Where To Learn A Language

Area community colleges, the University of Washington and private language schools offer non-credit language courses geared towards travelers. Here's a sampling:

-- South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave. SW: Adult evening classes in Spanish, Russian and Japanese. Information, 764-5371.

-- North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N: Evening classes in Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Japanese. Information, 527-3663.

-- Seattle Central Community College, 1500 Harvard: Evening classes in Japanese, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese and Italian. Information, 587-5448.

-- Bellevue Community College, 3000 Landerholm Cir. S.E.: Evening classes in French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Greek, Italian and Japanese. The college also offers a foreign language orientation course with tips on how to choose a language and how to study. Information, 641-2263

-- The University of Washington Experimental College: Evening non-credit classes in French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Russian, Tagalog, Japanese and Latin. Information, 543-4375.

-- The University of Washington Extension: Evening non-credit classes in French, Spanish, Japanese and Italian. Information, 543-2320.

-- The Language School, 909 4th Ave., Seattle. Classes in Bellevue at the First Congregational Church, 752 108th Ave. NE. Classes in Seattle in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Arabic, Thai, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Swahili. Information, 682-6985.

-- Washington Academy of Languages, 98 Yesler Way, Seattle. Classes in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. Information, 682-4463.

-- Eastside German Language School, conversational classes in German for travelers. P.O. Box 5783, Bellevue, WA 98006. Information, 869-2397.

Listening to language tapes is another way to learn.

They are available from local bookstores and public libraries.