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Aug
18
2025

Pre-semester Orientation 2025

Aug 18, 2025 - Aug 22, 2025 at 8:45am - 4:00pm

PLC looks forward to welcoming new foreign language teaching fellows and lecturers at our week-long pre-semester orientation beginning Monday, August 18, 2025. Check with your language program coordinator/director to

Dec
06
2025

Language Educator Symposium 2025

Call for Proposals Deadline: August 15, 2025

Dec 6, 2025 at 10:00am - 4:00pm | Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania

Save the date for Penn Language Center's 2025 Language Educator Symposium, co-sponsored by Educational Linguistics at the Penn Graduate School of Education, taking place on Saturday December 6, 2025. This year, in

For Faculty

PLC Workshops

PLC organizes workshops on pedagogy and technology for language educators.

Penn Resources

Penn offers rich resources to enhance language teaching.

Travel Grants

PLC lecturers may apply for support to travel to national conferences.

Teaching Grants

Applications are accepted every October through early January.

For Students

Language Courses

Learn a new language - PLC has over forty languages to choose from!

Tutoring

PLC provides free peer tutoring. Request a tutor or apply to be one.

Language Waivers

Request to waive the language requirement with proof of proficiency in a PLC language.

Proficiency Testing

Students with proficiency in a PLC language may test out of the language requirement.

Center News

Language Testing for Penn Students

July 3, 2024
Incoming Penn students who wish to take a language proficiency or placement exam should refer to the home department or center for that language.
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Summer 2024 Courses

March 1, 2024
Penn Language Center is pleased to offer the following courses during the Summer 2024 term:Summer Session I: May 28 - July 3
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New Spring 2024 Language Courses

November 15, 2023
New language offerings include Albanian, Armenian, Haitian-Creole, Juhuri, and Kazakh among others.
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Filipino Featured in Penn Today

November 15, 2023
See the October 30, 2023 issue of Penn Today to read more about Penn Language Center's Filipino Language and Culture program.
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PLC is Hiring Language Tutors

September 5, 2023
Undergraduate students with advanced proficiency in a foreign language are invited to apply.
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Workshops on Technology and Pedagogy 2023-2024

September 5, 2023
PLC is hosting four technology workshops on the topic of research-informed teaching practices.
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New Fall 2023 Courses

July 20, 2023
Penn Language Center is pleased to announce the following new courses for the Fall 2023 semester:
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Luganda Comes to PLC

August 19, 2022
Read this Penn Today article about our new instructor Kimeze “Dickson” Teketwe who teaches Luganda.
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Medical Spanish for Summer 2021

May 12, 2021
Spanish for Medical Professionals will be offered as an online 11-week course during Summer Sessions I and II.
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Summer 2021 Courses

April 14, 2021
Language courses offered during Summer Sessions I and II will be delivered online.
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Faculty Bookshelf

Augenblicke
Augenblicke was developed for beginning through intermediate German language and culture instruction, preparing students from the start for eventual coursework at the upper-level in
Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners: Stories about Us
Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners’ future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, lear
Korean Hangul for Beginners
An interactive workbook for beginners to learn how to write and read Korean quickly!
Speak and Act: Beginning Chinese (Volume 1)
by Maiheng S. Dietrich, Melvin Lee, Karina H. Chen
African Languages in Time and Space A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Akinbiyi Akinlabi
African Languages in Time and Space: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Akinbiyi Akinlabi serves as an important book of readings to those interested in understanding African languages and
Chinese Biographies: Ang Lee, 2nd Edition
Chinese Biographies: Ang Lee is the sixth title in Cheng & Tsui s Chinese Biographies series.
Tamil Language in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Learning Tamil
Tamil Language in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to learning Tamil contains a detailed information about Tamil language, grammar and culture. This is supplemented with videos in a DVD.
Cartoonyatra
Cartoonyatra is a compilation of selected political and social cartoons by cartoonist Milind Ranade.