Professor Owen Snyder teaches an intermediate-level Spanish class. The Foreign Language Department houses the Spanish major and minor, the teaching endorsement in Spanish, and French classes.
Foreign languages play an important part in college education.
Not only are they important as an academic study, but they open a window to other cultures and offer us invaluable insights into the way we communicate. Foreign language courses at Indiana Wesleyan University stretch beyond topics such as vocabulary and grammar to cover idioms, cultural context, literature, current events, and even humour. They are also encouraged to read books and periodicals in the language they are studying, as well as watch TV programs and movies. The career opportunities for a person with a major in Spanish are numerous. Many demographers list Spain and Mexico as the only two countries that have more speakers of Spanish than the United States.