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UW-Madison Links

• Applied Linguistics Students Association

ALSA is a graduate student run organization based in the Department of English

• UW Language Departments

A list of UW departments offering degrees or courses of study in various languages.

• Program in English as a Second Language

The ESL program offers Intensive English courses to non-native English speakers of intermediate level who wish to improve their skills with English. The ESL program provides a host of other services and programs, as well, including courses for UW degree students, training for international teaching assistants, and the TESOL Certificate Program.

• The Language Institute

An initiative of the College of Letters and Science which fosters and promotes collaboration for research, education, and community outreach efforts in languages, literatures, and cultures.

• UW-Madison Waisman Center

The Waisman Center is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases throughout the lifespan. The center is one of nine national facilities that includes a Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Research Center and a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

• UW-Madison Writing Center

The Writing Center offers individual consultations and classroom instructions to students in all disciplines. Writing instructors offer professional advice on all aspects of academic writing, such as structuring of research papers and proposals, writing research posters, writing with PowerPoint, and writing and delivering conference papers.

• Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)

The UW-Madison Department of English is proud home to the world-famous Dictionary of American Regional English, praised as the most exciting linguistic project going on in the United States by William Safire.

Communities of Scholars

• The LINGUIST List – the world’s largest online resource in linguistics
• American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
• Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• American Dialect Society

Web Snippets

• Lexicon of Linguistics – mainly theoretical linguistics
• language log – the most important linguistic blog