BA in Education in French - Elementary in Bellingham United States | Western Washington University

To achieve its goal of equipping students with deep cultural understanding, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages focuses on two key areas: linguistic structure and literary interpretation. Language structure is taught through both comprehensive and detailed approaches. Immersive language acquisition is supported by contemporary teaching techniques, digital tools, and international study programs. For analytical language study, the department offers comprehensive skills courses along with numerous linguistics classes. Studying literature critically helps students appreciate a culture's most refined artistic expressions of its core beliefs.

The department also teaches historical context, cultural studies, and literary criticism to help students engage with a culture's intellectual traditions. Additionally, it prepares future language educators with methods to introduce young learners to foreign languages in elementary school settings.