diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index e54727d32..1ddc29762 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  - fixed #11580: Date not populated for Story Archive RSS feed
  - fixed #11587: Thingy, no fields and undefined statement handles
  - fixed #11589: Syndicated Content: Return raw text for sentence and word template variables
+ - fixed #11573: user has no way of knowing what they are currently using
 
 7.9.5
  - Asset->www_copy now has a progress bar
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Macro/PickLanguage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Macro/PickLanguage.pm
index a1af2a40b..8e69dbd57 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Macro/PickLanguage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Macro/PickLanguage.pm
@@ -45,17 +45,22 @@ sub process {
 	my $session 	= shift;
 	my $templateId 	= shift || "_aE16Rr1-bXBf8SIaLZjCg";
 	my $template 	= WebGUI::Asset::Template->new($session, $templateId);
-        return "Could not instanciate template with id [$templateId]" unless $template;
-	my $i18n 	= WebGUI::International->new($session);
+    return "Could not instanciate template with id [$templateId]" unless $template;
+	my $i18n 	    = WebGUI::International->new($session);
 	my $languages 	= $i18n->getLanguages();
+    my $currentLanguage = $session->scratch->get('language')
+                        ? $session->scratch->get('language')
+                        : $session->user->profileField('language');
 	my @lang_loop 	= ();
 	foreach my $language ( keys %$languages ) {
+        my $isCurrentLanguage = $currentLanguage eq $language ? 1 : 0;
 		push @lang_loop, {
 			language_url 		=> '?op=setLanguage;language=' . $language, 
 			language_lang		=> $i18n->getLanguage($language , 'label'),
 			language_langAbbr 	=> $i18n->getLanguage($language, 'languageAbbreviation'),
 			language_langAbbrLoc 	=> $i18n->getLanguage($language, 'locale'),
 			language_langEng 	=> $language,
+            language_isCurrent  => $isCurrentLanguage,
 		};
 	}
 	my %vars = (
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Macro_PickLanguage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Macro_PickLanguage.pm
index 99458355a..3c6eabb1d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Macro_PickLanguage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Macro_PickLanguage.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ our $I18N = { ##hashref of hashes
                 message => q|The English name of the language.|,
                 lastUpdated => 1131394072,
                 context => q|A label of the language to use in the template|
-        },
+    },
+    'language_isCurrent' => {
+        message => q|A boolean which is true if this language is the current language.|,
+        lastUpdated => 1131394072,
+        context => q|A label of the language to use in the template|
+    },
 	'language_url' => {
                 message => q|The url that sets the WebGUI language to the selected language.|,
                 lastUpdated => 1131394072,
diff --git a/t/Macro/PickLanguage.t b/t/Macro/PickLanguage.t
index bc7feaf71..5c8761539 100644
--- a/t/Macro/PickLanguage.t
+++ b/t/Macro/PickLanguage.t
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ $templateMock->mock('process', sub { $templateVars = $_[1]; } );
           $templateVars,
               {
                       lang_loop => [
-                      {       'language_url' => '?op=setLanguage;language=English',
-                              'language_lang' => 'English',
+                      {       'language_url'      => '?op=setLanguage;language=English',
+                              'language_lang'     => 'English',
                               'language_langAbbr' => 'en',
                               'language_langAbbrLoc' => 'US',
-                              'language_langEng' => 'English'
+                              'language_langEng'     => 'English',
+                              'language_isCurrent'   => 1,
                       },
               ],
 		delete_url 	=> '?op=setLanguage;language=delete;',
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ $templateMock->mock('process', sub { $templateVars = $_[1]; } );
                               'language_lang' => 'English',
                               'language_langAbbr' => 'en',
                               'language_langAbbrLoc' => 'US',
-                              'language_langEng' => 'English'
+                              'language_langEng' => 'English',
+                              'language_isCurrent'   => 1,
                       },
               ],
 			delete_url => '?op=setLanguage;language=delete;',