It’s simple and it’s fun: your language professor may give you instructions, or you can simply scroll down to download the Linguistic Risk App and start the challenge today! If you prefer a paper-based Linguistic Risk-Taking Passport visit the Julien Couture Resource Centre in Hamelin Hall (MHN02), or download it as a pdf at the bottom of this page.

Before you get started

Linguistic Risk-Taking Logo

The goal of the Linguistics Risk-Taking Initiative is to help you challenge yourself in your second or additional language in a fun and flexible way. You can choose the risks that interest you, track your progress, and build confidence at your own pace, whether you use the passport booklet or the digital app. The guidelines below explain how to participate and how to submit your completed passport.

Detailed rules of engagement:

  • Take as many risks as possible from the list included in the passport booklet or in the digital app.
  • Give yourself a check mark for each risk taken:
    1. Most risks can be repeated up to three times (see number of checkboxes by each risk);
    2. Risks can be taken in any order you like;
    3. You do not need to take all risks listed;
    4. Each time you take a risk, indicate whether you thought the level of risk was High, Medium, or Low by adding the corresponding letter (H, M, or L) beside the checkbox in the passport booklet or use the slider in the digital app.
  • Feel free to use the blank passport pages provided at the back of the booklet to propose additional risks or use the special button in the digital app.
  • We recommend you take at least 2 linguistic risks per week, but many students take more!
  • Currently the Linguistic Risk-Taking Initiative is only available to participants from the university community with a valid uOttawa email address. For exceptions, please contact us at [email protected].

Contact us

Linguistic Risk-Taking Initiative

70 Laurier Avenue East
Room 130
Ottawa ON  K1N 6N5
Canada

Telephone: 613-562-5743
Fax: 613-562-5126
[email protected]

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