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    | Do you find that you like languages and have been successful in studying them?
Have you enjoyed getting to know people from other countries? If so, you may have wondered if your life's work should involve your
knowledge of a foreign language and culture. It certainly can! This may be the
time for you to begin learning how you can build a career around your love of another
culture and ability to
learn another language, and whether you should have
a major or minor in another language, or study or work abroad. Many people ask the question:
"What can
I do with a foreign language?" Whatever you
do with a foreign language, you will combine it with
another area We live at a time when international boundaries are disappearing because of modern technology: money, information and people are flowing across national borders as though these did not exist. Ours is a time of startling new challenges brought on by increased international competition in both the labor and goods markets. But there are also good new opportunities for people who know one or more foreign languages. How much of a foreign language is it necessary to know? A strong minor, or a major should give you a good foundation. At Southern many of our majors and minors take a summer or semester abroad, which invariably increases their fluency and mastery of another language and culture. In the Foreign Language Department at Southern we advise our students that finding a first professional job, and building a career in an area they love, is a research project much like any other. It involves three steps. 1) Learning more about yourself; 2) Researching the foreign language job market and 3) landing the job you want.
To receive individual guidance from a faculty member, contact either: Dr. Linda Olson, our departmental advisor on teaching careers, in Engleman 103, 392-6762: Olson@SouthernCT.edu, or: Dr. Sandra Grant, advisor for those interested in non-teaching careers, in
This page was last updated on July 5, 1999.
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of expertise. That other area of expertise might be teaching,
translating, interpreting, counseling, public health, or computer science. Or
in the emerging global economy, it could be
advertising for ethnic or foreign markets, international law or finance. Professionals
with a strong foreign language background will be needed for patent
law, the diplomatic corps, public assistance interviewing, classification of
foreign documents, hospital management, foreign travel planning. The
possibilities are nearly limitless. The most sought-after professionals are 
There
is a great advantage to you in 