{"id":9216,"date":"2021-05-10T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T07:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/?page_id=9216"},"modified":"2021-06-17T10:40:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T10:40:45","slug":"discovercls-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/discovercls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tWhy The Centre for
Language Studies?\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

The Centre for Language Studies was established in 2001 to serve the foreign language needs of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n

Today, it has over 80 full-time and part-time faculty members who teaches thirteen different languages – Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese – to approximately over 3,300 students per semester.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCurriculum\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJob Ready\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy CHS?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTestimonials\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t

\n\t\tMessage from our
Head of Department\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Dr Titima Suthiwan<\/strong> holds a BA (Hons) in Thai language and literature from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and a PhD in Linguistics from University of Hawaii, U.S.A.. She was recruited by the Southeast Asian Studies Programme at NUS in 1998 to set up and coordinate the Thai language program, which is now a part of the Centre for Language Studies, and the world’s largest and fastest growing Thai as a foreign language program. Prior to joining NUS, she taught in and coordinated Thai language program at various universities in the U.S., including University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Arizona State University, as well as University of Oregon where she also coordinated the Laos and Khmer language programs. Her publications are in the areas of Southeast Asian historical linguistics research, poetry, and translation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tCurriculum\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

For students admitted from\u00a0AY2021-2022 onwards<\/u>, to graduate with a Minor from Centre for Language Studies, students have to accumulate 20 modular credits (MC). Students who declare the Minor in Language Studies can choose one of the following options:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. 5 CLS language modules of the same language, including the\u00a0sixth level language module or higher*<\/u>,\u00a0OR<\/li>\n
  2. 4 CLS language modules of the same language, including the\u00a0sixth level language module or higher<\/u>, and 1 recognized module for that language track<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *\u00a0<\/em>Sixth level language module or higher is compulsory (i.e. core module). Offer of sixth level language module or higher is subjected to the Centre for Language Studies discretion.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Note:<\/p>\n