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Foreign Language Courses and Level Guidance
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The Graduate School offers training in 16 languages at our location (open enrollment courses) and at client locations in the Washington, DC area.

Open enrollment courses meet in the evenings and on Saturdays in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer terms. Each term is approximately ten weeks, with additional, five-week intensive courses meeting twice per week during the Summer term. Please see the Schedule of Classes for specific dates.

Training courses at your location can be tailored to meet the needs of the client organization or group and are scheduled at the convenience of the client. Please contact Customer Service Center at (202) 314-3320 for more information.

Many of our open enrollment courses are ACE reviewed so that participants who successfully complete one or more courses may apply to their colleges or universities to receive college-level credit.

Foreign languages offered:
Arabic (Modern Standard) Italian
Chinese (Mandarin) Japanese
Czech Korean
English as a Foreign Language Portuguese (Brazillian)
French Russian
German Spanish
Greek (Modern) Turkish
Hindi Urdu

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONVERSATIONAL AND INTRODUCTORY COURSES?
FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEVELS

Course Number/Level

Estimated Equivalency

ARABIC

ARABIC

Introductory Arabic I, II, III, IV

Beginning Arabic / First Year University Level Arabic

Intermediate I, II III, Advanced I, Advanced II

Intermediate Arabic / Second Year University-Level Arabic

CHINESE

CHINESE

Introductory Chinese I, II, and III

First Year University-Level Chinese

Intermediate Chinese I, II and III

Second Year University-Level Chinese

ESOL

ESOL

ESOL: Communications Skills I

Beginner

ESOL: Communications Skills II

High Beginner

ESOL: Communications Skills III

Intermediate

ESOL: Communications Skills IV

High Intermediate

ESOL: Communications Skills V

Advanced

FARSI

FARSI

Introductory Farsi I – III

First Year University-Level Farsi

FRENCH

FRENCH

Conversational French I – IV

First Year University-Level French

Intermediate French I – III

Second Year University-Level French

Advanced French I – III

Third Year University-Level French

GERMAN

GERMAN

Introductory German I – III

First Year University-Level German

Intermediate German I – III

Second Year University-Level French

Advanced German I - III

Third Year University-Level French

HINDI

HINDI

Introductory Hindi I – III

First Year University-Level Hindi

Intermediate Hindi I - III

Second Year University-Level Hindi

ITALIAN

ITALIAN

Introductory Italian I – IV

First Year University-Level Italian

Intermediate Italian I – III

Second Year University-Level Italian

JAPANESE

JAPANESE

Introductory Japanese I – III

Beginning Japanese

Intermediate Japanese I – III

Intermediate Japanese

KOREAN

KOREAN

Introductory Korean I – III

Beginning Korean

Intermediate Korean I – III

Intermediate Korean

PORTUGUESE

PORTUGUESE

Introductory Portuguese I – III

First Year University-Level Portuguese

Intermediate Portuguese I – III

Second Year University-Level Portuguese

RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN

Introductory Russian I – III

First Year University-Level Russian

Intermediate Russian I – III

Second Year University-Level Russian

Advanced Russian I, II and III

Third Year University-Level Russian

TURKISH

TURKISH

Conversational Turkish I – III

First Year University-Level Turkish

URDU

URDU

Introductory Urdu I – III

First Year University-Level Urdu

* The conversational track is designed to focus on speaking and listening skills although students get practice reading and writing, primarily through homework. The introductory track gives more or less equal weight to each of the four skill areas - listening, speaking, reading and writing.

*Please review the individual course prerequisites for each review-level course.