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Language Authority Online Courses

NOW AVAILABLE Online Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or Mandarin Chinese!

Online Spanish courses customized for your chosen profession!

Learn job-specific Spanish phrases you can begin using at work!

These innovative, interactive courses have been designed to help professionals learn job-related phrases specific to their line of work. Professionals who meet the needs of the Spanish-speaking community can build lasting business relationships in the years to come. For job seekers, learning functional Spanish skills can help you land a new position and some employers will pay added salary incentives for work-related language skills. Even more important, for those working in public safety, healthcare and education, comprehension of certain job-specific Spanish phrases is crucial to the safety and wellbeing of all involved.


Advantages of Language Authority:
  • An easy-to-use, interactive audio-visual program you can access online 24/7.
  • No prior knowledge is required or necessary to start learning today.
  • No pressure - learn at your own pace at home, at the office, anywhere with an internet connection.
  • Receive instant feedback to help you reinforce and retain what you've learned.
  • Our program automatically records your progress allowing you to immediately pick up where you left off.
  • You can print out vocabulary sheets to take with you for reference on the job.
  • Take and repeat lessons as often as you like to help improve retention.
  • Have a question about a particular phrase you need to learn? You can email your teacher and receive a quick, personal response.
  • Includes a range of fun games to help test and reinforce your new skills.

Each job-specific course features easy-to-learn 10-minute lessons!

  • Spanish for Teachers
  • Spanish for Customer Service
  • Spanish for Healthcare
  • Spanish for Banking
  • Spanish for Real Estate
  • Spanish for Law Enforcement
  • Spanish for Corrections
  • Spanish for 911/Dispatch
  • Spanish for EMS and Fire
  • Spanish for Park Rangers
Getting Started:
Go to http://www.languageauthority.com/linnbenton
  1. Click on Demo to preview the course(s) you are interested in
  2. Click on Enroll when you have decided which course to take
  3. Fill out registration page
  4. Review and submit registration page
  5. Make payment
  6. Once payment is received, you will receive an email and you may begin!
  7. If you are paying with a check, make it out to LBCC and mail/deliver it to:
    Linn-Benton Community College 
    Att'n: Business, Healthcare & Workforce Division
    6500 Pacific Blvd. SW
    Albany, OR 97321

    You can also pay using a credit/debit card over the phone by calling (541) 917-4923.

    Note: If you are paying in person, payment can only be made in our office located in Willamette Hall, Room 120, across from the Bookstore. Payment must be received prior to starting the course.

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