Modern Language Department - Courses Offered

Courses Offered

Important Note:
All course prerequisites will be enforced during registration. Without a prerequisite or instructor consent, an error will occur during registration. If you have problems registering for a course, please contact the course instructor for permission to register. Thank you!

Note About High School Language Study
Each year of language study is roughly equivalent to one semester of college study in the beginning and intermediate course sequence.

Proficiency Credit
Oakton offers two ways to earn language proficiency credit to any student officially accepted who has earned at least six credits at Oakton with a grade of C of better:

Apply for College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams, available in French, German, and Spanish.

Request proficiency credit for lower level coursed at the beginning/intermediate sequence after completing the same number of hours in the higher level course with a grade of A of B.

If you need more information and to apply for the proficiency credit, please click one of the following:

College Credit Courses Offered
Unless otherwise indicated, each course is available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.

Modern Language 101: Beginning Language I
Stresses pronunciation, diction, grammar, vocabulary, and reading. No prerequisite. 4 credits

Modern Language 102: Beginning Language II
Continues101, with increased emphasis on reading and writing. Prerequisite: 101 or equivalent background. 4 credits

Modern Language 105: Conversational Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, or Spanish.
Concentrates on speaking skills; provides additional oral practice after the beginning level.
Prerequisite: 102 or equivalent background. 3 credits

Modern Language 201: Intermediate Language II
Review of grammar and continued development of speaking, reading and writing, Prerequisite: 102 or equivalent background. 4 credits

Modern Language 202: Intermediate Language II
Continues 210, with extensive reading and further practice in speaking and writing. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent background. 4 credits

Modern Language 205: French, German, Japanese, or Spanish Conversation and Composition. Reinforces oral and written communication skills through a variety of speaking and writing activities. Topics are drawn from contemporary life and culture. Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent background.
3 credits

Modern Language 210: Introduction to French, German, or Spanish Literature
Readings of selected masterpieces from various periods. Discussion and written work in the foreign language. Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent background. 3 credits.

Japanese 206: Japanese Conversation and Reading
Course reinforces oral and written communication skills. Content includes a variety of speaking and essay-writing activities, and develops reading ability with Japanese materials. Topics are drawn from classical and contemporary life and culture. Prerequisite: JPN 202 or consent of instructor. 3 credits.

Here is information for registration, if you would like to register for Modern Language Courses, or see our current schedule for fall 2008.

Global Studies/Study Abroad

Through Oakton’s membership in the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs, Oakton students may study in Canterbury, England, or Salzburg, Austria. Currently the college offers summer language and culture programs in Costa Rica, France, Germany, Japan, and Mexico. Two week exchanges in the Netherlands are available to students enrolled in several career programs. Oakton faculty also occasionally offers opportunities for short term field study at off campus locations. Most recently, destinations have included Western Europe and North America.

For more information about Global Studies, please contact
Katherine Schuster, Ph.D., Coordinator of
Global Studies.

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