Event

Please join us for a 2-part SALTA webinar on Introduction to AI for Language Teachers: Everything you wanted to know about AI but were hesitant to ask with Dr. Mithilesh Mishra.

• Part 1: Nov 8, 2024; 12 pm-1 pm ET

• Part 2: Nov 15, 2024; 12 pm- 1 pm ET

Learn more about Dr. Mithilesh Mishra: 

Mithilesh Mishra is a Senior Lecture and Director of Hindi-Urdu and South Asian Languages at UIUC. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006). He has taught Hindi at all levels at 4 major Universities in the Mid-West: First at the University of Chicago (1995-2003), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (2003-2006), and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006-present). He has taught Summer Intensive Intermediate and Advanced level Hindi courses at SASLI (the University of Wisconsin at Madison) since 2006. At UIUC he also developed and taught new courses on Business Hindi, Globalization and Language and Culture of India (a Study Abroad course), Culture and Economics of Education in India, Hindi Literature in Translation, and a popular General Education course on Language and Culture in India. He has several ‘firsts’ to his credit__ he developed the first Hindi Minor in the USA, the first course on Business Hindi in 2009 and the first Online course on Advanced Hindi in 2014. He has received numerous grants for developing new courses, including from the Department of Education (USA), and the Mellon Foundation. He is also the co-author of two books related to teaching Hindi to speakers of English. He also wrote an e-text titled ‘Language and Culture in India’ in 2023. He is currently developing an online course on Business Hindi (to be completed by August 2025). He is very passionate about developing and teaching new courses related to Hindi and South Asian languages. Currently he is deeply engaged in using AI to empower the South Asian languages instructors, pedagogues, and learners at large.

Certificate of participation is available to SALTA members who

1. participate in both sessions

2. complete any tasks assigned after the first session

3. complete the post-workshop survey. 

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