Worforce Development & Community Education - Spring 2020

Visit us online at www.sunywcc.edu/wdce | 33 LIFELONG LEARNING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Write and Publish Kids’ Books Have a great idea for a children’s book? That is a terrific place to start, but how do you progress from concept to published product? Go from getting started to the finish line in the world of juvenile publishing by exploring the requirements of every audience–baby board books, first chapter, middle- grade, and young adult–from outlining and writing, to finding an agent and/or publisher, to self- publication. CE-WRITG 2073, 3 Fri., $90. S Weyn. Sec. A: Mar. 6-20, 12:00 noon-3:00 pm, KNC-4. #15356 Sec. B: Mar. 27-Apr. 10, 4:00-7:00 pm, KNC-3. #15357 LANGUAGES Textbook required unless otherwise noted. Textbooks available at the Campus Bookstore 914-347-3858; call for hours. Books can also be ordered online at www.sunywcc.bncollege.com Japanese for Beginners Learn to speak and convey messages that are essential in Japanese conversations including greetings, introductions, directions, shopping, and other common expressions of daily living. Learn the basics of Japanese in a short period. CE-LANG 2020, 10 Sat., Feb. 22-Apr. 25, 1:00-3:00 pm, GTW-135, $230 (+ textbook). C Blodgett. #15157 Japanese Intermediate Learn conversation patterns from our unique Japanese textbook. By memorizing model verbs, students can master the language quickly. CE-LANG 2021, 10 Sat., Feb. 22-Apr. 25, 3:30-5:30 pm, GTW-135, $230 (+ textbook). C Blodgett. #15156 Japanese Advanced Understand the complex levels of expressions in Japan’s class society. Learn to speak and convey messages that are used with friends and family, in business and in high level social interactions in Japan. The grammatical structure is systematized into a group of nineteen model verbs from which all other verbs can be conjugated and automatically reproduced with ease. The quickest way to master Japanese is through this model verb system. CE-LANG 2022 10 Fri., Feb. 21-Apr. 24, 5:30-7:30 pm, GTW-135, $230 (+ textbook). C Blodgett. #15155 NEW! Japanese Writing (Kana-Kanji) for Beginners Learn to write a total of 512 symbols in this course: 420 Kanji, 46 Hiragana, and 46 Katakana. Easy-to-acquaint colloquial patterns with a wide variety of expressions are introduced with Kana and Kanji in the textbook published by the instructor. Prerequisite: Japanese-Beginners. CE-LANG 2915, 10 Sat., Feb. 22-Apr. 25, 9:00-11:00 am, GTW-135, $230 (+ textbook). C Blodgett. #15344 Mandarin Chinese 12 sessions, Room TBD, $250. R Chen. Beginning Level 1: CE-LANG 2900, Sat., Jan. 25- Apr. 11, 9:00-11:00 am, AAB-311. #15189 Beginning Level 2: CE-LANG 2901, Mon., Jan. 27-Apr. 13, 7:00-9:00 pm, AAB-311. #15190 Intermediate 1: CE-LANG 2902, Wed., Jan. 29-Apr. 15, 7:00-9:00 pm, Room TBD, (no textbook). #15191 Intermediate 2: CE-LANG 2908, Prerequisite: Intermediate 1 or basic knowledge of Chinese language, Thurs., Jan. 30-Apr. 16, 7:00-9:00 pm, Room TBD, (no textbook). #15192 French 10 sessions, $230. M Maurin. Beginning Level 1: CE-LANG 2500 Sec. A: Wed., Jan. 29-Apr. 1, 6:00-8:00 pm, Room TBD. #15246 Sec. B: Sat., Feb. 1-Apr. 4, 9:00-11:00 am, Room TBD. #15634 Beginning Level 2: CE-LANG 2910, Sat., Feb. 1- Apr. 4, 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Room TBD. #15247 Intermediate: CE-LANG 2501, Sat., Feb. 1-Apr. 4, 1:00-3:00 pm,  Room TBD. #15635 Advanced: CE-LANG 2502, Tues., Jan. 28-Mar. 31, 6:00-8:00 pm, Room TBD. #15248 German 12 Sat., Jan. 25-Apr. 18 (skip 4/11), AAB-306, $230. A Leissl. Beginning Level 1: CE-LANG 2700, 1:45-3:15 pm. #15171 Beginning Level 2: CE-LANG 2701, 12:15-1:45 pm. #15172 Intermediate: CE-LANG 2702, 10:30 am-12:00 noon. #15173 Advanced: CE-LANG 2703, 9:00-10:30 am (no textbook). #15174