Language Teaching Studies M.A. Program

LTS student Theobald Katapu talks about teaching, French, and his surprise at seeing sunbathers at UO.

Student Spotlight: Theobald Katapu | Language Teaching Studies (LTS) Student Spotlight: Theobald Katapu Theobald is a current student from Ghana who is pursuing LTS with a focus on teaching French. Let’s see how his path brought him to UO. Attending a Portland Trail Blazers basketball game at the Moda Center First, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your back...

He graduated from LTS 13 years ago and hasn't stopped since! Read about Jeongho's English Academy, his AI app, and his plans to return to the US next year. https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/

Her persistence and drive led her to Oregon and LTS - Hekal Msuya from Tanzania is our spotlight this week! Read about her path at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/

The 2026 LTS cohort celebrated their successful poster presentations of their language curriculum designs at the Yamada Language Center this week. Many languages were represented, including Russian, Chinook Wawa, French, Korean, Japanese, Newe Taikwappeh (Western Shoshone), and English. Congratulations LTS!

LTS has students from all corners of the world, and Kiunniai is from the coldest corner! Read her story in our latest blog post https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/

Kesma Elzanaty Diab is our latest student spotlight in LTS! Read now about her journey from Egypt to Oregon and her newest fun thing to do in addition to language learning and teaching. https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/

Check out our last LTS student spotlight for 2025. Tom Reboux from France tells us about his fabulous path to teaching (and surfing!) in Oregon.
https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/

Our second December post is also an LTS student on the 2-year schedule, Olesya! She is also doing a concurrent MA degree in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. Read now about her amazing journey to LTS here:

December | 2025 | Language Teaching Studies (LTS) Student Spotlight: Olesya Rose Olesya is pursuing 2 concurrent Masters degrees – one in LTS and one in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES). She is following a two-year schedule and is in her 2nd year. Hi Olesya! Please tell us a bit about yourself and your background. I’ve moved...

We have three LTS blog posts to celebrate this December! Our first one is Alex Moreno, who is not only multilingual in English, Chinook Wawa, and Japanese, but also plays the clarinet! Read now at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/2025/11/02/student-spotlight-alex-moreno/

Today we have an Alumni Spotlight featuring Emily Letcher! Emily discusses the changes she's experienced since graduating in 2016. And her current life as a teacher, and a language program director, in Miahuatlan.
Read now at: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/linglts/2025/09/04/alumni-spotlight-emily-letcher-2/