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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.

The art of storytelling is still a crucial component in many school library programs. By tapping intothis expansive tradition and integrating web 2.0 digital story technologies, librarians are able tocollaborate with English as a Second Language Teachers in order to design student-centered digitalstory projects. This transformative use of technology within the framework of social constructionismmotivates language students to focus on the contextual use of language rather than basic vocabularydevelopment. The case for digital storytelling is built on an intersection of secondary languageacquisition theory, language learning pedagogical understandings and instructional strategies

A wiki for teachers of World Languages interested in integrating emerging technologies.

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!

How to search news in a foreign language using LexisNexis

Where learners connect to interact with students from all over the world.   Search by language, location, grade, subject, content.

Kahoot is a free and easy to use site in which you can create quizzes, surveys, polls to be used interactively in class.   Students can design their own.   Game-based learning and students can use their mobile devices to participate.   Change the way you assess in real time!