Foreign Languages refers to any language other than English taught at Western Nevada College. There are courses in a variety of foreign languages.
Courses in Foreign Languages as listed in the 2008-2009 WNC catalog. Back to the Foreign Languages main page.
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| ARA |
101B |
Conversational Arabic I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes Arabic spoken communication listening, reading and writing skills. A vocabulary of Arabic-English words will be developed to suit student needs. |
| CHI |
101B |
Chinese, Conversational I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes oral communication skills. Reading and writing explored. Chinese-English vocabulary is developed. |
| CHI |
102B |
Chinese, Conversational II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: CHI 102B
Continues skills learned in CHI 101B. |
| FREN |
101B |
French, Conversational I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes spoken communication. Listening, reading and writing skills will be explored. A vocabulary of French-English words can be developed to suit student needs. |
| FREN |
102B |
French, Conversational II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: FREN 101B or consent of instructor
Offers a second semester of Conversational French designed to continue and improve the skills learned in the first semester. |
| FREN |
111 |
First Year French I |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: none
Develops language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to French culture. |
| FREN |
112 |
First Year French II |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: FREN 111 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Continues with the second semester of the course to build on speaking, writing and reading skills in the French language. |
| FREN |
211 |
Second Year French I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: FREN 112 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Considers structural review, conversation and writing and reading in modern literature. |
| FREN |
212 |
Second Year French II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: FREN 211 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Continues structural review, conversation and writing and reading in modern literature. |
| GER |
101B |
Conversational German I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes spoken communication. Listening, reading, and writing skills will be developed to suit student needs. |
| GER |
102B |
Conversational German II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: GER 101B or consent of instructor
Offers a second semester of conversational German designed to continue and improve the skills learned in GER 101B. |
| GER |
111 |
First Year German I |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: none
Develops language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to German culture. |
| GER |
112 |
First Year German II |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: GER 111 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Continues with the second semester of the course to build on speaking, writing and reading skills in the German language. |
| ITAL |
101B |
Italian Conversational I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes spoken communication. Listening, reading and writing skills will be explored. A vocabulary of Italian-English words can be developed to suit student needs. |
| ITAL |
102B |
Italian Conversational II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: ITAL 101B or consent of instructor
Continuation from the first semester of Italian to build on speaking, writing and reading skills in the Italian language. |
| ITAL |
103B |
Italian, Conversational III |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Continuation from the second semester of Italian to build on speaking, writing and reading skills in the Italian language. |
| ITAL |
104B |
Italian, Conversational IV |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Continuation from the third semester of Italian to build on speaking, writing and reading skills in the Italian language. |
| ITAL |
111 |
Elementary Italian I |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: none
Introduces the Italian language through the development of language skills and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Italian culture. |
| ITAL |
112 |
Elementary Italian II |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: ITAL 111
Continues study of the Italian language through the development of language skills and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Italian culture. |
| RUS |
111 |
First Year Russian I |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: none
Develops language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Russian culture. |
| SPAN |
101B |
Spanish, Conversational I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Emphasizes spoken communication. Listening skills, reading and writing skills will be explored. A vocabulary of Spanish-English words can be developed to suit student needs. As students progress through this four-semester sequence they will build increasing fluency in the speaking, reading and writing of Spanish. |
| SPAN |
102B |
Conversational Spanish II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 101B or consent of instructor
Offers a second semester of Conversational Spanish designed to continue and improve the skills learned in the first semester. |
| SPAN |
103B |
Conversational Spanish III |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 102B or consent of instructor
Further develops skills learned in previous semesters. |
| SPAN |
104B |
Conversational Spanish IV |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 103B or consent of instructor
Further develops skills learned in previous semesters. |
| SPAN |
109B |
Spanish for Educators I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Provides basic skills and tools to English-speakers who work with native Spanish-speaking students and their parents. Examines cultural aspects that can affect student performance and achievement. |
| SPAN |
110B |
Spanish For Educators II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 109B consent of instructor
Designed to help students continue enhancing their oral and written communication skills in Spanish and become more cognizant of cultural obstacles faced by Spanish-speaking ELL students. Explores numerous best practices for reaching ELL students. |
| SPAN |
111 |
First Year Spanish I |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: none
Develops language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing and structural analysis. Includes an introduction to Spanish culture. |
| SPAN |
112 |
First Year Spanish II |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: SPAN 111 or equivalent or consent of instructor
Develops language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing; and structural analysis. |
| SPAN |
199B |
Special Topics in Spanish |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Applies to assorted short courses and workshops covering a variety of subjects. |
| SPAN |
211 |
Second Year Spanish I |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 112 or equivalent
Considers structural review, conversation and writing, and readings in modern literature. |
| SPAN |
212 |
Second Year Spanish II |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: SPAN 211
Continues structural review, conversation and writing, and readings in modern literature. |
