Monolingual Myths
English will be the global language:Think again. Read David Graddol's English Next and USA Today on the future of English.
America is monolingual: Hardly. See a language map of the US and consider a business perspective on Multilingual America.
Monolingualism Can Be Cured!
Break free of monolingualism! Join the growing conspiracy at PLU to be multilingual!
Explore the mysteries of language and enter an unfiltered
conversation with the world through literature, film, and everyday
speech. “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his
head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
—Nelson Mandela
PLU offers majors and minors in Chinese, Classics (Greek and
Latin), French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish. Students can develop
language and cultural skills while traveling abroad or studying at
universities overseas. And through the Wang Center for International Programs. All our programs provide study away opportunities in both J-term and semester-long formats.
The world is calling. Can you hear it? These German students did, as well as these Spanish students.
