Foreign Language Department

Program Purpose: The foreign language courses prepare students with communication skills in a second language and provide an understanding of the respective cultures of the target language. All of the foreign language courses provide instruction to develop proficiency skills in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The beginning level courses introduce basic grammar, vocabulary, communicative functions, and culture. The intermediate level courses continue development of proficiency skills through discussion of films, periodicals, and literary works to increase vocabulary, cultural awareness, and knowledge of linguistic variations.

Program Description: The Foreign Language program includes instruction in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and American Sign Language.

Program student learning outcomes and mapping

The Foreign Language Department offers a multiple-semester sequence of courses in the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Sign Language and Spanish.

• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Sign Language
• Spanish

Foreign Language Faculty

Faculty		Contact Information
Robert Arce Spanish Full-Time Instructor		Email: RArce@vcccd.edu
Françoise Arié French Adjunct Instructor		Email: farie@vcccd.edu
Cecilia Boroumand Spanish Adjunct Instructor		Email: cecilia_boroumand@vcccd.edu
Fran Buker American Sign Language Adjunct Instructor		Email: FBuker@vcccd.edu
Manuela Coronel-Glass Spanish Adjunct Instructor		Email: mcoronel@ojai.k12.ca.us Phone: (805) 640-4343 ext. 1835
Tania De Clerck, Department Chair Spanish and French Full-Time Instructor		Email:tdeclerck@vcccd.edu Office: LRC 118 Phone: (805) 654-6400 ext. 1241
Kathleen Egan Italian Adjunct Instructor		Email: KEgan@vcccd.edu
Sara Harding-Castillo Spanish Adjunct Instructor		Email: shardingcastillo@vcccd.edu
Alejandro Hernández Spanish Adjunct Instructor		Email: alejandro_hernandez4@vcccd.edu
Kumiko Irion Japanese Adjunct Instructor		Email: kirion@vcccd.edu
Jonathan Jones German Adjunct Instructor		Email: jonathan_jones2@vcccd.edu
Mariano López Spanish Adjunct Instructor		Email: MLopez@vcccd.edu
Art Sandford Spanish Full Time Instructor		Email: asandford@vcccd.edu Phone: (805) 654-6400 ext. 1207 Office: LRC 321
Dave Sladek American Sign Language Adjunct Instructor		Email: DSladek@vcccd.edu
Benigno Somoza Spanish Full-Time Instructor		Email: BSomoza@vcccd.edu Phone: (805) 654-6400 x1384 Office: LRC-325