It’s a global world out there. As you learn to communicate in another language, you’ll expand your knowledge of other cultures and people.
With a wealth of study-abroad opportunities available to Exonians, the world is at your fingertips.
Classes are discussion-based and taught in the language you are studying, so you’ll practice your skills from the start. You’ll build vocabulary and learn the basics of grammar first, then hone comprehension and speaking skills through discussions of literature and film.
Enhance your fluency by participating in one of Exeter’s term-abroad offerings or the School Year Abroad program.
[Students] see there are other people in other places of the world, who might see things in a different way, and that is always very good. That fosters some desire to maybe travel or go to those places, and it’s always good that in the world we try to know each other a little better.
Fermin Perez-Andreu, chair of the Department of Modern Languages
Phillips Hall
Featuring media-equipped Harkness classrooms, it is home to the Modern Languages and English Departments.
Take Your Pick
We offer courses in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish — with the opportunity to study Arabic or Italian your senior year.
Curricular Global Learning
Take your practice on the road while immersing yourself in a foreign culture, refining your language skills, and connecting with a local community.
By the Numbers
languages offered including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish
courses offered that range in transition to accelerated classes
countries in which to study a foreign language and culture
student led clubs related to modern languages
Featured Courses
CHI580
Chinese Through Digital Media
This advanced course aims to hone students’ conversational skills by exploring a variety of media throughout the Chinese-speaking world.
GER502
German Bestsellers
This sequence of courses is offered fall (GER502), winter (GER503) and spring (GER504) and focuses on recognized masterpieces of German writing, with both classical and contemporary authors represented.
FRE554
French Humanism
This course studies selected works by great francophone writers of the past and present, whose reaffirmation and defense of human dignity, or questioning of it, give them lasting significance.
Exeter Stories
At Exeter, we’re creating courses and curriculum that offer students different ways of learning.
Evelyn Cristoph, Instructor in French