WLC faculty teach all levels of language from beginner to advanced. They also offer first-year seminars and courses taught in English about their language and culture. You can use your knowledge of all WLC languages to fulfill the language requirement for the Certificate in Intercultural Competence. To learn about all of our language courses and to meet our faculty check out the information below!
Center for Language Studies
World Languages and Cultures ~ WLC
Languages Offered Through WLC
American Sign Language (ASL) is a visual-spatial language that utilizes “the shape, placement, and movement of the hands” along with non-manual markers (facial expressions, mouth morphemes, and body movement) to convey information and communicate complex ideas.
Hindi is the second most widely spoken language of the world. You’ll be able to have a conversation with more than 700 million friends!
Persian is a thriving modern language spoken by over 110 million people across the Middle East and Central Asia. Once a language of high cultural prestige and the language of choice for many empires, it was a dominant lingua franca from Turkey in the West to India in the East until at least the 18th century.
Brown University is one of the few North American institutions to benefit from a Turkish program. The Turkish Program offers courses from elementary to advanced levels.