By Charlotte Li ’28 When we think about what language can do for us, we often imagine it as a key that could unlock grand possibilities. It could open the door to new careers, unlock a foreign world and culture, and connect us to new people. We imagine language as a passport to somewhere else,…
By Zaynah Almasri Power of Language Week invites us to celebrate bilingualism, multilingualism, second languageacquisition, and the linguistic and cultural diversity that shapes the Wesleyan community. Forme, that celebration is deeply personal. My relationship with language isn’t a neat timeline—it’sa layered, overlapping, sometimes messy story of sounds, scripts, and social worlds that havefollowed me across…
The Power of Language (POL) Week Committee is excited to announce that the event submission form for the upcoming Power of Language Week is now open! The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to host the eighth annual Power of Language event, intended to encourage and honor multilingualism and second language acquisition. Originally organized as a multi-day conference, POL…
