About Us

Head Of The Department: Dr. Claudette Williams, Senior Lecturer.

Address:
The University of the West Indies, Mona.
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
18 Old Arts Building.
Kingston 7
Jamaica.

Tel.:  (876) 927 2293 ; Ext. : 2393.
(876) 927 2215.
E-mail: modlang@uwimona.edu.jm

• provide appropriate courses in Modern Languages & Literatures to a diverse range of students with varied qualifications and educational backgrounds.
• develop in students an understanding of and respect for the cultures of the societies where the languages are spoken.
• develop students' disposition and confidence to use the Foreign language to communicate in a variety of practical, real life situations.
• create different language competences for different purposes.
• foster the intellectual development of students by encouraging critical analysis and independent thought.

Foreward

This Departmental Pamphlet is intended for the guidance of students pursuing courses in Spanish, French, Japanese and Comparative Caribbean Literature at the UWI, Mona Campus. Information on the department is also available online at http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/faculty/ags/modlang. General regulations governing courses and degree programmes may be consulted in full in the current University Calendar and in the Pamphlet of Information issued by the Faculty of Arts and Education.

Students should always feel free to consult their Lecturers or the Head of Department on any matter.

We hope you will have a fruitful year with us