Course Description: Fourth-year Spanish expands on the foundation of Spanish grammar and vocabulary that students acquired in the first three courses. As with all the earlier offerings, this culminating-level Spanish language course conforms to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Students continue to sharpen their speaking, listening, reading […]
Course Description: This course builds on the grammatical concepts and vocabulary that students mastered while completing the Spanish I and II courses. Spanish III fully aligns with national ACTFL standards. Students learn increasingly complex grammatical constructions, such as present, imperfect, perfect, and future tenses; reflexive and modal verbs; prepositions; conjunctions; relative pronouns; and adjective endings.
Course Description: Students receive additional grounding in grammar and vocabulary in this two-semester course. Instructional material encourages students to build conversational and reading skills to cover many common situations in daily life. Like Spanish I, this follow-up course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Learning activities
Course Description: Spanish I gives students an introduction to the basics of the Spanish language and the Spanish-speaking world. This two-semester course aligns with the national standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), which dictate a pedagogical method that focuses on successful communication through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Course
Course Description: This two-semester course is a continuation of the introductory-level Mandarin (Chinese) I course. It presents students with new, more complicated areas of Chinese language learning. Units cover a variety of material that is useful to students learning everyday conversational arts. Themes include daily routine, animals, hobbies, the body, descriptions, home life, shopping, entertainment,
Course Description: Mandarin (Chinese) I introduces students to the study of the Chinese language. Students learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through activities that are based on pedagogically proven methods of world language instruction. Instructional material introduces simple grammatical concepts in innovative ways and provides practice activities with a variety of learning styles in
Course Description: This fourth year course builds upon the first three levels of German. Students will continue to develop their skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking, building vocabulary and grammar skills that move beyond practical scenarios to focus on cultural competency. Exercises based on authentic texts, as well as audio and visual materials from
Course Description: This third year of German is a continuation of the first two years. The student will continue to sharpen listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through activities that are based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign language instruction. Throughout the five units of material (Media, My Childhood, My Future, Foods, and The Environment),
Course Description: This is a beginning level course that will introduce the student to a variety of areas of language learning. In this course, the student will learn listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through activities that are based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign language instruction. Throughout the five units of material (Greetings, the
Course Description: German 1 provides an introduction to the basics of the German language and the German-speaking world. This two-semester course has been constructed to meet the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). These standards dictate a pedagogical method that focuses on successful communication through speaking, listening, reading, and
