Certificate in Teaching Language and Culture

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Welcome to the Certificate in Teaching Language and Culture Canvas site.

This site allows you to: 

  • let us know you are pursuing a certificate
  • report your participation in activities that count towards the certificate
  • keep track of the requirements you meet as you go along

To review the certificate requirements, visit the Certificate in Teaching Language and Culture.

Please fill out this Google Form, so we can better support your progress through the Certificate.

Please also organize a meeting with Nicole Mills (mills@fas.harvard.edu) to discuss the certificate requirements and options before you begin.

Each requirement is entered as a Canvas assignment, as you see below. Click on each of the assignments below to report your completion of the requirement. 

For the course requirements, there are 5 separate course/seminar quizzes, one for each seminar (or equivalent) you have completed. Please fill out each one separately.

  • Take one foundational language pedagogy course (ROM-LANG 210 or equivalent)
  • Take one advanced language pedagogy course (ROM-LANG 230, EDU T549, or equivalent)
  • Attend three scholarly presentations offered as part of the RLL Language Program Discussion Series or by the Harvard Language Center. Please seek approval for alternative scholarly presentations offered by other institutions/organizations advertised in the Language Center newsletter. 
  • Submit teaching portfolio and reflective essay 
  • Teach two language courses at Harvard

When you are ready to have us review your materials, email mills@fas.harvard.edu 

This site was last updated on July 22, 2025.

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