The Centre was established in July 2001 by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Currently, thirteen languages can be studied: Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese.

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Faculty members engage in research in second/foreign language education, focusing on both theoretical and applied research. The Centre publishes a peer-reviewed academic journal, the Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, and organizes a biennial conference, CLaSIC.

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The Centre has been active in the publication of research papers and textbooks since its establishment in 2001. Academic publications include books, book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles on foreign language education and its related disciplines.

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The Centre for Language Studies was established in 2001 to serve the foreign language needs of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and has today over 80 full-time and part-time faculty members. It teaches thirteen different languages - Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese - to app. over 3,300 students per semester and thus helps them acquire a very valuable economic and social resource in today's world of growing globalisation and internationalisation. Having produced numerous teaching award winners in recent years, the Centre is firmly committed to excellence in teaching and seeks to maintain, and improve, its high teaching standards by engaging in research and facilitating professional development in foreign language teaching.

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NUS Open House 2026: From the future of learning to the pulse of student life

Prospective students turned out in force for the NUS Open House 2026, one of the University’s largest events of the year, with some 21,500 visitors packing University Town on 7 March for a first-hand look at the University’s distinctive academic programmes and its vibrant campus community.

New Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities at NUS to advance interdisciplinary research on complex societal challenges

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With AI translation tools, what’s the point of learning different languages?

By Dr Daniel Chan, Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies), Office of Programmes, FASS, and Senior Lecturer in French at the NUS Centre for Language Studies.