Language Programs

Academic Year Programs

Summer Language Programs

Latin American Studies supports second language acqusition through a number of related efforts:

• Collaboration with SDSU's nationally recognized Language Acqusition Resource Center (LARC) to develop a number of innovative materials for learning Spanish:
  • Human Rights in Latin America
  • Mixtec language
  • Baja California literature
• Coordination of two intensive summer language programs:
  • Oaxaca, Mexico (Mixteco)
  • Oaxaca, Mexico (Zapoteco)
• Course offerings in indigenous languages of Latin America;
• Degree emphases in Spanish and Portuguese.

Outside of SDSU there are a number of programs available to study less commonly taught and indigenous languages. The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs maintains an extensive list.