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  • Available Courses Language-Based Continuing EducationIntroduction to Medical Interpreting (Spanish)This course is a preparatory course for those looking to become state-certified medical interpreters. This is a fully grant-funded course in 2024, thanks to Virginia Mason/Franciscan Health, and applications for registration can be requested at ce@plu.edu. Spring cohort ran March-April, and registration Summer and Fall for that course is now closed. Classes are full. Waiting lists are full. Class

  • Step 4All documents must be written in language understandable to the participant. The HPRB reviews your materials very carefully to ensure a wide audience will understand them. All documents that your participants will see should be written: at no higher than an 8th grade level (similar to a popular magazine or newspaper) and with no discipline-specific jargon; in the second person (“you are invited to participate, you will be asked to complete a survey, give a blood sample…”); and as if the

  • Language Links, both at PLU and at other sitesLanguage Study Links (For your individual language course pages, visit Sakai.) Chinese French Spanish

  • Language PlacementIf you have previous experience with French, Spanish, or Chinese, you can use this guide to determine the course level that is right for you. After looking over the guide, if you’re still uncertain about which course to take, you can fill out a Language Placement Survey in Self-Service Banner and a faculty member will enter a recommendation into your Banner profile that your advisor can access.FrenchSpanishChineseFrenchBienvenue!Welcome to the Language Placement Guide for the

  • Language Placement Evaluation Posted by: shortea / May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 If you’re planning on taking any of the following languages, then you’ll need to complete the Language Placement Survey (even if you haven’t studied the language before) at least a week before your New Student Registration appointment. Chinese French German  Greek Latin Norwegian Spanish Southern Lushootseed If you are majoring in English, Music – Vocal Performance, or Global Studies, you should take the Language

  • Language Placement Evaluation Posted by: shortea / May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 If you’re planning on taking any of the following languages, then you’ll need to complete the Language Placement Survey (even if you haven’t studied the language before) at least a week before your New Student Registration appointment. Chinese French German  Greek Latin Norwegian Spanish Southern Lushootseed If you are majoring in English, Music – Vocal Performance, or Global Studies, you should take the Language

  • Expanding Chinese Language CapacityThree months before President Hu Jintao of China made his historic visit to Washington State and met with Governor Christine Gregoire in April, 2006, a group of 60 business, education, and community leaders and policy makers met to explore the possibility of reaching a “tipping point” for interest in expanding Chinese language capacity in the U.S. and Washington State. The group set a goal of “10% of students in Washington State learning Chinese by the year of

  • Words Mean ThingsLearn more Words Can HurtLearn moreWe choose the words we use to communicate with o

  • PLU supports the efforts of faculty, students, staff, and administrators to employ and augment the inclusive language guidelines of their professions or disciplines, and to reflect upon the cultural conditions which have made such guidelines integral to contemporary language use. General ELCA guidelines suggest that inclusive language avoid stereotypes and biases and not alienate, demean, or misrepresent persons based on gender, race, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, class

  • The French Language SequenceIf you have questions about which course to enroll in based on prior experience in French, please contact Dr. Rebecca Wilkin (wilkinrm@plu.edu). You may study away in Aix-en-Provence at any point in your French language study, but we recommend taking as many courses in this sequence as possible before going in order to take full advantage of your time there. French 101 and 102: Beginning French I & II – GE Develop basic communicative proficiency in French and learn