Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the World through Language Learning

COMMUNITIES

According to the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, the “Communities” goal area measures one’s ability to communicate and interact with cultural competence within communities at home and around the world. We often interpret this goal area as one where students learn about other countries through social and cultural history in the form of study abroad, but instructors can also introduce students to a new language by looking into their local communities and personal backgrounds.  In our “Communities” station, the tree represents Barnard’s own language education history. By learning about our own community, we can see how far we come and navigate we are going with the future of language instruction.


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