A Day to Enjoy Language Learning

• Provide Sacramento State students with the opportunity to experience language and culture learning directly from native speakers and advanced speakers of various languages.

Student Leadership and Empowerment! 

• Offer advanced language students the chance to showcase their skills and enhance leadership skills

• connecting with others who share a passion for languages 

• gaining public recognition and visibility 

• accessing information on study abroad 

• possible extra credit 

Announcement that we sent out (please forward this to interested students).

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🌏 World Languages Day – Seeking Language Experts and Volunteers

Are you interested in volunteering as a Language Expert for World Languages Day on Thursday, November 9th(10am – 2pm)? Please click here (sign-up link) and scroll down to locate your language of expertise. For additional information about the event, please visit the event website. 

For questions, contact Dr. Viola Ardeni (viola.ardeni@csus.edu) or Dr. Kazue Masuyama (masuyama@csus.edu)

A Brief History

The first WLD event took place in 2003, initiated by a group of WLL faculty members: Kathy Moore, Nicole Buffard, Laurence Lambert-Marandi, and Kazue Masuyama. It was a significant event that involved high school students and community members. These events were held on weekends from 2003 to 2006. Due to various reasons, the event was suspended until 2013 when Kazue Masuyama took the initiative, along with Vanessa Arnaud, to revive WLD in collaboration with CCE (English language program) and IPGE. They collaborated with Hugh Le, Michelle Loew, and Alessandra McMorris. Our WLL Department faculty members also contributed to this event, including Curtis Smith, Alba Boyer, Clovis Karam, Kevin Elstob, Maria Mayberry, Eliot Kelly, Catherine Miskow, Lorella Silvestri, Heeju Han, Miguel Bota, Amrik Singh, and others. The WLD was held until the pandemic (see below for YouTube videos of the WLD).

In Fall 2023, Kazue Masuyama and Viola Ardeni will once again lead the effort to revive this event in collaboration with IPGE and the CCE faculty-led short-term study program.