What is Our Mission?

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Lipscomb's Department of Foreign Languages exists to help students communicate, learn, and teach in other languages. Likewise, we strive to equip students with the intellectual tools that will enable them to interact with the diverse cultures that make-up our world. Students in our department interact with the literature, history and culture of the language they are studying.

Our mission grows out of the university's Christian identity as well as centuries of educational practice. For more information.

What Do We Offer? 

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The department has gifted, enthusiastic professors who are committed to teaching and research. In addition, language courses at Lipscomb make use of award winning software which enables students to simulate authentic situations requiring the target language. The software also has sophisticated voice recognition capabilities so that student’s can gauge how accurately they are using and pronouncing the target language. The department owns numerous international DVD’s and also makes use of a satellite signals which broadcast several French-, German-, and Spanish-language channels. Likewise, the university library includes a respectable collection of literary, linguistic, and cultural texts to support the language programs.

The department also offers opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. Study abroad programs offered through various Consortium Memberships (such as the CCCU and the Mid-Continent Consortium) have summer programs at the Université de Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada; Toledo, Spain; and Guanajuato, Mexico. Semester long programs are offered in Vienna, Austria and Costa Rica. The department also fosters relationships between our students through departmental dinners and activities. For example, students recently created a monthly Film Series, where they get together to watch and discuss foreign films. In all, there are many opportunities for students in Foreign Language at Lipscomb and we are always striving to create more!

Thank you for stopping in to visit us on the web. Please be sure to visit the catalog listing for complete details of all our department has to offer.

Where are We Located?

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The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is in the lower level of Elam. The full time faculty can be found in offices B-111, B-113, and B-115. Please don’t hesitate to visit us with any questions you have about majoring in or studying a Foreign Language at LU. We are happy to help!

Contact us

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For more information, please contact foreignlanguage@lipscomb.edu