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The World Languages department broadens the range of options in foreign language instruction offering along with Spanish and French less commonly taught languages:

In the Fall of 2003 Polish and Swahili will be offered as well.
This semester, 528 students are enrolled in our LCTL course sections. The class of these sections varies from small independent study groups to larger sections with up to twenty-five students.

Students often take LCTLanguage classes because they are interested in a particular area of the world and plan to aim their studies in this direction. They also take LCTL classes because knowledge of an LCTL will give them the opportunity to expand their academic studies. Many students also have a personal interest in one of the countries where the language is spoken: they often have friends, family, or ancestors who are or were speakers of a particular language.

Regardless of the reason for which a student has decided to study the language, the LCTL faculty endeavor to create the best language-learning opportunities.