World Languages

World Languages

Welcome to World Languages! We offer a minor in 18 hours and a major in 30 hours. Take advantage of study abroad opportunities in France, Belgium, Germany, and Spain. We offer courses online and in-class in several languages and language education in Spanish or French. For Gulf Coast students we offer French and Spanish online and Spanish on campus. Stop by and let us talk to you about a bright future in languages.

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What Will I Learn?

• cross-cultural communication
• understanding of cultural differences
• knowledge of culturally specific behavior, customs, and values
• language competence for speaking, writing, reading and listening
• understanding of target culture, history, literature, music, and folklore
• appreciation of diversity
• sensitivity to cultural issues
• awareness of differences in cultural perspectives
• global experience
• ability to adjust to new environments
• ability to interact effectively with peoples of different backgrounds

Cross-Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Perspectives

World Languages faculty are dedicated teachers who develop students’ cross-cultural sensitivity and a keen awareness of cultural perspectives. We offer a range of courses including Latin American and Francophone culture and history, French and Spanish in the Americas, and topics such as conversation, phonetics, comics, cuisine, and cinema. We help students conduct and present their own research. Faculty research areas include online learning, sociolinguistics, teaching with technology, teacher education, and gender and writing.

Become a Spanish or French Teacher

The World Language (Language Education) program prepares graduates to become credentialed K-12 teachers in Spanish and French.  World Languages faculty are highly specialized teachers who develop students’ language proficiency, cross-cultural sensitivity and critical awareness of cultural perspectives. We offer a range of courses including Latin American and Francophone culture and history, French and Spanish in the Americas, and topics such as phonetics, comics, cuisine, literature, and cinema. These courses promote critical thinking, language development, and a nuanced understanding of the human experience in different cultural and linguistic contexts. This nationally recognized program also provides research and career training. It offers two different internship or “pathway experiences” toward career readiness: study abroad and a capstone field placement semester. Graduates of this program wear a special pathway experience cord at commencement ceremonies.

 

Accessing Tutoring as a Language Learner

Southern Miss students are able to receive free tutoring for Spanish and French when they are enrolled in our World Language courses. Peer tutoring is offered in-person on the fourth floor of the Liberal Arts Building as well as online. To sign up for an appointment, please visit the link below. 

Tutoring in the Language Lab

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