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Language Activities

flag globeThe University of Kansas offers courses in over 30 languages as well as additional opportunities to practice and improve your language skills. Visit foreign languages at KU to find out more about languages you can study as a KU student. Your participation in language courses is part of the Academic portion of GAP (Component B). You can also earn points towards Component C by attending any of the supplemental language activities below. For information on how many points, go to the 'GAP Points' tab above.

Why learn another language? (MLA)

Modern Foreign Language Activities

  • German Club
  • On-campus Spanish Table
  • Off-campus Spanish Table
  • Spanish Cinema Club
  • Italian Club and Italian Table
  • French Club and French Table French Film Festival (in conjunction w/Kansas Union International Film Festival)
  • Latin American Film Festival
  • Polish Club
  • Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian conversation table
  • East Asian Film Series
  • Chinese Table
  • Japanese Table

To find out more information about the various language conversation groups, visit our list of upcoming Language Table Events


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