Foreign Language
You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once.
– Czech Proverb
Open doors to new ideas, new experiences, and new opportunities: learn a language.
There are many life long advantages in being bilingual. Learning a foreign language will open a door to new ideas, new experiences, and new opportunities both in the workplace and in social life; and it will prepare students for success in the new global economy.
The Foreign Language Department offers courses in Chinese, Japanese, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Its dedicated faculty strives to help students acquire proficiency in foreign languages and enhance their understanding of other cultures and peoples.
What You’ll Study
- Chinese
- Chinese-Mandarin
- Japanese
- French
- Spanish
- Spanish for Spanish Speakers
Catalog
Visit our catalog for more information about the degrees and certificates, courses, and program learning outcomes for students majoring in a foreign language.
Careers & Salary
Careers
- Foreign Language and Literature Teacher
- Interpreter
- Translator
- Secondary School Teacher
Salary
- Low: $28k
- Average: $71k
- High: $190k
Program Mapper
Faculty
- Samanta de Frutos Garcia
- Karen Le Cornet
- Mihoko Luther
Adjunct Faculty
- Liya Ao
- Valeria Barragan
- Chiang Harn
- Natsuyo Higuchi
- Ana Maradiaga-Bunker
- Estela Marquez-Alarcon
- Adrienne Merlo
- Arturo Navarro
- Mutsumi Nobuhara
- Emi Okubo
- Fatima Pazargadi
- Saeko Saito
- Santiago Tamariz
- Dan Zhang
- Julie Zweig
Foreign Language Department
Location: Humanities, Room 208
T: (714) 484-7169
Department Chair: Karen Le Cornet, klecornet@cypresscollege.edu and Mihoko Terada Luther, mluther@cypresscollege.edu