How We Learn
Kirk Combe
Professor
Chair Department of Modern Languages
Modern Languages
Learning a foreign language provides an exercise in cultural and linguistic concepts that open up new vistas on what it can mean to be human. Foreign language courses allow entry into the subjectivity of the target language on its own cultural and linguistic grounds, allowing for a more profound redefinition of culture.
Thanks to the Patty Foresman Fund, the Department of Modern Languages regularly brings native scholars and performers to campus and provides subsidized trips to cultural centers in the United States.
Spotlights
Where We Go
From Russian Literature to Wall Street
How We Learn
Once upon a time
Where We Go
How do you say “Mentor” in Japanese?
Where We Go
Unexpected connections in Brazil
Where We Go
Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East
How We Learn
It’s About the People
Where We Go
How do dogs bark in France?
How We Learn
French connections
Where We Go
Swimming outside the lanes
How We Learn
Charles O'Keefe, on the Nobel Prize
How We Learn
Global Connections
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