1The study of a language, especially a foreign language; language learning as a skill or subject.
彼は語学が得意で、五か国語を話せる。
He's good at languages and can speak five of them.
夏休みにイギリスへ語学留学する予定だ。
I'm planning to go to the UK for a language-study program this summer.
語学の勉強は毎日少しずつ続けるのが大切だ。
It's important to keep studying a language a little every day.
その語学学校では会話中心の授業を行っている。
That language school offers conversation-focused classes.
2Occasionally used to mean linguistics, the academic study of language itself.
大学院で語学（言語学）を専攻することにした。
I decided to major in linguistics (語学) in graduate school.