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Jeff Magoto, the author of this week’s Topic of the Week article, is the director of the Yamada Language Center here at the University of Oregon and a dear friend of CASLS, as well as a member of our advisory board. The Yamada Language Center is the University of Oregon’s resource center for teaching and learning. Students in regular University language classes can use the YLC’s Virtual Language Lab to access video and audio materials associated with their course. For less commonly taught languages, the YLC self-study program arranges classes for UO students and community members, providing a native speaking tutor, learning resources, curricular support, and more. 

The YLC also facilitates language exchanges for UO students by means of a database of potential partners. Programs and groups from all over campus can also make use of six different classroom spaces for language learning; your InterCom editor got to teach a methods course for the Northwest Indian Language Institute earlier this summer in one of these rooms. Finally, every spring the YLC hosts FLIS Day, during which high school students from all over Oregon come to be immersed in foreign languages and international studies for a day. We are grateful for all of Jeff’s advocacy on behalf of language learners and teachers and for all of the great services that the Yamada Language Center provides.