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“Cada palabra tiene un alma.” Ruben Darío
“Apprendre une langue, c’est vivre de nouveau.” anonymous
“Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.” Goethe
Faculty
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian
Sign Language
Spanish
Programs
The World Languages Department offers a wide and diverse spectrum of courses
in world languages. The Department offers two and three years undergraduate programs in French,
Italian, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. It offers courses in Chinese, Spanish for Medical
Personnel and American Sign Language.
The Department offers immersion week-end programs in French and Spanish.
The Spanish program offers a Study Abroad Summer Program in
Tepoztlán, Morelos, México.
Students may pursue an AA degree in a single language or take courses which
satisfy language requirements for graduation or transfer.
Through the teaching of languages the Department seeks a more informed,
compassionate, and civic-minded society.
Foreign Language Immersion Program
This program is designed to give students the opportunity to be in a foreign language environment
from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon at an off-campus site. Students are expected to communicate
only in the target language. In the past WVC offered French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, and
Japanese immersion classes.
Events
Alpha Mu Gamma
Alpha Mu Gamma (the National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society) was started at WVC in the Spring of 2005.
Alpha Mu Gamma honors students for outstanding achievement during their first year of foreign-language study in college.
Resources
The Language Lab
The Language Lab, located in LA 27, comprises 29 traditional audio stations, two CD stations,
and five VHS stations. We provide listening and speaking resources for Spanish, French, German,
Italian, Russian, Japanese and English as a Second Language (ESL).
Depending on copyright restrictions, some tapes and CDs may be duplicated for student use. Most duplicates can be made within 24 hours.
The Language Lab also provides an assortment of foreign-language books, periodicals and films for use in the Lab.
For questions regarding materials, policies, or current hours, please visit the Lab, or call 408-741-4042.
Depending on copyright restrictions, some tapes and CDs may be duplicated for student use. Most duplicates can be made within 24 hours.
The Language Lab also provides an assortment of foreign-language books, periodicals and films for use in the Lab.
For questions regarding materials, policies, or current hours, please visit the Lab, or call 408-741-4042.
• last updated: November 19, 2007 •