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Concordia students will be prepared to face life’s unscripted challenges and thoughtfully influence the affairs of the world.
Review the Language Self-Assessment Guide to understand your proficiency level and register for appropriate courses.
Our courses are designed to meet a variety of students' needs and interests. Take a beginning language course with an experienced instructor and other students of the same level, or take an intermediate or advanced course focused on relevant social topics and immersive experiences. (Please note, courses may be cancelled due to low enrollment.)
Undergraduate Courses: $820 per credit
Graduate Courses: $595 per credit
Delivery Methods:
Online Synchronous | Online meeting times are scheduled with students and the instructor.
Online Asynchronous | Courses may be self-paced or have assignments due each week, and possibly activities between students in the class.
(The instructor may schedule optional online meetings.)
Online Hybrid | A mix of both online synchronous and asynchronous instruction. The instructor will schedule time for students to meet as a group. Some coursework is done independently.
1 | Choose your course and click on the course title to create an account and complete registration.
2 | Complete the General Elective Admission Form.
Following registration and admission, you'll receive your Concordia College credentials within a few days. Your instructor will contact you with instructions to access your coursework through Moodle (Concordia's Learning Management System).
Dakota instructors will reach out with synchronous methods for their courses.
Dakota courses are offered at a subsidized price of $125 per credit.
Students interested in German and additional Chinese options should email ConcordiaWLC@cord.edu.
| Blended (Mostly Online) 4 Credits August 23-December 11 M-W-F 10:30-11:40 AM Instructor: Paul Faust |
The beginning sequence of two courses designed to introduce students to the skills needed for proficiency in the language and culture of Mandarin China. Combines active practice and communication with grammatical analysis of the language. |
| Online Synchronous 3 Credits August 25-December 11 M-W-F 4:00-5:30 PM Instructor: Anke al-Bataineh |
This course is designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of the Dakota/Lakota language and will focus on and reinforce the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing and all the modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentation). We have an emphasis on justice and sustainability, broadly understood, in all our courses. We also emphasize intercultural communicative competence in all our courses. We want to get to know the cultures, history, and peoples who speak the target language and know how to interact with them in appropriate ways. We hope this course helps develop curious and courageous global citizens. |
| Online Synchronous 3 Credits August 24-October 20 T-Th 4:00-7:00 PM Instructor: Anke al-Bataineh |
This course is about specializing language pedagogy for the challenges of language revitalization. Students in this course will learn how to create highly interactive, student-centered materials and units in endangered languages, where published resources are few or nonexistent. They will learn how to understand student interests and concerns and develop pedagogically-sound learning materials and activities based on these for their students to achieve high levels of oral proficiency in the target endangered language. The course will focus on languages without a widely used writing system and where the target culture is highly distinct from the dominant culture. Students will create assessments that combine the application of cultural competence and communicative competence in authentic tasks that bridge the dominant and target cultures and focus on language used within the family/domestic domain. |
| Online Synchronous 3 Credits October 31-December 11 T-Th 4:00-7:00 PM Instructor: Anke al-Bataineh |
Description coming soon. |
| Online Hybrid 4 Credits August 23-December 11 M-W-F 1:20-2:30 PM Instructor: Rachel Dwyer |
Students learn the basics of French communication and are introduced to the cultures of the French-speaking world. Students engage in various individual, class and group activities to develop their ability to speak and understand French. Resources, including the World Wide Web, CD-ROMs, French children's books, movies and magazines are used to increase students' understanding of French culture and the French language. |
| Blended (Mostly In Person) 4 Credits August 23-December 11 M-W-F 11:50 AM-1:00 PM Instructor: Gay Rawson |
This course is an approved U.S. perspectives course and focuses on "French in the Americas" featuring units on Canada, the United States (Louisiana, New England and Native Americans), South America, and the Caribbean Islands. After a general introduction to each site, the course examines a different theme such as family life, youth, educational systems, and everyday lives. These discussions are not possible without discussing race, ethnicity, gender and social issues such as education, class and religion. This course is also designed to increase students' ability to speak, write, read and understand French. Students review basic language structures and vocabulary, as well as develop new language skills. In addition to class meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, students also work with the French native assistant for small-group discussions and projects, usually on Tuesday and Thursday at an agreed upon time. Prerequisite: FREN 112 |
| Blended (Mostly In Person) Online via Class or Zoom) 4 Credits August 23-December 11 Thursday 7:00-10:00 PM Instructor: Gay Rawson |
This course is designed to develop students' ability to organize clearly and communicate effectively in French their own knowledge and ideas, as well as the meaning of cultural texts dealing with France. Students are assisted in transferring grammatical concepts to practical communication skills through oral and written practice. In addition to class meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, students also work with the French native assistant for small-group discussions and projects, usually on Tuesday and Thursday at an agreed upon time. Students will also discover the world of children and adolescent literature. Prerequisite: FREN 212 |
| Online Hybrid 2 Credits August 23-December 11 M-W-F 1:20-2:30 PM Instructor: Gay Rawson |
This course is designed for students who have completed a study abroad experience such as the May Seminar and Practicum or have completed another upper division French course. This course will clarify grammar and syntax issues as well as improve writing skills. Prerequisite: French 255, 360, 370, 411, 412 or 490. In other words, this course is reserved for advanced students of French. Please contact the instructor for more information or to check your ability to take the course. |
| Online Hybrid 4 Credits August 23-December 11 M-W-F 10:30-11:40 AM Instructor: Adriana Johnson |
The first semester of a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to the skills needed for proficiency in the language and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. Classroom sessions are supplemented with instructional technology. Emphasis is on reading and listening comprehension and oral and written communication in Spanish. |
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Concordia students will be prepared to face life’s unscripted challenges and thoughtfully influence the affairs of the world.
For more information about the Language Institute contact LanguageInstitute@cord.edu.
Concordia Language Training Center is partnered with the 300th MI BDE of the Utah National Guard and the Sixteenth Air Force, San Antonio TX, to offer language and cultural immersion courses for military personnel.
Instructions for Undergraduate Credit