World Language Courses
This course is designed for au pairs of all English levels to strengthen their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills while gaining valuable cultural insights. Through a combination of weekly online assignments and an engaging in-person capstone weekend, you’ll improve communication, build confidence, and connect with other au pairs. This class fulfills 30 course hours. Class will be online and self-paced with weekly assignments up until the in-person capstone.
This class is a hybrid class with online and in-person components:
Online, 5/5-5/30
In-person at Truax Campus, 5/31-6/1, Saturday and Sunday 9 AM-4 PM Instructor: Carson Fish
Join us for a fun and practical introduction to Mandarin Chinese! This 5-week course is designed for beginners who want to learn essential language skills for everyday life, travel, and cultural exploration. Through interactive lessons, you’ll practice introducing yourself, navigating shopping and dining scenarios, and engaging in common daily conversations. By the end of the course, you’ll gain confidence in basic communication and develop a deeper understanding of Chinese culture and customs.
#11941, Online Live, 6/24-7/22, Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 PM Instructor: Yingying Reiter
Spanish 2 is ideal if you have taken some Spanish before and want to improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Focus is on vocabulary and communication. You should have completed noncredit Spanish 1 or the equivalent.
#67673, Truax-Health Building, 4/2-5/21, Wednesday, 6-8:30 PM Instructor: Lupe Montes
In this class conducted largely in Spanish, you will have the opportunity to learn complex sentence structures and become more comfortable communicating in the Spanish language.
#65376, Online Live, 3/11-4/17, Tuesday and Thursday, 6-7:40 PM Instructor: Roy Venegas
Spend more time improving your grammar and expanding your vocabulary. You also will spend time in conversation with fellow students and the instructor to become more comfortable with everyday situations and common expressions.
#65232, Online Live, 3/25-5/13, Tuesday, 6-8:30 PM Instructor: Yoshiko Shakal
In this course, students will continue to expand on the vocabulary, grammar, and conversation skills begun in levels 1, 2, and 3. Writing skills may be covered if relevant to the interests of the students. Cultural information about modern and historical Japan will also be taught alongside the lessons.
#65444, Online Live, 3/26-5/14, Wednesday, 6-8:30 PM Instructor: Yoshiko Shakal
Learn to speak Spanish in this class designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of the language. This introductory course will cover basic commands, greetings, colors, numbers, parts of the body, family relationships, time and foods.
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Spanish 3 is a continuation of Spanish 2. Gain more advanced skills in reading, writing and speaking Spanish. Successful completion of noncredit Spanish 2 or the equivalent recommended.
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This course is for students with no previous knowledge of the Japanese language. We will be emphasizing introductory-level Japanese for recreation. Topics include basic pronunciation, alphabets, numbers, travel and ordering food.
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Continue to expand on the vocabulary, grammar, usage and conversation skills you begun in levels 1 and 2. If students are interested, the instructor may cover writing skills.
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