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The study of foreign languages and literature provides valuable experience and a potential edge for future career development for our students. Scientists and engineers function in a global market: they rely on primary sources published in other languages, attend international consortia, and often find themselves interacting across national, cultural, and linguistic borders. Government and industry often give preference to job applicants who are proficient in a foreign language. MIT students are encouraged to work and study abroad in conjunction with university, private, and public organizations. The faculty of the FL&L Section, the language coordinators, and the Undergraduate Academic Administrator can provide assistance in choosing an appropriate program and granting transfer credit from overseas or domestic programs. MIT provides a unique perspective on foreign languages because of the opportunities available to integrate the study of natural languages with the latest technological advances in multimedia and interactive learning. FL&L-affiliated faculty are exploring and implementing methods in which multimedia technology can be used to make learning a foreign language a more authentic experience.

Spanish Class Project on using the subjunctive tense. Students create a song parody to Thrift Shop and made a music video.  Comments reveal that people from all over watched and even learned from it.   I've been a WL teacher for 10 years and there is so much room for creativity and expression using the target language.   YouTube makes sharing with a global audience possible.    I could watch these videos all day long!

Spanish Class Project on using the subjunctive tense. Students create a song parody to Thrift Shop and made a music video.  Comments reveal that people from all over watched and even learned from it.   I've been a WL teacher for 10 years and there is so much room for creativity and expression using the target language.   YouTube makes sharing with a global audience possible.    I could watch these videos all day long!