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NYU language schools stone road up from Washington Square Park. #nyu

New York University cobble-stone streets feature: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies • Deutsches Haus • Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies • King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center • La Maison Française • NYU China House

Benefits of studying languages:Research has found that students who study one or more languages tend to have more developed reading abilities. They also have increased linguistic awareness and are better equipped to generate scientific hypotheses than monolingual speakers. In fact, neurologists say that people who are bilingual have more gray matter in the portion of the brain that is associated with learning vocabulary. That means when language learning occurs, that portion of the brain literally gets a workout. Like any other muscle in the body, regular “exercise” makes the brain stronger and larger. And increased size means the brain will work faster and more efficiently. What’s more, experts say that learning grammatical rules will improve your memory and help you become a better decision-maker.

Learning a language has been shown to add 10 to 15 percent more to your take-home pay, making it a wise investment in your future. Additionally, multilingual abilities can give you an edge when you first apply for a job or seek your next promotion. When you stand next to a number of highly qualified candidates, being able to speak a second—or even a third—language may be the difference that helps you stand out. Especially in an increasingly global economy.

In fact, according to a report published by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, employees who speak two or more languages are in high demand. See some of the report’s findings below.

9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English
56% say their foreign language demand will increase in the next 5 years
47% state a need for language skills exclusively for the domestic market
1 in 3 language-dependent U.S. employers report a language skills gap
1 in 4 U.S. employers lost business due to a lack of language skills

Top 10 U.S. companies hiring bilingual workers: Aetna • Amazon • AT&T • Cisco • Dell • Johnson & Johnson • Nielsen • Philips • UnitedHealth Group • Wayfair

Undergraduates at NYU can study the following languages for credit:

Akkadian
American Sign Language
Ancient Egyptian

Arabic
Aramaic
Armenian

Bengali
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Cantonese

Catalan
Chinese
Czech

Dutch
Farsi/Persian
Filipino/Tagalog

Finnish
French
German

Greek (Ancient)
Greek (Modern)
Haitian Creole

Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian

Indonesian
Irish
Italian

Japanese
Korean
Latin

Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi

Quechua
Romanian
Russian

Sanskrit
Spanish
Swahili

Swedish
Tamil
Tibetan (Modern)

Turkish (Modern)
Turkish (Ottoman)
Twi

Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese

Wolof
Yoruba
Zulu

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cisco academie