Language courses
Learning a language isn’t just about memorising vocabulary, studying grammar and making sense of new sounds. It’s about immersing yourself in another culture. When you find new ways to communicate, the world opens, and you start to see and do things differently.
We’ve partnered with leading Australian universities to offer you the choice to study the language you want, and the flexibility to study how you want:
Get multicultural and multilingual. Communicate with confidence in your chosen language—and pick up a culture’s history and politics along the way.
Boost your career with a language
A second language can enhance your career options.
If you’re looking to work overseas, or for a multinational within Australia, extra languages on your CV help you stand out. If there’s a particular country or region you’d love to work in, picking up one of the local languages is a smart idea.
By choosing language electives or minors, you’ll make your degree as unique as you are and gain a competitive edge. Many undergraduate degrees offer this opportunity. Look for courses that include free-choice subjects (as opposed to mandatory) that let you pursue your interests.
National languages of Asia
Arabic – the common language of the Arab world and the liturgical language of Islam
Burmese – the official language of Myanmar
Gamilaraay - an Indigenous Australian language
Hindi - the official language of India
Indonesian - the official language of Indonesia
Japanese - the official language of Japan
Mandarin – used in China, and the world's most spoken native language
Mongolian - the official language of Mongolia
Persian - the mother tongue of more than 150 million people in the Middle East
Thai – the national and official language of Thailand
Tibetan – a language of Tibet
Tok Pisin - an official language of Papua New Guinea
Vietnamese – the national and official language of Vietnam
Popular European languages
French - the official language of France
German – the official language of Germany
Italian - the official language of Italy
Spanish - the world's second-most spoken native language
Undergraduate MAQ-SLAX1010-2022
Spanish Studies 1
Related degrees
Turkish – the official language of Turkey
Classical and ancient languages
Arabic – the common language of the Arab world and the liturgical language of Islam
Gamilaraay - an Indigenous Australian language
Greek - ancient Greek language studies
Hebrew - the classical Hebrew language
Latin - a classical language
Literary Chinese - the language of the classical period of Chinese literature
Sanskrit – a classical language of India
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