We define culture broadly to include both the academic and the everyday. Guided by creative and enthusiastic faculty committed to language immersion, students explore topics ranging from literature and film to politics to cuisine. Today, students may study francophone or Latino/a literature; tomorrow, they may learn French or Spanish “business-speak”. Cultural immersion and potential internship experience complement the student’s program of study.
Because of our close ties to Chicago’s cultural institutions, students pursue internships with organizations like the Alliance Française and the Chicago Latino Film Festival. Academic excursions to immigrant neighborhoods like Chinatown and Pilsen, allow students to meet and learn from native speakers.
We offer coursework in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish as well as occasional courses in Italian and Portuguese. Most language majors and minors enhance their linguistic and cultural knowledge by taking advantage of the College’s numerous options to study and complete internships abroad.
Check out the Living Learning Community (LLC) associated with the MLL Department
Department News
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On October 4th, and with the support of the Living-Learning Community, Chilean writer María José Navia visited Prof. Kripper’s SPAN 335 Survey of Latin American Literature class. She gave students an overview of Chilean literature and talked about her own writing and influences. Her book Instrucciones para ser feliz is now available at the Lake Forest College Library too. -
The Third Coast Translators Collective celebrated National Translation Month at Pilsen Community Books on Friday Sept. 29th. Prof. Kripper read from her translation of Argentinian author Vera Fogwill’s Buenos, limpios y lindos, which she is translating from the Spanish in collaboration with Sergio Waisman. Other readers delighted the audience too with translations from Hindi, Basque, and Bulgarian.
