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About Modern Languages

The study of French, German, Japanese, or Spanish at Elizabethtown College unites practical training in language skills with an understanding of culture, history, and literature.

Areas of study

Discover the majors and minors within the Modern Languages Department.

Why Study Modern Languages at Elizabethtown

Opportunities for immersion on campus and abroad...

Modern Languages

kyoto japanAs the world becomes more and more interdependent, in its economics and its politics, the person who is competent in another language and comfortable in another culture is in more demand. The skills you master as you communicate in another language -- capacities for analysis, memory, interpretation, multicultural sensitivity -- transfer readily to any field or occupation. Your proficiency in French, German, Japanese or Spanish will enhance your opportunities for employment in such fields as international business, global communications, public relations and corporate media, law enforcement and environmental science.

Our department offers four majors--French, German, Japanese and Spanish--as well as elective courses in Chinese.

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