The foreign language courses offered through the Culture and Language Acquisition at Sage (CLAS) program are 3 credits each and fully online (asynchronous). They are designed to introduce to non-native speakers the four basic skills necessary to developing a working knowledge of a foreign language: a) understanding, b) speaking, c) reading, and d) writing. The emphasis is on speaking and understanding spoken [foreign language]. Reading and writing may be done as reinforcement to oral communication skills. The course will focus on idiomatic expressions used in daily speech, pronunciation, and vocabulary building. Starting in Level 1, and continuing throughout their entire CLAS experience, students will develop conversational speaking skills, will build listening-comprehension skills through significant exposure to real native speakers, and will acquire basic reading and writing skills in their new language.
Foreign Language courses offered through CLAS
ARA 101 Introduction to Arabic & ARA 102 Introduction to Arabic II
CHN 101 Introduction to Mandarin Chinese & CHN 102 Continuing Introduction to Mandarin Chinese
FRE 101 Introduction to French & FRE 102 Continuing Introduction to French
GER 101 Introduction to German
ITA 101 Introduction to Italian & ITA 102 Continuing Introduction to Italian
POR 101 Introduction to Portuguese
RUS 101 Introduction to Russian & RUS 102 Continuing Introduction to Russian
Contact
Dr. Kate Kagan, [email protected], for more information