Modern Languages Program > Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Am I too old to begin the study of a second language?
A: Absolutely not! One can learn another language regardless of age.
Q: What practical value do beginning language courses have for me?
A: Even 2 semesters of a language offers students the basic skills necessary to survive where the language is spoken.
Q: Why should I study another language when everyone speaks English?
A: Billions of people in the world do not speak English. Knowing a second language permits students to communicate and understand other peoples and their cultures. It has been estimated that U.S. business lose billions of dollars a year because U.S. business people are often unprepared to speak the language of the country with which they are doing business.
Q: Why do I need to learn another language when the career I have mapped out for myself in no way entails the use of that language?
A: As everyone knows, technology is making the world smaller and smaller. Speaking the languages of another culture opens a student's eyes to the diversity of life on Earth.
