Show Students Speak In Strange New Tongues While English is not essential for every student at Salt Lake Community Community Community Com Com- College it is a requirement for those taking a year two-year AS or AA transfer degree Nearly 30 sections of this class dass with about 25 students in each attest to its importance The class is taught throughout the day and evening In addition there are scores of students taking other English language classes on a variety of levels They include reading speaking general composition business and technical writing interpersonal communication and even English as a Second Language for foreign stude students ts with limited literacy skills Because of the wide usage of Spanish particularly in the southwest southwest southwest south south- west that language has been added to the colleges college's offerings More than day and evening students are currently enrolled and can complete up to 15 quarter credit hours of Spanish Instruction through the year First year French is being taught also And next quarter Beginning German the language of science will be introduced to the curriculum One year of a foreign language is required for the Associate of Arts degree Traditionally community colleges make available the first year of a foreign language to such potential transfer students One other foreign language which is meeting with considerable success at is The American Sign Language Instructor Suellen Bahleda says it is the fourth most used language in the United States after English Spanish and German Five languages at The college is no United Nations but visitors to the college are surprised to find that business and technically oriented students are interested in foreign languages as well as students who eventually may pursue liberal arts at other institutions |