Foreign Languages
Mission
Language is at the heart of human existence. We communicate our thoughts and feelings, our dreams and way of life through words. Language shapes the way we think about ourselves and the world around us, and both self-perception and world views affect our language in return.
Learning a new language always introduces us to a new way of life. It is at the border of self and other where new meanings are discovered, negotiated, and acted upon. We endeavor to guide students towards an awareness and appreciation of other cultures and to enable them to interact with different worlds in an ongoing, ever-changing dialogue.
We strive to help our students reach out to different ways of life through the development of communicative competence, intercultural understanding and multilingual versatility. Our mission is to help students to form connections with systems of learning in the fields of humanities, science, and technology beyond the bounds of the Anglophone world.
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