Brooke Bui | Dean, Languages and Learning Resources
Erika Arendts | Senior Administrative Assistant, Languages and Learning Resources
Professor Ishii established the Nadeshiko Scholarship in 2012, awarding over 25 students to date. The scholarship was created to award students learning Japanese and to promote the Japanese program. Individual donations fund this scholarship.
From the day Claudia Lopez first laid eyes on wrestling and rodeo events as a child in Mexico, she knew she would someday make show business her business. But it wasn’t until she found Irvine Valley College that her dreams took center stage.
Learning a language takes time and commitment but it is a very rewarding and enjoyable process. Whether you take French at IVC and you want to immerse yourself in French outside the class or you just want to learn French on your own, here are a few ideas followed by some useful websites.
Southern California is home to a large number of French speakers. In recent years, the number of French speakers from France and Francophone countries who have made California their home has increased. Los Angeles, for example, is the American city with the second largest number of French speakers in the USA; they have come in search of work and study opportunities in different fields from the movie industry to information technology. This has made it possible for learners of French to access French and Francophone culture and practice the language locally.
Currently, all French courses at IVC are Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) as the IVC French Department uses open educational resources (OER) in all classes. Students earning their General Education at IVC can earn an AA in French without ever paying for French textbooks. Complete professional OER material is posted on the Canvas site of each class and students have access to this material free of charge throughout the course. For further details, contact your instructor. Class material is subject to change without notice