World Languages & Cultures

Degrees and Certificates

Courses

WLAC 150: English as a Second Language I

This course emphasizes listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills needed by any international student to function satisfactorily in an American college setting. (Required of all newly entering international students whose native language is not English.)

WLAC 151: English as a Second Language II

This course emphasizes listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills needed by international students to function satisfactorily in an American college setting. Intended for any student whose native language is not English and who has already taken WLAC 150.

WLAC 370: Introduction to Linguistics

This course introduces the basic concepts and terminology of linguistics. It incorporates the study of the acquisition and development of language from the earliest babbling to mature language patterns, including the examination of typical language abilities of children at various ages. (This course may be taken for credit as ENGL 370.)

WLAC 470: Professional Internship

The Professional Internship in World Language and Cultures is aimed at enriching the student’s experience in practicing and using Italian in a professional context, either on campus or off campus, in a domestic or international setting, and in face-to-face mode or remotely. The student documents the experience in a manner to be determined by the supervisor. The supervisor determines the student’s required language proficiency for the experience, supervises the internship, records the number of hours completed by the student, and evaluates the internship documentation. The internship may be repeated for credit. Fifty hours of work is required for each one credit. (This course is a credit/no credit course.)

WLAC 481: World Languages for Middle Childhood: Selected Methodological Issues

A discussion of selected issues regarding methods, teaching materials, lesson planning, and extracurricular activities necessary for the middle childhood teacher of French, German, or Spanish as a world language. Special emphasis on aural-oral teaching techniques and characteristics of the transescent language learner. (This course is only offered in conjunction with WLAC 480.)