Our Missions:

(1) Offering quality education in foreign languages and humanities &

(2) Grooming graduates for excellence in cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication

The College of Foreign Languages and Literature here, Providence University was founded in 2004. It is the 9^th university in Taiwan's higher education to have a college specifically devoted to the teaching and researching of foreign languages and literature. It consists of the Department of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics (with M.A. program), the Department of Spanish Language and Literature (with M.A. program), and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature (with M.A. program).

          The three foreign language departments at this college have been noted for their solid training of their students in their language skills and proficiency. Meanwhile, these foreign language departments are also noted for their emphasis on the balanced development of the three basic tracks of language study, namely, linguistics, literature, and language teaching.  The concept underlying this emphasis is that these tracks not only constitute the basic substance/tenets of language study (from acquisition to use) but they are also mutually reinforcing in the processes of teaching, learning, and doing research in linguistics (theoretical and applied) and literature.  We will move along this direction, maximizing the mutually reinforcing effects of these three tracks in our future development so as to help our students and staff to attain a level of excellence in their respective studies.