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Language Center

In this section:

Proficiency in Foreign Language Notation

Undergraduate Program in Middle Eastern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Special Language Program

African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures Program

Up one level:

School of Humanities and Sciences

Director: Elizabeth Bernhardt

Associate Director: Joan Molitoris

Assistant Director: Patricia de Castries

African and Middle Eastern Languages

Senior Lecturers: Khalil Barhoum (Coordinator, and Minor Adviser: Arabic Language and Literature), Vered Shemtov (Jewish Language and Literature)

Lecturers: Salem Aweiss, Regina Fupi (Fulbright Scholar), Estee Greif, Jon Levitow, Sangai Mohochi, Khalid Obeid, Gallia Porat, Ramzi Salti, Galen Sibanda

Catalan Language

Lecturers: Joan Molitoris (Coordinator and Associate Director, Language Center), Maria Del Carmen San Juan Pastor

Chinese Language

Coordinator: Chao Fen Sun (Professor, Asian Languages)

Lecturers: Marina Chung, Michelle DiBello, Sik Lee Dennig, Nina Lin, Yu-hwa Liao Rozelle, Hua Qian, Huazhi Wang, Hong Zeng, Youping Zhang, Qi Zhu

English for Foreign Students

Director and Senior Lecturer: Philip Hubbard

Lecturers: Robyn Brinks Lockwood, Carole Mawson, Andrea Kevech, Paul McPherron, Kenneth Romeo, Constance Rylance, Carol Shabrami, Seth Streichler

French Language

Lecturers: Julie De Clerck, Jane Dozer-Rabedeau, Heather Howard, Sylvie Palumbo-Liu, Tanya Shashko (Coordinator)

German Language

Coordinator: Elizabeth Bernhardt (Director, Language Center)

Senior Lecturers: William E. Petig, Kathryn Strachota (on leave Autumn)

Lecturer: Paul Nissler

Italian Language

Lecturers: Marta Baldocchi, Anna Cellinese, Sara Gelmetti (Coordinator), Alessandra McCarty, Giovanni Tempesta

Japanese Language

Coordinator: Yoshiko Matsumoto (Associate Professor, Asian Languages)

Senior Lecturer: Kazuko M. Busbin

Lecturers: Fumiko Arao, Hisayo O. Lipton, Momoyo K. Lowdermilk, Emiko Yasumoto Magnani, Kiyomi Nakamura, Yoshiko Tomiyama

Korean Language

Lecturers: Hee-Sun Kim (Coordinator), Yu-Jin Anh (Fulbright Scholar)

Portuguese Language

Senior Lecturer: Lyris Wiedemann (Coordinator; on leave Autumn)

Lecturer: Regina Lopes Dos Santos

Slavic Language

Senior Lecturer: Rima Greenhill

Lecturers: Eugenia Khassina (Coordinator), Marina Marcos

Spanish Language

Senior Lecturer: Irene Corso

Lecturers: Vivian Brates, Loreto Catoira, Citlalli del Carpio, Candy Guzmán (on leave Autumn), Caridad Kenna, Laura Méndez Barletta, Alice Miano (Coordinator), Joan Molitoris (Associate Director, Language Center), Carimer Ortiz Cuevas, Consuelo Perales, Veronika Reinhold, Kara Sanchez (on leave Winter and Spring), Cintia Santana, Ana M. Sierra, María Cristina Urruela, Hae-Joon Won

Special Language Program

Lecturers: Silfia Asningtias (Fulbright Scholar), Eda Mae Berio (Fulbright Scholar), Cathy Haas, Silky Maini (Fulbright Scholar), Sofia Pittaf (Fulbright Scholar), Eva Prionas (Coordinator, Modern Greek Language and Literature)

Tibetan Language Program

Lecturer and Coordinator: Robert W. Clark

Language Center Offices: Building 30

Mail Code: 94305-2015

Department Phone: (650) 725-9222

Email: patricia@stanford.edu

Web Site: http://language.stanford.edu

Courses offered by the Language Center have one of the following subject codes: AMELANG, CATLANG, CHINLANG, EFSLANG, FRENLANG, GERLANG, ITALLANG, JAPANLNG, KORLANG, PORTLANG, SLAVLANG, SPANLANG, SPECLANG, and TIBETLNG.

Courses are listed in the sections of this bulletin as follows:

Courses in African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures have the subject code AMELANG, and are listed in "African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures [AMELANG] Courses."

Courses in Catalan Language have the subject code CATLANG, and are listed in "Catalan Language [CATLANG] Courses."

Courses in Chinese Language have the subject code CHINLANG, and are listed in "Chinese Language [CHINLANG] Courses."

Courses in English for Foreign Students have the subject code EFSLANG, and are listed in "English for Foreign Students [EFSLANG] Courses."

Courses in French Language have the subject code FRENLANG, and are listed in "French Language [FRENLANG] Courses."

Courses in German Language have the subject code GERLANG, and are listed in "German Language [GERLANG] Courses."

Courses in Italian Language have the subject code ITALLANG, and are listed in "Italian Language [ITALLANG] Courses."

Courses in Japanese Language have the subject code JAPANLNG, and are listed in "Japanese Language [JAPANLNG] Courses."

Courses in Korean Language have the subject code KORLANG, and are listed in "Korean Language [KORLANG] Courses."

Courses in Portuguese Language have the subject code PORTLANG, and are listed in "Portuguese Language [PORTLANG] Courses."

Courses in Slavic Language have the subject code SLAVLANG, and are listed in "Slavic Language [SLAVLANG] Courses."

Courses in Spanish Language have the subject code SPANLANG, and are listed in "Spanish Language [SPANLANG] Courses."

Courses in the Special Language Program have the subject code SPECLANG, and are listed in "Special Language Program [SPECLANG] Courses."

Courses in the Tibetan Language Program have the subject code TIBETLNG, and are listed in "Tibetan Language Program [TIBETLNG] Courses."

The Stanford Language Center oversees all language instruction at Stanford. The center's charge is to guarantee that Stanford language programs are of the highest quality; to develop and administer achievement and proficiency tests needed to implement the language requirement; to provide technical assistance and support to the graduate students, lecturers, and faculty who deliver Stanford's language instruction; and to take leadership in research and development efforts in language learning. The Language Center is a unit within the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages.

The African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures Program offers classes in Arabic, Hebrew, Swahili, and African languages not regularly taught at Stanford. Based on current funding and student requests, the courses planned for 2008-09 are listed below. Additional languages may still be offered upon request, provided funding is available. Requests for the 2009-10 academic year should be made by Spring Quarter of this year at the AME program office by email to khalil@stanford.edu. All beginning-level, three-unit courses are offered on a S/NC basis only. Intermediate-level and four-unit courses are offered with a grading option. Beginning and intermediate each refer to an academic year's sequence of language study. Most three-unit language courses are offered for a two-year, three quarter sequence: 'A' suffix courses are taught Autumn; 'B' suffix courses are taught Winter; 'C' suffix courses are taught Spring. Those who have taken courses in the relevant language at another institution, or have previous knowledge of the language, can request to be tested. Tests are comprised of two parts, written and oral. Students must display first-year proficiency in the requested language to fulfill the requirement. Testing is guaranteed only for languages currently offered. Students planning to take a test must contact the AME program no later than the Spring Quarter of their sophomore year. To submit a request for language testing or to request that a language be taught, and for further information on the program, see http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/MEL. Language courses may not be repeated for credit and must be taken in sequence.

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