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Languages Offered at IWU

Given all the advantages of being able to speak a second language, we hope that you will keep pursuing your language skills at 91黑料专区. We offer language opportunities in the following:

Benefits of Learning a Second (or Third!) Language

Students who become fluent in a language that is not their native tongue experience a number of benefits.

Academic

Studies consistently show that bilinguals have increased cognitive skills and abilities to multitask and prioritize. 

  • In Praise of Languages for Internationalization - 

  • What does research show about the benefits of language learning? -
  • The Cognitive Benefits of Being Bilingual -

Cultural

Learning a second language enriches students' personal lives and increases their power to act as citizens of the world.

  • Language Study in the Age of Globalization - 

Economic

Globalization is making it increasingly more common to do business with people who speak different languages. As a result, employers are constantly looking for people who are able to speak additional languages.

  • Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, local courts, schools and the State Department can't get enough workers with this job skill. What is it? Fluency in a foreign language - 
  • What Business Wants: Language Needs In The 21st Century - 

  • Why MBAs Need to Be Bilingual - 

  • Business Schools are Speaking the Language of Business - 

 

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David Marvin - Interim Provost and Dean of Faculty

Department - Provost And Dean Of Faculty