Wake Tech offers a variety of world languages, with levels from beginner to advanced. Friendly teachers, small class sizes and online learning options make getting started easier than ever.
Classes are available for the following languages:
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demonstrate a basic proficiency level with the writing system of Arabic including letter formation, joining letters, and writing from right to left.
be able to respond appropriately to simple reading and listening passages.
demonstrate a basic proficiency level with Arabic pronunciation.
demonstrate a basic knowledge of Arabic in a variety of class activities such as answering questions, having basic conversations with classmates, and responding to the instructor's verbal commands in Arabic.
Letters of the alphabet, vowels, joining letters, the culture and language of greetings.
Long vs. short vowels, the letter "alif," simple sentences, self-introduction, language differentiation for male and female.
Masculine vs. feminine nouns, identifying things and people (This is...), vocabulary to identify members of the family, talking about where you live,
Arabic/English cognates, vocabulary to identify jobs, talking about what you do for a living, making words plural, talking about where you work or study.
Vocabulary for everyday objects, words used to describe possession, polite requests, adjectives.
Asking questions, describing a room, reading a short passage and answering questions.
Describing places, listening to a passage and answering questions, asking for directions,
Review
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Details about the required textbook will be provided at registration.
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90% attendance
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This course is designed for those who have never studied Arabic before or have not studied Arabic for a long time.
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FLI-3719A2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | 311089 | 06/12/25 - 08/07/25 | MS Teams Virtual Learning Platform | 77.00 | 14 | Register |
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...identify the difference between translation and interpretation
...learn the skills, aptitudes and training approaches required for a translator or interpreter
...translate different types of texts
...use tools and technology for translation and interpretation
...analyze the use of language A and language B
...compare their translation among the participants and explain the choice of words for their translation
...know and utilize some techniques to improve interpretation
...understand the importance of culture in interpreting
...understand the importance of culture in translating
Introduction of the course
2. Practice test for interpretation
3. Practice test for translation
4. English to any other language
5. Other languages to English techniques
6. Basic tools and technologies used in translation and interpretation
7. Terminology used in medical field
8. Terminology used in legal field
9. Idioms used in legal field
10. Idioms used in medical field
11. Analysis of the process
12. Summary of the process
13. Group practice ( interpreting in medical field)
14. Group practice( interpreting in legal field)
15. Comments on translation and evaluation on group discussion
16. Basic requirements for interpretation with group practice
17. Consecutive interpretation and group Practice
18. Simultaneous interpretation and group practice
19. Reflection and Code of Ethics
20. Written test in interpretation
21 Analysis of the process of interpretation and final evaluation with feedback
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Successful completion of this course requires 90% attendance and satisfactory class participation (i.e., be able to demonstrate proficiency in all concepts taught). If a student has extenuating circumstances causing absences of greater than 10% of the class time, the student must make arrangements with the instructor to provide evidence of keeping up with the class material and making up the work, exercises, and projects missed; or demonstrate competency in the course objectives.
Handouts
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90% attendance
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Bilingual students interested in pursuing a career in interpretation and translation
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Interpreter and Translation Agencies
FLI-3717W2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate improved conversational skills and confidence in Spanish.
increase and expand their Spanish vocabulary.
Introductions and assessment of the Spanish levels
Oral presentation, discussion, and preparations
Review select readings and topics.
Work in teams, pairs, and Instructor/Student Conversations
Individual presentations
Dialogues
Team and paired conversations
Vocabulary review and discussion
Social and cultural discussions
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Two courses in Spanish. Complete Spanish 1a-2 or Essential Spanish 1-3 recommended.
Vistas, text only
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90% attendance
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General adult
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FLI-3717B1
FLI-3717P2
FLI-3717AU2
FLI-3717AT2
FLI-3717AX2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate improved conversational skills in Spanish
increase their Spanish vocabulary
increase their confidence through communicative exercises
Introductions and assessment of the Spanish desired to be learned
Individual presentations
Dialogue
Social agenda
Oral presentations
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This course is for students that have completed the series using Vistas or equivalent experience (two recent semesters or one year of college level Spanish).
Vistas, text only
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90% attendance
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General adult
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FLI-3717Q2
FLI-3717AU2
FLI-3717AX2
FLI-3717AT2
FLI-3717AW2
FLI-3717AV2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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become familiar with the basics of the Russian language and its syntax.
recognize basic vocabulary and use basic Russian language.
improve efficiency in Russian through Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
get a basic understanding of Russian culture.
Introduction, pronunciation, alphabet
General greetings and introductions, present tense
Gender and naming things, travel
Prepositions, numbers, language and culture
Calendar, time, food, and culture
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90% attendance
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General adult.
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FLI-3701A3
CSP-4000CS3
CSP-4000BE2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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further develop their speaking, writing, reading and listening skills
will be able to carry a basic conversation in Korean
watch and understand Korean films and television shows, and news with relative ease
Future tense, adjectives
Speaking activities
Adjectives, negatives
Speaking activities
Respective speech
Speaking activities
I know how, should, or
Speaking activities
Shall we, with, and
Speaking activities
Final Review & Test
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Korean Parts 1 and 2, or equivalent experience. The course is designed for the Intermediate to advanced Korean language student.
Suggested Text: Sogang Korean 1B, workbook optional
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90% attendance
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General adult, intermediate or advanced Korean language students
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CSP-4000AS2
CSP-4000BG2
CSP-4000CT2
CSP-4000CU2
CSP-4000FX2
CSP-4000FY2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
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learn clear explanations of the key points of Russian Language and its grammar
update and enrich their Russian vocabulary, use basic Russian phrases on different topics
get a basic understanding of Russian language prepositions and tenses
improve efficiency in Russian through Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
understand cultural differences and similarities
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Understanding of Russian Fundamentals Part 1, or equivalent
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90% attendance
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General adult.
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CSP-4000BE2
CSP-4000CS3
FLI-3701A3
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
Details | Section | Date(s) | Location | Price | Seats | 312695 | 06/18/25 - 08/06/25 | Western Wake Campus | 119.00 | 13 | Register |
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demonstrate a basic understanding of the Italian alphabet, numbers, and telling time.
demonstrate a basic understanding of basic question and answer forms for personal introductions, talking about the weather, talking about family, and describing people.
demonstrate a basic knowledge of parts of speech, regular and irregular verbs, descriptive adjectives, and possessives.
learn how to use grammar and vocabulary for greetings, expressions of courtesy, schedules, sports and pastimes, and expressing ownership.
Vocabulary and expressions for greeting and making introductions.
Nouns, articles, and numbers.
Vocabulary and expressions used in classes and schedules.
Pronouns,the verb esssere, adjective agreement.
Telling time, talking about sports and pastimes that a person likes or does not like to do.
Regular -are verbs: andare, dare, fare, and stare.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about the weather, seasons, and the months of the year.
The verb avere, regular -ere verbs and piacere.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about families and expressing ownership.
Possessives, prepositional contractions, regular -ire verbs.
Vocabulary and expressions for describing people and asking questions.
Descriptive adjectives, interrogatives and demonstratives
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Textbook requirements are subject to change and may not be the same for all instructors. For the most up-to-date textbook information, please click on the details button above.
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90% attendance
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This class is designed for adult learners who would like to expand their knowledge of Italian language and culture.
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N/A
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate a basic understanding of Portuguese pronunciation.
make use of their knowledge of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary to create sentences and comprehend simple reading passages.
be able to demonstrate fluency with common expressions of social interaction.
Portuguese alphabet and pronunciation.
Definite and indefinite articles.
Genders and plural nouns and adjectives.
Present tense of the most common regular verbs.
Numbers, days of the week, months, colors, time, and weather.
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The only prerequisite for this class is a willingness to learn. Beginners are welcome!
Textbook requirements are subject to change. For the most up-to-date textbook information, please click on the details button above.
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90% attendance
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This course is designed for those who are new to Portuguese. The textbook addresses both Brazilian and European Portuguese.
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N/A
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate a basic understanding of grammar and vocabulary for talking about topics such as technology, clothing, shopping, food, routines, and health.
demonstrate a basic understanding of regular and irregular verbs, pronouns, adverbs, past tense, reflexives, and expressions of quantity.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about technology.
Verbs dovere, potere, and votere; dire, uscire, and venire; disjunctive pronouns.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about clothing and shopping.
Talking about the past: the passato prossimo with avere; verbs conoscere and sapere.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about food and grocery shopping.
Talking about the past: the passator prossimo with essere; direct object pronouns, partitives and expressions of quantity.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about meals and place settings.
Indirect object pronouns, adverbs.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about morning routines and personal hygiene.
Reflexive verbs, reciprocal reflexives and reflexives in the passato prossimo; ci and ne.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about health, remedies, and well-being.
The imperative; imperfetto vs. passato prossimo; the trapassato prossimo.
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Students should have completed Italian Beginning Part 1 or have a demonstrated understanding of the basic components of Italian including the alphabet, numbers, basic question forms, and telling time.
Please click on the details button above for the most up-to-date textbook information.
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90% attendance
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This course is intended for anyone who has already learned some basic Italian language and would like to continue their study.
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N/A
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate a basic understanding of the vocabulary and grammar to talk about home, household chores, transportation, travel, and tourism.
demonstrate a basic understanding of future tense, imperatives, comparatives, and conditionals.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about home and future actions/events.
The futuro semplice; double object pronouns.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about household chores and appliances.
The informal and formal imperative; time expressions;
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about cars, driving, and public transportation.
Comparatives of equality and inequality; superlatives;
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about travel, vacations, and tourism.
The present conditional; the past conditional; dovere, potere, and volere in the conditional.
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Students should have completed Italian Beginning Parts 1 and 2 or should have a demonstrated understanding of grammar including items such as past tense, reflexives, descriptive adjectives, and common regular/irregular verbs.
Please click on the Details button for the most up-to-date textbook information
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90% attendance
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This course is intended for students who have been studying Italian and would like to acquire a more sophisticated understanding of grammar and syntax.
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N/A
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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demonstrate a basic understanding of the vocabulary and grammar to ask for and give directions, run errands, find one's way around a city, and talk about entertainment such as the performing arts, music, movies, and TV.
demonstrate a basic understanding of si impersonale/passivante, relative pronouns, indefinite words, negative expressions, infinitive constructions, non-standard noun forms, gerunds, and progressive tenses.
Vocabulary and expressions to ask for and give directions including how to talk about parts of a city.
Si impersonale and si passivante; relative pronouns.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about errands, banking, and places/businesses in a town.
Indefinite words; negative expressions.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about the performing arts, music, and musicians.
Infinitive constructions; non-standard noun forms.
Vocabulary and expressions for talking about movies, TV, and books.
The gerund and progressive tenses; ordinal numbers and suffixes.
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Students should have completed Italian Beginning Parts 1, 2, and 3 or should have a demonstrated understanding of grammar including items such as future tense, imperatives, comparatives, and conditionals.
Please click on the Details button for the most up-to-date textbook and technology requirements for this class.
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90% attendance
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This course is intended for students who have already been studying Italian and would like to acquire a more sophisticated understanding of grammar and syntax.
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FLI-3718A2
FLI-3718B2
FLI-3718C2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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converse on the intermediate level, observing courtesy requirements and social demands of the culture.
demonstrate understanding of written and spoken French selected for an intermediate level.
speak and write in simple, compound, and complex sentences with minor grammatical errors that do not impede communication.
ask and answer oral and written questions related to media and technology, film and theater, personal health, vacations, the fine arts, and the literature selections.
express wishes, demands, necessary conditions, and opinions.
demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speech and conduct within French culture and an understanding of cultural differences and similarities between France and the US.
Le présent de l'indicatif des verbes irreguliers; le présent de l'indicatif des verbes réguliers; l'interrogation.
Les verbes pronominaux; construction particular avec le présent.
L'article défini et l'article indéfini.
Le nom; l'adjectif qualificatif.
L'adverbe; les pronoms disjoints.
Le comparatif et le superlatif.
Le passé composé avec avoir et être.
Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux.
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Students taking this class should already have at least a beginning level of French fluency.
Please click on the Details button to see the most up-to-date textbook and technology requirements for this course.
None.
90% attendance
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This course is intended for students who have already been studying French and are ready to for the challenge of an intermediate-level course.
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Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to converse in Italian and make use of vocabulary related to a wide range of topics.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to make use of a variety of grammatical structures and verb tenses in both speaking and listening activities.
Speaking and listening analysis, personal introductions/presentations.
Read, analyze, and discuss Italian short stories, poems, and/or news stories.
Dialogues and conversation about daily life, travel, hobbies/entertainment, and culture.
Idiomatic expressions in conversation.
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Students taking this class should have already completed Italian Beginning parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. This course is intended for students at the intermediate or advanced level of Italian.
Please click on the Details button to see the most up-to-date information about textbook and technology requirements.
None
90% attendance
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This course is intended for those who have been studying Italian and would like to practice or attain conversational fluency.
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N/A
FLI-3718A2
FLI-3718B2
FLI-3718C2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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Students will be able to demonstrate the fundamentals of Portuguese pronunciation.
Students will be able to create basic sentences.
Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of basic reading passages.
Students will be able to use common expressions in social interactions.
IR + infinitive (expressing future actions).
Ter and ter que + infinitive (expressing age, possession, and obligation).
Present tense of the most common regular and irregular verbs.
Preterit tense of the most common regular and irregular verbs.
Some uses of POR and PARA.
FAZ/HÁ with expressions (expressing how long something has been going on).
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Students taking this class should have already completed part 1 or have an understanding of basic vocabulary, self-introductions, and simple conversational interaction.
Please click on the Details button to find the most up-to-date information on required textbook and technology.
None.
90% attendance
N/A
This class is intended for those interested in learning Portuguese for business, travel, or personal interest.
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N/A
CSP-4000JX2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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make use of basic grammar and vocabulary to talk about a variety of topics related to daily life, travel, and shopping.
demonstrate a basic understanding of French culture and how it applies to a variety of conversational situations.
Talking about where people live, giving prices and other numerical information.
Talking about possessions, use of the verb "to have," describing quantity and location.
Describing rooms in a person's home, possessive adjectives.
Giving one's address and phone number, this/that/these/those, ordinal numbers.
Talking about family, describing feelings and appearance.
Describing places where one goes to spend free time, suggesting activities and telling people what to do (imperative form).
Talking about what you are going to do, time words to indicate future, dates and times for future events.
Modes of transportation, deciding how to get to a place and return (verbs prendre, venir, and aller).
Talking about actions completed in the past (past tense).
Time words to indicate past action.
Discussing the weather and weather-related activities, expressions with the verb faire.
Talking about clothing and shopping for clothing, direct object pronouns,
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Students should have already completed French Beginning Part 1 or have an equivalent knowledge of basic French grammar and vocabulary.
Please click on the Details button to see the most up-to-date information about textbook and technology requirements for this class.
None.
90% attendance
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This course is designed for students who are interested in learning French for business, travel, or personal enrichment. While still considered a beginner-level course, it is assumed that students have studied some French prior to taking this class.
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FLI-3714B2
Community & Career Education Staff
919-532-5700
[email protected]
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be able to make use of verb conjugation and noun cases to engage in a variety of practice activities.
be able to converse in intermediate Russian.
be able to respond to questions and demonstrate understanding of reading passages.
Past, present, and future tenses in practical use.
Noun cases.
Talking about work and daily life.
Cultural customs, politeness.
Communication basics, describing places and people.
Writing informal messages, expressing gratitude, apologies, opinions.
Talking about yourself (hobbies, interests, daily routine)
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Students taking this course should already have a working knowledge of the Russian alphabet and a basic knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
None.
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80% attendance
N/A
This course is intended for those who already have a foundational knowledge of the Russian language including the alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary.
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