Department Faculty

Deborah Forteza
Brianne Stambaugh, Department Chair and Spanish Program Coordinator
Bryant White, French Program Coordinator

Department Goals

To aid students in:

1. gaining knowledge and appreciation of languages other than English; that is, their linguistic structure and the cultures and literatures that make use of these languages;
2. achieving an appropriate level of proficiency in each of the five language skills: understanding, speaking, reading, writing and cultural knowledge;
3. reaching some understanding of language as an important aspect of our being created in the image of God, and as a basic means of expressing God’s love and salvation in a meaningful and personal way.

For General Education

For the general student, the department provides the core courses which incorporate cultural awareness, vocabulary development, structure and functional conversation. Interested and qualified students are encouraged to continue world language study in areas such as conversation, literature, history, and culture and linguistics.

For the Major Field

For French and Spanish majors, the department offers a variety of courses in culture, conversation, literature, structure and writing taught in the world language. Majors and minors are immersed in a world view which often differs from that of the dominant American cultural perspective and which incorporates both past and present developments in both the Francophone and Hispanic cultures. Majors in French or Spanish can lead to career opportunities in which a liberal arts education is desirable, such as linguistics, business, missions, government, theology, art history, teaching, travel, journalism, or law. All courses at the 300 level and above are conducted entirely in the world language.

Core Foreign Language Requirement

Proficiency in one year of an elementary-level foreign language is required for the core curriculum. All students who have already begun French, German, Latin, Mandarin, Russian or Spanish language studies in high school are expected to sit for a language placement examination at the beginning of their first semester of enrollment. Students demonstrating proficiency at a level of at least 102, the second semester elementary language, either through the placement examination, transferred college credit, AP or IB scores will have met this core requirement. Only international students for whom English is a second language should contact the World Languages Department chair to request exemptions other than those listed above. A few major programs (such as music or biblical studies) have more specific language requirements. Consult the department requirements. Students who have taken the high school AP level of a foreign language with a score of 4 or better are encouraged to enroll in 300-level courses of the particular language.

Transferable credit of foreign language coursework completed BEFORE enrolling at Covenant will be accepted. Once a student enrolls at Covenant, online, correspondence, or independent study language courses will not be approved to satisfy the core requirement of two semesters of the same foreign language study. Only traditionally taught classroom language courses from regionally accredited programs will be accepted to satisfy this core requirement.

Study Abroad

One semester of prior-approved study abroad is required for all world language majors. Any student electing to study abroad for a semester or summer in an approved program of study is encouraged to do so after the intermediate level in order to profit more effectively from the experience. Typically, a student takes four courses during the study abroad semester. A minimum of five (5) 300-400 level courses (not including 492) must be taken on the Covenant College campus for those students desiring a major; a minimum of two (2) 300-400 level courses must be taken on the Covenant College campus by students desiring a minor. Students are reminded that no online coursework is accepted by the world languages department.

A study abroad student typically continues enrollment at Covenant College, paying Covenant tuition and the study abroad fee and receiving financial aid or scholarship monies in a normal fashion as though studies were continued on campus. However, with approval from faculty advisor and the study abroad office, a student may choose to temporarily de-enroll from Covenant College requesting a leave of absence for the semester of study abroad at a program not listed in the consortial or contractual programs, losing their financial aid and scholarships, and paying the fees of the program on their own. Maclellan Scholars are allowed to utilize their Maclellan Program monies during a study abroad term. Once the student returns to Covenant with credit gained from the overseas program, the aid and scholarship packages will be reinstated as closely as possible, according to federal guidelines, to their previous amounts before the semester abroad. See Off-Campus Studies under Degree and Core Curriculum Information  section for more details on programs and policies.

Students planning on a major or minor in French or Spanish are reminded that the 100 and 200 level courses do not count toward the major or the minor.

Teacher Certification

Foreign Language Pre-MAT

Students who are interested in teaching in French or Spanish for grades P-12 should complete a BA degree with a major in French or Spanish, and then enroll in the one-year Master of Arts in Teaching at Covenant College. It is recommended that the Education Minor  be completed. Three of the courses in the minor, EDU 121 Introduction to Teaching , EDU 222 Educational Psychology  and EDU 361 Education of Exceptional Children , are required for admission to the MAT. For information about certification, see Teacher Certification under the Education  section of the catalog.

For more information, contact:

mat@tsunoi-toso.com or lindsey.fain@tsunoi-toso.com
706.419.1406
grad.tsunoi-toso.com

For French majors, these courses must be taken:

• FRE 310 French Conversation  
• FRE 315 French Conversation and Reading  
• LIN 210 Methods in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)  

For Spanish majors, these courses must be taken:

• LIN 210 Methods in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)  
• SPA 310 Spanish Conversation  
• SPA 315 Spanish Conversation and Reading  

Programs

• French
• Spanish

• French Minor
• Spanish Minor

Courses

• ASL 101 Beginning American Sign Language I
• ASL 102 Beginning American Sign Language II
• ASL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I
• ASL 202 Intermediate American Sign Language II

• FRE 101 Elementary French I
• FRE 102 Elementary French II
• FRE 201 Intermediate French I
• FRE 202 Intermediate French II
• FRE 220 Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion in Contemporary France
• FRE 230 Introduction to French Cinema
• FRE 310 French Conversation
• FRE 315 French Conversation and Reading
• FRE 320 French Phonetics and Diction
• FRE 331 French Civilization and Culture I
• FRE 332 French Civilization and Culture II
• FRE 341 French Structure and Stylistics I
• FRE 342 French Structure and Stylistics II
• FRE 351 French Literature I
• FRE 352 French Literature II
• FRE 353 French Literature III
• FRE 354 French Literature IV
• FRE 355 Contemporary Francophone Literature
• FRE 361 French Culture through the Media Arts
• FRE 401 Special Topics in French Language and Literature
• FRE 492 Capstone Project in French

• GRE 175 Elementary Greek I
• GRE 176 Elementary Greek II
• GRE 277 Intermediate Greek I
• GRE 278 Intermediate Greek II
• GRE 400 Reading in the Greek New Testament

• HEB 191 Elementary Hebrew I
• HEB 192 Elementary Hebrew II
• HEB 200 Intermediate Hebrew and Reading in the Hebrew Old Testament

• LIN 210 Methods in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• LIN 300 TESOL Practicum
• LIN 320 Second Language Acquisition
• LIN 401 Special Topics in Linguistics
• LIN 402 Special Topics in TESOL

• SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I
• SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II
• SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish Through Culture
• SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish Conversation and Reading
• SPA 205 Intermediate Spanish Immersion
• SPA 310 Spanish Conversation
• SPA 315 Spanish Conversation and Reading
• SPA 320 Spanish Phonetics and Diction
• SPA 331 Hispanic Civilization and Culture I
• SPA 332 Hispanic Civilization and Culture II
• SPA 341 Spanish Structure and Stylistics I
• SPA 342 Spanish Structure and Stylistics II
• SPA 351 Hispanic Literature I
• SPA 352 Hispanic Literature II
• SPA 353 Hispanic Literature III
• SPA 361 Hispanic Culture through the Media Arts
• SPA 375 Hispanic Communities in the US I
• SPA 376 Hispanic Communities in the US II
• SPA 380 Contemporary Spain
• SPA 390 Don Quixote Against the World
• SPA 401 Special Topics in Spanish Language and Literature
• SPA 450 Spanish Practicum - Community Based Learning
• SPA 492 Capstone Project in Spanish