School of Language Studies

Welcome to the School of Language Studies. Our School provides a wide range of opportunities to develop proficiency in another language and to become skilled in analysing the structure, functions and uses of language. Whether you are learning a language or learning about language through linguistics, you are studying areas which will prepare you well for participating in our increasingly interconnected world.

At the Manawatu campus, the School engages in the internal and extramural teaching of linguistics along with five languages and their cultures: Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. In addition, the School offers a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Second Language Teaching and a well-established PhD programme. English for Academic Purposes and Language and Communication may be studied at any of Massey’s three campuses: Manawatu, Wellington , and Albany . And a wide variety of study-abroad programmes present significant opportunities to students who wish to deepen their intercultural skills overseas. Our goal is to prepare graduates in languages and linguistics who have critical awareness of language and cultural practices which can be applied in a range of settings, as well as the skills to pursue lifelong and lifewide learning in diverse contexts.

If you would like to learn more about our programmes or courses please get in touch with us. We’re also happy to discuss the place languages and linguistics may have in your future plans. My colleagues and I would be happy to hear from you.

Professor Cynthia White
Head of School