyday life on Main Street.
CeLCAR Supports Kurdish “New Americans” In Nashville, Tennessee
To help meet the needs of refugees in Nashville, Tennessee, CeLCAR has partnered with Nashville State Community College (NSCC). Nashville happens to be home to 20,000 Kurdish families who have settled there over the last two decades, people whom the local Mayor’s Office refers to “New Americans”.
CeLCAR Welcomes Its New Director!
CeLCAR is excited to welcome Gulnisa Nazarova as its new director! Gulnisa has a history of supporting our center and of supporting various important initiatives regarding the languages and people of the Central Asian region.
IU mobilizes in support of Afghan evacuees
Whether they have relevant language or military experience or just feel called to help, people and groups at Indiana University have mobilized to support the 6,600 Afghan refugees at military and civilian post Camp Atterbury, near Edinburgh, Indiana. With the Department of State's recent approval of Bloomington as Exodus Refugee's second federally authorized resettlement site, opportunities will open for students to continue the kind of work being done at Atterbury now.
Pashto At Indiana University In Academic Year 2021-2022
Indiana University has taught Pashto since 2004, and CEUS (Central Eurasian Studies) will be teaching it again in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. This will be an intermediate-level course.
Our Mongolian developer, Senior Lecturer Tserenchunt Legden, awarded the Trustees Teaching Award
Congratulations to our esteemed colleague Tserenchunt Legden (Лэгдэнгийн Цэрэнчунт), Mongolian Senior Lecturer, who has been bestowed the Trustees Teaching Award. A well-deserved honor.
New Language Materials From CeLCAR
The following new offerings are now generally available at CeLCAR’s online shop. A number of other languages will follow soon.
A number of language materials are in process. CeLCAR is excited about these languages and plans to make these materials generally available in 2021 and 2022.
Rahman Arman is one of five recipients this year of IU’s Trustees Teaching Award, a recognition of his high achievement as an educator and a reflection of his commitment to his students.
Elementary Pashto 101 On IU Expand
This course provides beginning Pashto learners with a wide selection of materials and task-oriented, communicative activities that facilitate the development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Pashto.
Our Director, Öner Özçelik was awarded the 2019 Best Paper Award of the journal Language Acquisition, with the paper ‘Universal Grammar and Second Language Phonology: Full Transfer/Prevalent Access in the L2 Acquisition of Turkish “stress” by English and French Speakers’ – paper will be highlighted on the Language Acquisition website.
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