{"620082":{"#nid":"620082","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Do You Speak My Language? You Should","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new graduate-level intercultural degree programs offered by the\u0026nbsp;Georgia\u0026nbsp;Institute of Technology\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Modern Languages\u003C\/a\u003E was recently featured in a \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E article entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/26\/opinion\/learn-foreign-language.html\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Do You Speak My Language? You Should.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome universities have restructured programs to emphasize the ability to work, socialize and research across languages, offering dual degrees in which students\u0026rsquo; language education is directly tied to its application in their other fields of study. Georgia Tech, for example, has devised\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/9\/georgia-tech-launches-kind-master-degrees-professional-applications-language-culture\/611726\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\u0022\u003Eprograms\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;aimed at developing language skills\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;allow them to work more effectively in, and to be more attractive to, international companies and organizations.\u0026nbsp;The University of Rhode Island is offering\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/iep\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\u0022\u003Ea program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;for students looking to become truly global engineers,\u0026rdquo; which combines\u0026nbsp;a foreign language degree with one in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/26\/opinion\/learn-foreign-language.html\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;School of History and Sociology is a unit of the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-04-04 17:34:56","changed_gmt":"2019-04-04 17:34:56","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Would never be part of any organization that would have me as a member","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/26\/opinion\/learn-foreign-language.html","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611919":{"id":"611919","type":"image","title":"Modern Languages - New Degrees","body":null,"created":"1537884515","gmt_created":"2018-09-25 14:08:35","changed":"1537884515","gmt_changed":"2018-09-25 14:08:35","alt":"Four students viewing a globe","file":{"fid":"232953","name":"modlanguages-newdegrees.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/modlanguages-newdegrees.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/modlanguages-newdegrees.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21661,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/modlanguages-newdegrees.jpeg?itok=k6wnO8G6"}}},"media_ids":["611919"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167342","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}