Student-Facilitated Campus and Community Engagement

The Department of Language Studies is committed to innovative approaches to learning, both inside and outside of the classroom:

  • Student-led language practice (in collaboration with ÉFUTM, UTM ISA, LSAS, RGASC, Hart House, and the Spanish Club-forthcoming):
  • Board games (French and Spanish), Café Rencontre, IEC Language Café, Italian Conversation Hour
  • Regular foreign language film screenings (on campus)
  • Concerts
  • French Summer Camp (in collaboration with Camp U of T Mississauga)
  • Food tours
  • Italian theatre performances
  • Carassauga, Italian pavilion
  • Italian Opera at the Canadian Opera Company (COC)
  • Linguistics: Each semester, 3 to 5 students spend approximately 5 hrs/week in a lab, as well as attend meetings and participate in related special projects.