World Language Classes

WORLD LANGUAGES

 

The primary purpose of world language study is to provide students with opportunities to acquire communication skills beyond the limits of their native language and culture as well as to provide reinforcement of native languages, literature and cultures. These courses fulfill the graduation requirement of 10 credits in foreign language or fine arts.

 

French

French 1/2                                                                                                FA, EL, (CSU/UC “e”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This course is designed to develop basic communication skills for the beginning student. The stress is on developing, listening and speaking skills with meaningful input. Students are allowed to progress naturally through the developmental stages: comprehension, early production, and speech emergence. Reading, writing, and cultural awareness are introduced as well.

 

French 3/4                                                                                               FA, EL, (CSU/UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: French 1/2 or credit by examination

This course is designed to strengthen skills acquired in first year. Additional vocabulary is acquired and basic structures are reinforced. Stress continues to be on communication in spoken and written form. Reading selections and audiovisual material expose students to French culture and civilization.

 

French 5/6                                                                                               FA, EL, (CSU/UC“e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: French 3/4 or credit by examination

This course is designed to develop effective use of the language in oral and written expression. Cultural, historical and literary reading selections provide greater understanding of the French-speaking people. The class is conducted in French. This course is a prerequisite for French 7/8.

 

French 7/8                                                                                             FA, EL, (CSU/UC“e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: French 5/6 or credit by examination

This course is designed to make effective use of the language in oral and written expression. Students explore art, architecture, music, science and literature of the language and their influence on other cultures.

 

French Language and Culture AP                                                       FA, EL, (CSU/UC“e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: French 5/6

This course covers the equivalent of a third year college course in advanced French composition and conversation. It stresses oral skills, composition and grammar. The course seeks to develop language skills that are useful in themselves and that can be applied to various activities and disciplines rather than to the mastery of any specific subject matter. Extensive training in the organization and writing of composition is an integral part of the course. This course receives special GPA “weighting.”

 

Chinese

 

Mandarin 1/2                                                                                            FA, EL, (CSU/UC “e”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This course is designed to develop basic communication skills for the beginning student. The stress is on developing listening and speaking skills through the use of meaningful input. Students are allowed to progress naturally through the developmental stages: comprehension, early production, and speech emergence. Reading, writing, and cultural awareness are introduced as well.

 

Mandarin 3/4                                                                                         FA, EL, (CSU/UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Mandarin 1/2 or credit by examination

This course is designed to strengthen skills acquired in first year Mandarin. Additional vocabulary is acquired and basic structures are reinforced. Stress continues to be on communication in spoken and written form. Reading selections and audiovisual material expose students to the culture and civilization. The class is conducted in Mandarin Chinese as much as possible.

 

Mandarin 5/6                                                                                        FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Mandarin 3/4 or credit by examination

This course is designed to develop the more complex grammatical patterns of oral and written expression. Cultural, historical and literary reading selections provide greater understanding of the Mandarin Chinese speaking people. The class is conducted in Mandarin Chinese as much as possible.

 

Mandarin 7/8                                                                                        FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Mandarin Chinese 5/6 or credit by examination

This course is designed to make effective use of the language in oral and written expression. Students explore art, architecture, music, science and literature of the language and their influence on other cultures. The class is conducted in Mandarin Chinese as much as possible.

 

Chinese Language and Culture AP                                                    FA, EL, CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Mandarin 5/6

This course is designed to deepen students’ immersion into the language and culture of the Chinese- speaking world.   The AP course prepares students to demonstrate their level of Chinese proficiency across the three communicative modes (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational) and the five goal areas (communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities). Its aim is to provide students with ongoing and varied opportunities to further develop their proficiencies across the full range of language skills within a cultural frame of reference reflective of the richness of Chinese language and culture. AP Chinese teachers plan and implement a course that focuses on language proficiency while interweaving level and age-appropriate cultural context throughout the course. This course receives special GPA “weighting.”

 

Japanese

Japanese 1/2                                                                                      FA, EL, (CSU/UC-“e”)

Grade Level Option: 9, 10, 11, 12

This course is designed to develop basic communication skills for beginning students. The emphasis is on developing listening and speaking skills with meaningful input. Students are allowed to progress naturally through the developmental stages: comprehension, early production, and speech emergence. Reading, writing, and cultural awareness are introduced as well.                                                                               

 

Japanese 3/4                                                                                      FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Japanese 1/2 or credit by examination

This course is designed to strengthen skills acquired in first year. Additional vocabulary is acquired and basic structures are reinforced. Stress continues to be on communication in spoken and written form. Reading selections and audiovisual material expose students to the culture and civilization.

 

Japanese 5/6                                                                                      FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Japanese 3/4 or credit by examination

This course is designed to develop the more complex grammatical patterns of oral and written expression. Cultural, historical and literary reading selections provide greater understanding of Japanese-speaking people.

                                                                                                                  

Japanese 7/8                                                                                      FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Japanese 5/6 or credit by examination

This course is designed to enable students to make effective use of the language in oral and written expression. Students explore art, architecture, music, science and literature of the language and their influence on other cultures.

 

Japanese 1/2 AP                                                                               FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Japanese 5/6 or credit by examination

This course is designed to prepare the student to pass the Advanced Placement Test in Japanese. The course covers the equivalent of a third-year college course in advanced grammar, composition, and literature. The course seeks to develop the language skills of composition, reading and literary analysis.

 

Spanish

 

Spanish 1/2                                                                                               FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This course is designed to develop basic communication skills for the beginning student. The stress is on developing listening and speaking skills through the use of meaningful input. Students are allowed to progress naturally through the developmental stages: comprehension, early production, and speech emergence. Reading, writing, and cultural awareness are introduced as well.

 

Spanish 3/4                                                                                             FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Spanish 1/2 or credit by examination

This course is designed to strengthen skills acquired in first year Spanish. Additional vocabulary is acquired and basic structures are reinforced. Stress continues to be on communication in spoken and written form. Reading selections and audio-visual materials expose students to the culture and civilization.

 

Spanish 5/6                                                                                          FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Spanish 3/4 or credit by examination

This third year course is designed to develop the more complex grammatical patterns of oral and written expression. Cultural, historical and literary reading selections provide greater understanding of the Spanish-speaking people. The class is conducted in English and Spanish with Spanish used as much as possible.

 

Spanish 7/8                                                                                             FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Spanish 5/6 or credit by examination

This fourth year course is designed to make effective use of the language in oral and written expression. Students explore art, architecture, music, and literature of the language and their influence on other cultures. The class is conducted in Spanish as much as possible.

 

Spanish 1/2 Honors or Heritage                                                           FA, EL, (CSU, UC“e”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: Previous Spanish speaking, reading, or writing experience

This course is designed for the Hispanic heritage student who needs to develop the basic language skills in reading, writing, and grammar in the Spanish language. Elements of culture found in the many Spanish-speaking countries are introduced. This course is not available to students who have been classified FEP (fluent English Proficient.)

 

Spanish 3/4 Honors                                                                          FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: Credit by examination or Spanish 1/2 NS, Heritage

This course is designed for English Language Learners whose primary language is Spanish or heritage students who have met the prerequisite. Its purpose is to improve upon the skills of reading, writing and grammar in the Spanish language. It emphasizes elements of culture found in the many Spanish-speaking countries of the world, thereby expanding the student's consciousness of other peoples and customs. This course is not available to students who have been classified FEP (fluent English speakers.)

 

Spanish 5/6 Honors                                                                          FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 9-12

Prerequisite: Credit by examination, Spanish 3/4 NS and teacher recommendation

This course is designed to meet the needs of the native or near-native speaker of Spanish. It develops the more complex grammatical patterns of oral and written expression and provides an introduction to the art, history, music and literature of Spain and Latin America. It also acts as an introductory course for the AP Spanish Language program. This class is conducted in Spanish.

 

Spanish Language 1/2 AP                                                                   FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Spanish 5/6

This course is designed to prepare the student to pass the AP Test in Spanish Language. This course covers advanced Spanish composition and conversation. It stresses oral skills, composition, and grammar. The course seeks to develop language skills that are useful in themselves and that can be applied to various activities and disciplines rather than to the mastery of any specific subject matter. Extensive training in the organization and writing of composition is an integral part of the course. This course receives special GPA

“weighting.”

 

Spanish Literature & Culture 1/2 AP                                               FA, EL, (CSU, UC “e/g”)

Grade Level Option: 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: Spanish Language 1/2 AP

This course is designed to prepare the student to pass the AP Test in Spanish Literature & Culture. The course covers the equivalent of a third-year college course in advanced grammar, composition, conversation and literature. The course seeks to develop the language skills of composition, conversation, reading and literary analysis. This course receives special GPA “weighting.