Language vs. Linguistics major?

Fangirl1999
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:51:32 +0000

Yeah, sorry I meant to say that if I end up doing something related to my major, it would be translation either way. I know most people don’t actually work in their major (I don’t actually think I could name anyone I know who does, besides like a nurse), but the head of the Spanish department keeps insisting that I need to double major if I want to do Spanish because if I don’t I won’t be able to get a job outside of teaching high school Spanish classes. If I majored in linguistics, it would be self-designed, so I would probably choose most of my courses with a focus on studying things like universal grammar and the intersection of language and culture, with a main focus on world languages.

My school has no pre-approved year-long study abroad program in Arabic. I could try to get one approved, but it’s not guaranteed. My school also doesn’t offer a major in Arabic. There’s a major in middle east studies which I could do with a concentration in language, but there’s so few course offerings that I feel like filling the requirements would be difficult. I think if I were aiming for fluency in one language, it would be Spanish, especially since I am already at an advanced level. I could do a full year in a spanish-speaking country, but I really want to improve my Arabic skills as well.