Welcome to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

To understand today's world, its politics, and its economy, and to be competitive in a global marketplace, knowledge of world cultures is needed. To fully understand other cultures, knowledge of their languages is essential. Therefore, the Foreign Language area of the General Education requirements states, "A student should achieve the degree of competence in a foreign language necessary to encounter another culture on its own terms and to enhance the understanding of the structure of the language itself." All language courses, and especially those at the first year level, are structured to maximize student success with this requirement.

Chair:  Dr. Timothy A. Bennett  -  227 Hollenbeck Hall

May 09:  Photo Panorama!!!   Click on each picture below to see the whole set!

We bid a fond farewell to Drs. Christiansen, Wu, and Apodaca-Valdez

End of year FLLC party!!

The big moment as we applaud our seniors!  We will remember you with warmth and pride!

Mary Humphries, our Department Assistant in 219 Hollenbeck, is happy to help you.	Visit the FLLC in 232 for media and language practice with trained tutors . (Click on the picture to go to the FLLC website.)
•International News	• General Study Abroad Information •Summer Program in Paris Paris, 2007 - Come join us! Pictures from the 2005 Trip • Immersion Program and Service Work in Antigua, Guatemala (Summer 2005) • Student Research/Internship Support for Projects on China (Luce Foundation Grant)
Please visit our blogs:
Language Blogs:   Chinese French German Japanese Russian Spanish	Blog from Abroad:     Witt Blogs:      Joseph Hunter (Nagoya, Japan)      Annie Shailer (Rennes, France)      Emily Wendel (Salzburg, Austria)      Jessenia Guzman (Shanghai, China)      Jeremy Kleiner (Shanghai, China)      Emily Heidrich (Eichsätt, Germany) Note:  If you would like your   blog (or just info about your overseas stay) to appear here, please contact:  bbertrand@wittenberg.edu
• East Asian Festival   2008! (click on the origami below for a slide show and YouTube versions)   • Japanese Ghost Stories 2008! (click on the program for pictures and YouTube versions)	Past Events:         • Makers of Verse 2007 • EAS Festival, 2007 See VIDEO CLIPS of Karate and Dancing!! (Click on picture below for thumbnails) See full-screen slide show   • Chinese New Year !! Pictures and Video! • Chinese Moon Festival •El Día de los Muertos •Japanese Flower Arranging See video!! •Japanese Party - Dec. 8, 2006 See pictures! See video!!
•Dr. Mickel 's Send-Off Brunch	Student Art Outside Hollenbeck Hall                         see more of this German poem...
•  Foreign Language Tables •   EAS Festival, March 2006 General  Activities  Chinese Fashion Show  Dragon  Entertainment  Japanese Fashion Show  Kung Fu • FLLC Construction, June 2006 • FLLC Construction, August 2006 • Chinese New Year's Party 2005	French Revolution Witt Style - Click here for the full story!
And Finally....  Our Alumni Go Places!!