Modern Languages

¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to our Spanish program!

Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world, spoken by over 400 million people. It is the official language of 21 countries, including the United States. There is a high need in Southern California for a bilingual workforce with strong Spanish skills. Besides our traditional Spanish program that includes Spanish 1, 2, 3, and 4, we also offer a program for heritage speakers of Spanish. Our heritage-speaker track --- courses like Spanish 35, 36, and 37 ---- is designed especially for Spanish speakers, and targets areas of communication that are the most challenging for U.S. Spanish-speaking Latinos. If there is ever a time for our Spanish-speaking communities to start thinking about becoming more fully bilingual, now is the time!

We have a dual language track: Traditional for non-Spanish speakers (Spanish 01, 02, 03...), and the aforementioned Heritage track for Spanish-speakers who grew up in a Spanish-speaking environment but who have never studied it (Spanish 35, 36, 37, 27...).

Click on “How do I select a Spanish Course?” on the right-hand side of this screen to guide you in your initial placement or click on “Course Sequence” to learn which class to take next.