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Foreign Languages and International Studies

Conversation Tables

Gather around for a meal in the cafeteria, in the Student Center or at Starbucks for an opportunity to get to know native speakers or other students in foreign language classes. Speaking only in Spanish or French, students are able to practice and perfect their conversational foreign language vocabulary.

 

Local Opportunities

Harding students studying Spanish can take advantage of contacts with a significant Hispanic population at the University and in the local community. Contact with native speakers is especially valuable for those preparing themselves for mission work in Spanish-speaking countries. Students may attend a Spanish-language church of Christ, attend Wednesday evening Spanish-language devotionals on campus, converse with native speakers at programmed dining hours and engage in several English as a Second Language mission outreaches to local Hispanic workers — one in Searcy and others within a 50-mile radius. Medical students may be involved as translators and receptionists in local health clinics. In addition, Harding has some 60 Walton scholars from Mexico and Central America, as well as Hispanic students here on athletic scholarships, providing students with many opportunities for contact with native speakers of Spanish.

Immersion activities in French are frequently offered. Students are invited to attend Wednesday evening devotionals, game nights, crêpes nights, Christmas caroling and other French-speaking activities throughout the semester.

Contact Information


Foreign Languages and International Studies
501-279-4645
forlang@harding.edu

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