The Department of Language Studies is committed to innovative approaches to learning, both inside and outside of the classroom:
- Student-led language practice (in collaboration with ÉFUTM, UTM ISA, LSAS, RGASC, Hart House, and the Spanish Club-forthcoming):
- Board games (French and Spanish), Café Rencontre, IEC Language Café, Italian Conversation Hour
- Regular foreign language film screenings (on campus)
- Concerts
- French Summer Camp (in collaboration with Camp U of T Mississauga)
- Food tours
- Italian theatre performances
- Carassauga, Italian pavilion
- Italian Opera at the Canadian Opera Company (COC)
- Linguistics: Each semester, 3 to 5 students spend approximately 5 hrs/week in a lab, as well as attend meetings and participate in related special projects.