Harvard Undergraduate Television

Cunning Linguists Episode 1 - La Dolce Vita

Cunning Linguists is a show aimed at using college humor to pique interest in foreign language learning.

This episode: Italian Food Vocabulary used in pick-up lines, euphemisms, gestures, and Hollywood. And of course, a few meaningful things to say about olive oil.

Have any language questions you'd like us to address? Leave them in the comments and we'll try to answer them in the next episode.

Language from the Mind

Professor Steven Pinker, Harvard Professor and renowned author for his books including The Language Instinct and The Stuff of thought, comments on Why Speak Up? The reason? We have the capacity for language, so let's put it to use.

The professor speaks up here to promote Harvard College Languages at Work, a student organization at Harvard aimed at expanding the use and practice of foreign language skills in a variety of environments.

Language in the Universe

Professor Robert Kirshner of the Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics endorses Harvard College Languages at Work in the first of a series of professor-starring promotional videos.

Fuori dal Tunnel

An attempt to perform Caparezza's hit rap song for Harvard's annual Cultural Rhythms (2008)

Calma e Sangue Freddo

An attempt to do a cover of Italian Pop Artist's "Calma e Sangue Freddo" to demonstrate the diversity of Italian music at the Harvard Foundation's Annual Cultural Rhythms Performance.

Harvard College Languages at Work - Italiano

The first in a series of commercials designed to raise awareness about the presence of Harvard's new undergraduate language organization, Harvard College Languages at Work [HCLAW]. Each commercial highlights a different language active within the organization.