World Language
World Language-Mission & Vision Statements:
World languages education provides learners with the essential language skills and cultural understandings in languages other than English necessary to live and work in a global, culturally diverse world.
An education in world languages fosters a population that:
• Cultivates communication and cultural understanding in more than one language with the levels of language proficiency that are required to function in a variety of occupations and careers in the contemporary workplace.
• Exhibits attitudes, values, and skills that indicate a positive disposition and understanding of cultural differences and that enhances cross-cultural communication.
• Participate in local and global communities with people who speak languages other than English to address social justice issues and other global problems.
• Values language learning for its long-term worth in advancing personal, work-related, and/or financial success in our increasingly interconnected world.