Self-Study Language and Cultural Lessons and Activities are available from May 15th through December 31, 2021. To participate in the coloring and tongue twister competition, participants need to submit the work by July 1, 2021. The following is a list of lessons available through the Indiana University World Language Festival course, all for free. Registration is required.
If you have anything unclear about the Canvas, which is the platform of WLF 2021,
please visit the tutorial.
African Studies | |
Swahili | Introduction to Swahili: Speakers and Culture |
Swahili | Tongue Twister: Swahili |
Yoruba | Greetings among Peers in Yoruba |
Center for Language Technology | |
Chinese | Shanghai, a Century of International Settlement and a Pidgin English |
Central Eurasian Studies | |
Estonian | Coloring Activity: Color a Scene from Estonian Midsummer Celebration |
Estonian | Travel to Tallinn |
Estonian | Tongue Twister: Estonian |
Finnish | A Guide to Celebrating Juhannus: Finnish Midsummer |
Kyrgyz | Coloring Activity: Nature |
Kyrgyz | Tongue Twister: Kyrgyz |
Persian | Half the World: A Very Short Introduction to the City of Isfahan, Iran and Its Living Art Traditions |
Tibetan | An Introduction to the Tibetan Language Through Song |
East Asian Languages and Cultures | |
Chinese | Breakfast Culture in China |
Chinese | Coloring Activity: Faces of Peking Opera |
Chinese | Finding Love the Chinese Way: Match Making and Throwing Divination Blocks |
Chinese | How to Make Taro Balls |
Chinese | Tongue Twister: Chinese |
Korean | Hangul (the Korean Alphabet) Writing Workshop |
French and Italian | |
French | Middle French vs. Modern French |
French | Tongue Twister: French |
Germanic Studies | |
Norwegian | Norwegian Food |
India Studies | |
Bangla/Hindi | Counting from 1-10 and Naming Family Members in Hindi/Bangla |
Slavic Languages and Cultures | |
Russian | St. Petersburg: The City of White Nights with a Dark Past |
Russian | Russian Food: The Everyday and Extra Special |