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  • IU program builds bridges between communities through language learning

IU program builds bridges between communities through language learning

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

The Bridges project started at Indiana University in 2009 and connects volunteer students and faculty to children and families in the community eager to learn a foreign language. Focusing on lesser-taught languages, the project focused this semester on Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Persian and Japanese.

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