Concordia World Languages & Cultures

10/27/2025

04/27/2023

We, the Spanish faculty at the World Languages and Cultures Department are wishing all of our students buena suerte on their finals!

04/27/2023

Please join us for a presentation by Assistant Spanish Professor candidate Dr. Collin Diver. We hope to see you there!!

04/26/2023

Senior Spotlight!! This is Claire Bruland and she is a Sociology and Spanish major. Congratulations graduate!!!

04/24/2023

Senior Spotlight!! This is Kaija Johnson and she is a Biology and Spanish major and a Chemistry minor. Congratulations graduate!!!

03/14/2023

Thé T-Shirt design contest is ON!

Do you want to design a T-shirt for the World Languages and Cultures? Now is the time. Submit your design to [email protected]. The deadline is March 29th. The winner will be announced on April 3rd.

01/24/2023

Please join us on January 26th at 7pm! We hope to see you there!

11/07/2022

El día de los mu***os was just last week! Click the link to view some of the photographs of celebrations in Mexico from papel picado and altars to skeletons and parade floats.

After two years of restrictions amid the Covid crisis, Mexicans prepare to make the most of this year’s Día de Mu***os with several days of festivities

10/19/2022

Did you know that until 6 months old, humans can distinguish sounds in every language? But, as we grow we specialize in one or more languages and lose the ability to hear all the sounds of other languages. This is partly why you will retain an accent from your native language even if you have been studying a second language for many years.

Watch the 9 minute PBS video to learn more about language acquisition and the superpowers of bilingualism.

Current studies with children show show new insight into bilingualism.