UC IGETC Language Other Than English Proficiency Certification (LOTE)

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The Purpose of the UC IGETC Certification of “Language Other Than English” is to assist students, who have an acquired knowledge of a language other than English, in demonstrating language proficiency as outlined in the IGETC Standards Area 10.6. College faculty members, who are fluent in a student’s native language, can on a voluntary basis, assess the basic language proficiency of a student. Please reach out to the faculty member listed below in order to schedule the language proficiency assessment.  Method of Instruction:  1. Foreign Transcript: Satisfactory completion, with a “C” (2.0) grade or better, of two years of formal schooling at the sixth-grade level or higher in an institution that is not English. Appropriate documentation must be presented to substantiate that the required coursework was completed. If an official sealed transcript cannot be obtained from a foreign institution, an unofficial transcript may be used.  OR 2. Proficiency test: Equivalent to two years of foreign language was taught in United States schools. Specifically, the  student should have the following: A. Basic vocabulary of approximately 1000 words.  B. Basic ability to read, write, and speak using the present, past (preterit), and future tenses.

LANGUAGE	NAME	EMAIL	DEPARTMENT/ LOCATION
Arabic	Adel Rajab	arajab@cypresscollege.edu	Biology/SEM
Chinese	Chiang Horng Harn	charn@cypresscollege.edu	Foreign Language
Czek	Silvie Grote	sgrote@cypresscollege.edu	Public Health/Kinesiology
Dari	Billy Pashaie	wpashaie@cypresscollege.edu	Library
Farsi	Billy Pashaie	wpashaie@cypresscollege.edu	Library
Farsi	Massoud Saleh	msaleh@cypresscollege.edu	Counseling/TE III
Greek	John Lambros	jlambros@cypresscollege.edu	Math/SEM
Gujarati	Sujata Chiplunkar	schiplunklar@cypresscollege.edu	Biology/SEM
Hindi	Sujata Chiplunkar	schiplunklar@cypresscollege.edu	Biology/SEM
Hungarian	Kati Angelov	kanguelov@cypresscollege.edu	MAD/Language Arts
Japanese	Natsuyo Higuchi	nhiguchi@cypresscollege.edu	Foreign Language
Korean	Eunju Lee	elee@cypresscollege.edu	Math/SEM
Korean	Sylvia Paek	spaek@cypresscollege.edu	Math/SEM
Lebanese	Maha Afra	mafra@cypresscollege.edu	Dance/Fine Arts
Marath	Sujata Chiplunkar	schiplunklar@cypresscollege.edu	Biology/SEM
Russian	Julia Cherney	jcherney@cypresscollege.edu	Dental Hygiene
Slovak	Silvie Grote	sgrote@cypresscollege.edu	Public Health/Kinesiology
Spanish	Billy Pashaie	wpashaie@cypresscollege.edu	Library
Spanish	Juan Garcia	jgarcia@cypresscollege.edu	Veterans Resource Center/Counseling
Spanish	Juan Vazquez	jvazquez@cypresscollege.edu	MAD/Fine Arts
Vietnamese	Denise Vo	dvo@cypresscollege.edu	Health Science/Counseling