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Languages at Dal
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Why learn a new language?Ìý

Whether your second or your seventh, learning a new language has big benefits. It can, for example:

  • easeÌýinternational trade and travel
  • make you moreÌýcompetitiveÌýin theÌýjob marketÌýÌý
  • open to you new worlds ofÌýscholarshipÌýandÌýknowledge, whether past or present
  • allow you toÌýimmerse yourselfÌýmore fully in anotherÌýcultureÌýand its creative arts
  • help you learn more about history, literature, travel and media
  • allow you to gain new global perspectives

Why learn your new language at Dal?Ìý

Whether you want to major in a language, add a language minor to another program, or simply take a course or two, you can take advantage of ±«Óãtv’s remarkable strengths in language teaching and scholarship.

Dal's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers programs in some of the languages most commonly spoken around the world.

We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in French; undergraduate degrees inÌý,ÌýÌýandÌý; and rich and dynamic Minors inÌý,ÌýÌýandÌýÌý(Mandarin). Sometimes, too, we offer courses in other important world languages, such asÌýPortuguese.

±«Óãtv also has a unique position as a centre where theÌý, the sources of many modern languages, are taught within a programme of study of Ancient cultures which retain real relevance to contemporary world issues. We offer established study abroad opportunities and exchanges to support language learning. We also offer aÌýÌýthat links language learning to cultural competency in a world of rapid and intensifying exchanges.

Languages open doors. Open yours at ±«Óãtv.