About the Program
Our program offers students the opportunity to acquire skills in cross-cultural communication and quick decision making during instant translation. The curriculum includes ASL language, immersive interaction, and real-life orientation.
Courses cover basic ASL linguistics, an introduction to Deaf Culture, instruction of receptive/expressive skills, fingerspelling, numbers, and classifiers. Also, grammatical structure and syntax.
The World Languages Department at SFCC offers courses in a variety of languages, including:
Adjuncts:
Arabic: May Alkazaz
French: Toni Fuge
Japanese: Nobuko Salazar
Portuguese: Carole Chavez Hunt & Alex Gomes
Spanish:
Career Opportunities
- Business
- Interpreter
- Importer/exporter
- Missionary
- Tour guide
Post-bachelor’s degree opportunities:
- Teacher
- Foreign diplomat
- Correspondent
- Social worker
- Intelligence specialist
- Negotiator
- Linguist
