Some proficiency in a foreign language is often needed for international grants and fellowships for research and teaching. The Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Iowa is a wonderful resource for language learning. Languages offered include: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swahili, and American Sign Language. Want to practice conversation in a foreign language informally? See the opportunities below.
Foreign Language Evaluations: Please see the list below for UI faculty who serve as evaluators for the languages listed. Students seeking Foreign Language Evaluations for Fulbright and other grant applications for languages not listed should contact those individual foreign language departments in the Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. These evaluations should be completed by a professional language teacher, preferably a university professor.
Faculty Foreign Language Evaluators
Arabic
Contact: yasmine-ramadan@uiowa.edu
American Sign Language
Contact: asl-program@uiowa.edu
Chinese
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/chinese
Contact: helen-shen@uiowa.edu
French
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/french
Contact: e-destruel-johnson@uiowa.edu
German
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/german
Contact: bruce-spencer@uiowa.edu
Italian
Contact: cinzia-blum@uiowa.edu
Japanese
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/japanese
Contact: yumiko-nishi@uiowa.edu
Korean
Contact: sang-seok-yoon@uiowa.edu
Portuguese
Contact: cris-lira@uiowa.edu
Russian
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/russian
Contact: irina-kostina@uiowa.edu
Sanskrit
Contact: frederick-smith@uiowa.edu
Spanish
Visit: https://newstudents.uiowa.edu/spanish
Heritage Speakers
Contact: julia-oliverrajan@uiowa.edu
Non-Heritage Speakers
Contact: spanish-clascore@uiowa.edu
Swahili
Contact: blandina-giblin@uiowa.edu
Want to Practice a Foreign Language?
Here are some opportunities, usually known as "conversation hours" (most are open to all levels, but some are only held during the academic year--please check with departments for updates):
Chinese: Chinese Conversation Corner, 315 Phillips Hall, Contact person: Xiaoyuan Zhao
German: Kaffeestunde, 612 Phillips Hall
Japanese: Conversation Hour, 612 Phillips Hall
Korean: Conversation Hour, 612 Phillips Hall
Russian: Conversation Hour, 612 Phillips Hall
Spanish: Cafecito Cervantes, 612 Phillips Hall (year-round). Contact person: Gay Allan