Focus on conversational Chinese to become functional with the basic, everyday Mandarin spoken language by studying Chinese pinyin - the basic four-tone phonetic system which is the most important part in learning the language. Develop your speaking and listening skills through imitation, repetition, role play, and group exercise in different everyday life situations. Chinese cultural topics conducive to learning the language will also be explored. New material for returning students.

This class covers direct and indirect object pronouns, prepositions, and reviews key tenses including imperfect, past perfect, and usage of the present and past conditional. It can be taken alone or with other MLSN French classes.

NEW Study the present tense, future tense, near future (futur proche), recent past (passé récent), and major past tenses. Topics include related grammar structures and their usage in sentences. Designed to build a solid foundation for further French study, suitable for those at French I beginner level.

Focus on French pronoun systems, adverbial complements of time, place and manner, along with a structured review of key verb tenses. Class improves accuracy and overall language proficiency. It can be taken alone or with other MLSN French classes.

Explore the rich and diverse Arabic culture and learn to read, speak and write it in a supportive and encouraging manner. The Modern Arabic standard method will be used to facilitate what you learn in any Arabic speaking country. Required textbook - see receipt.

Whether you are new to Spanish or would like to review basic grammar and pronunciation, this class will help you develop your listening and speaking skills. Through vocabulary building exercises you'll also learn practical phrases useful in real-life situations. Required textbook - see receipt.