Learning Outcomes

• Be able to speak the language well enough to satisfy routine social demands and limited nonspecific, work related tasks

• Be able to comprehend face-to-face speech in standard language spoken at a normal rate with some repetition and rewording by a native speaker not accustomed to dealing with foreigners

• Have sufficient comprehension to read authentic printed material or edited texts and material within a familiar context

• Be able to write routine social correspondence and simple discourse as well as cohesive summaries, resumes, short narratives and descriptions on factual topics in the past, present, and future times

• Possess a broad understanding of the history and civilization of the target culture

• Possess a critical and theoretically-based awareness of the literary and cultural traditions, periods, genres and contexts of the target language

Career Possibilities:

• Translator/Interpreter

• Diplomat/Ambassador

• Social Worker

• Teacher

• College Professor

• International Business

• Travel Agent

• Archivist

• Art Dealer

• Historian