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Learning a world language opens up your mind and allows you to be part of a global community, see the world from the perspective of others and effectively communicate across borders. Explore the resources below!

Brain Plasticity

Learning languages has many benefits for the brain.  have shown a link between knowing more languages and brain plasticity, or the ability for the brain to grow and reorganize itself. Keep your brain healthy by learning a new language!

Intercultural Competence

Learning culture is a big part of learning a language. Through language classes and personal study, you can learn about a diverse range of cultures from around the world! This can include new art, music, media, and food! You can discover a new genre of music, your new favorite movie, or just a really tasty dish. This can help with intercultural competence, the ability to interact with and understand people from different cultures. Intercultural competence is increasingly important in our globalized world today, and learning a language can help.

Global Connections

Learning a new language can give you the opportunity to communicate with people around the world! Through the internet, study abroad, and travel you can interact with people using your target language that you couldn't have before. Language learning allows you to make friends globally and experience the world like never before!

World Travel

Language learning can create unique travel experiences! Speaking the language can allow you to interact with locals easier, so you can really experience and immerse yourself in the local culture! It can also allow you to go to places off the beaten track, where English might not be widely spoken. Travel is also a great opportunity to practice language in a real world environment.

ALTEC is proud to offer free language tutoring for undergraduate students enrolled in the first three semesters of seven (7) languages: American Sign Language (ASL), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian.

Free language tutoring at ALTEC

ALTEC is pleased to host and collaborate with CU partners on events. We invite you to join us and engage in upcoming activities! 

ALTEC Events

Conversation Tables are casual gatherings to converse in a specific language. They are facilitated by language faculty and do not require an RSVP.  ALTEC currently supports Conversation Tables in more than 14 languages. 

Conversation Tables

Expand your cultural understanding with an ALTEC non-credit language class: classes are affordable and online.  Currently, classes are offered in eight languages: 

  • American Sign Language
  • Arabic
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin
  • Spanish

ALTEC Language Classes

The Modified Language Program (MLP), developed at the University of Colorado Boulder over twenty years ago, offers Spanish language courses to students who demonstrate a need for curricular modifications.

Modified Language Program (MLP)