This webinar discusses work with French and Spanish learners to center multilingualism in beginning language study. The project reimagines college language learning as a process involving both the acquisition of language and intellectual engagement with concepts of community and identities. This involves multilingual projects, regular reflections, UNgrading practices and critical considerations of the role of languages on campus.

The webinar also focuses on instructors’ collaborative work to bridge languages in redesigning parallel introductory and intermediate Spanish and French courses. Presenters argue that, by centering shared experiences, building communities of practice across languages pushes the goal of language learning beyond a sole focus on proficiency. This work invites a reconsideration of everything from materials design and selection to the structuring of content to course outcomes to center both linguistic acquisition and the development of student identities as members of a multilingual community.

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