Language Tables and Exchanges

Language Tables

Language tables provide students (and oftentimes community members) opportunities to practice a language in an informal, low-stakes context. Most take place on campus or at a nearby location. Contact the individuals listed below for more information on the language table you’d like to attend!

Language Exchanges

The student organization Language Connect matches students learning a language with proficient/fluent speakers of the same language to practice their conversational language skills. Sign up to be a tutee here, or volunteer to be a tutor here! Reach out to Fiona Freeman if you have questions: ffreeman@wisc.edu

Language Conversation Table Contacts
American Sign Language Badgers Sign is an ASL student organization that uses ASL in their meetings. Follow their Instagram page for updates.
Arabic Contact: Adeola Agoke, adeola.agoke@wisc.edu
Chinese Contact: Abigail Liu, xliu2396@wisc.edu
Follow Chinese Language & Culture Club’s Instagram page for updates
Dutch Contact: Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor, jvtaylor@wisc.edu
Filipino Contact: Richard Nicolas, rnicolas@wisc.edu
Finnish Contact: Thomas Dubois, tadubois@wisc.edu
French Contact: Mandi Schoville, maschoville@wisc.edu
German Visit the German Club Instagram page for more information
Hausa Contact: Adeola Agoke, adeola.agoke@wisc.edu
Hebrew Contact: Judith Sone, jsone@wisc.edu
Hindi Contact: Muhammad Asif, mfasif@wisc.edu
Ho-Chunk Contact: Laura Red Eagle, lredeagle@wisc.edu
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Hmong Contact: Choua Lee, lee2@wisc.edu
Indonesian Contact: Hany Noviya, hnoviya@wisc.edu
Irish Contact: Becky Shields, rashields@wisc.edu
Italian Contact: Mandi Schoville, maschoville@wisc.edu
Japanese Contact: Maiko Kawano, kawano2@wisc.edu
Follow Instagram page for updates
Kazakh Contact: Gulnara Glowacki, gglowacki@wisc.edu
Korean Contact: Sun Young Choo, schoo6@wisc.edu
Menominee Contact: Laura Red Eagle, lredeagle@wisc.edu
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Norwegian Contact: Berit Skogen, bcskogen@wisc.edu
Ojibwe Contact: Laura Red Eagle, lredeagle@wisc.edu
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Oneida Contact: Laura Red Eagle, lredeagle@wisc.edu
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Persian Contact: Fatemeh Mirsharifi, mirsharifi@wisc.edu
Polish Contact: Krzysztof Borowski, borowski3@wisc.edu
Portuguese Contact: Ellen Sapega, ewsapega@wisc.edu; Kathryn Sanchez, kathryn.sanchez@wisc.edu
Russian Contact: Jacob Aehl, aehl@wisc.edu
Spanish La Mesa de Conversación
Swahili Contact: Adeola Agoke, adeola.agoke@wisc.edu
Swedish Contact: Rachel Bott, rbott@wisc.edu
Thai Contact: Janpanit Surasin, surasin@wisc.edu
Turkish Contact: Nalan Erbil, erbil@wisc.edu
Ukrainian Contact: Isabella Palange, palange@wisc.edu
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Urdu Contact: Muhammad Asif, mfasif@wisc.edu
Vietnamese Contact: Hong Thi Dinh, hdinh@wisc.edu
Yiddish Contact: Sunny Yudkoff, yudkoff@wisc.edu
Yoruba Contact: Adeola Agoke, adeola.agoke@wisc.edu
Zulu Contact: Adeola Agoke, adeola.agoke@wisc.edu