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In Chinese 1, students will learn the basics of the Chinese language. Content is centered on communicative competence. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in the basics of the Chinese language, and be ready to expand your study into more complicated Chinese content.
This course is structured for the student to continue the study and mastery of the basic skills of speaking, listening, writing, and reading beginning Chinese. As in Chinese 1, the course focuses on modern Mandarin Chinese, but some commonly used formal expressions used only in written Chinese are also included. Students will become acquainted with contemporary Chinese life and the contributions of Chinese culture.
This course is structured for the student to continue the study and mastery of the basic skills of Chinese Language and Culture. Students will become more acquainted with contemporary Chinese life and the contributions of Chinese culture. The student will participate in such speaking activities as dramatizations, discussions, and narrations, will read contemporary short stories and newspaper articles, and will apply structural concepts and new vocabulary to the writing of descriptive passages. This course is aligned with the first year of college-level Chinese.
Students in this course will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills at the advanced level. Students will read short stories and articles from magazines and newspapers and will write summaries, reviews, and letters. Students will develop advanced conversational skills in small-group settings, and comprehension of Chinese through films, TV, and radio programs.
A textbook Deposit of $75 will be collected at the start of the class and refunded when all books are returned.
Students in this course will develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills at the advanced level. Students will read short stories and articles from magazines and newspapers and will write summaries, reviews, and letters. Students will develop advanced conversational skills in small-group settings, and comprehension of Chinese through films, TV, and radio programs.
A textbook Deposit of $75 will be collected at the start of the class and refunded when all books are returned.
This course teaches basic vocabulary and grammar typically taught in a secondary level French 1 class, and encourages students to build basic conversational and literacy skills in French through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. The content and instruction in this French 1 course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By completing the lessons, students learn to expand their vocabulary and to express themselves in French. Grammar is introduced and practiced within practical contexts. In addition, cultural information is woven throughout this course in order to expose students to the people, geographical locations, food, music and other cultural aspects of the French-speaking world.
In French 1, students will learn how to greet people, say their names, talk about school supplies, their families, and tell time; they will be able to talk about activities they do, describe their homes and where they live, and be able to use basic food vocabulary when out to eat. Grammar/verb usage is focused on saying things in the present tense.
This course teaches basic French vocabulary and grammar that are typically taught in a French 2 course at the secondary level. Students are encouraged to build basic conversational and literacy skills in French through speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities. The content and instruction of this French 2 course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By completing the lessons, students will learn to expand their vocabulary and to express themselves in French. Grammar is introduced and practiced within practical contexts. In addition, cultural information is woven throughout this course in order to expose you to the people, geographical locations, food, music, and other cultural aspects of the French-speaking world. All materials are accessed online within the course and all assignments are submitted there.
Students will learn to form questions, describe their family members and themselves, clothing vocabulary and shopping in France. Grammar is expanded to include more verbs in the present tense as well as the beginning of past tense (passé composé) usage. Students will also learn some cultural information about countries in Africa with ties to France, as well as a unit on cultural sites in Paris.
This course will continue to add to the vocabulary you know, including units on travel, occupations and your home. Grammar topics include three new tenses: the imperfect, the future and the conditional. Cultural studies will include parts of France as well as Canada, the French educational system, and the European Union. The activities continue to be varied, but will get more challenging as you progress through the course.
This course is an introduction to the German language and will give students some basic vocabulary and structures to work with as they begin their learning of another language and culture.
This course is an introduction to the German language and will give students some basic vocabulary and structures to work with as they begin their learning of another language and culture.
In Japanese 1, students will learn the basics of the Japanese language. Content is centered on learning how to learn to read and write Japanese. Specifically, Students will learn how to read and write the first Japanese alphabet (hiragana). Students will learn the fundamentals of Japanese grammar and sentence construction. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation in the basics of the Japanese language, and be ready to expand your study into more complicated Japanese content.
This course teaches basic vocabulary and grammar that are typically taught in a secondary level Spanish 1 class, and encourages students to build basic conversational and literacy skills in Spanish through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.
The content and instruction in this Spanish 1 course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By completing the lessons, students learn to expand their vocabulary and to express themselves in Spanish. Grammar is introduced and practiced within practical contexts. In addition, cultural information is woven throughout this course in order to expose students to the people, geographical locations, food, music and other cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
The Spanish 1 course has a total of 24 lessons. It can be taken as a year long course or partitioned as needed into quarters (.25 credit), trimesters (.33 credit) or semesters (.5 credit).
This course teaches basic Spanish vocabulary and grammar that are typically taught in a Spanish 2 course at the secondary level. Students are encouraged to build basic conversational and literacy skills in Spanish through speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities.
The content and instruction of this Spanish 2 course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By completing the lessons, you will learn to expand your vocabulary and to express yourself in Spanish. Grammar is introduced and practiced within practical contexts. In addition, cultural information is woven throughout this course in order to expose you to the people, geographical locations, food, music, and other cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
Spanish 3 is designed to reinforce the student’s ability to understand native spoken and written Spanish in order to increase communication skills and proficiency. Students will continue to develop their ability to understand spoken and written Spanish and to increase their skill at expressing themselves in Spanish through speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities.
The content and instruction of this course adheres to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). By completing the lessons, students will learn to expand their vocabulary and to express themselves in Spanish. Grammar is introduced and practiced within practical contexts. In addition, cultural information is woven throughout this course in order to expose students to the people, geographical locations, food, music, and other cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
This fourth year of Spanish is a continuation of the first three years. The student will continue to sharpen listening, reading and writing skills through activities that are based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign language instruction. Throughout the five units of material, students learn to express themselves using an ever increasing vocabulary, present-tense verbs, past-tense verbs, articles, and adjectives. Grammar is introduced and practiced in innovative and interesting ways with a variety of learning styles in mind.
Culture is sprinkled throughout the course in an attempt to help the learner focus on the Spanish speaking world and their culture, people, geographical locations and histories.
The course is aligned to the national Foreign Language standards.
This course is a continuation of American Sign Language (ASL) 1 and 2 and will build on students' knowledge of ASL as a World Language. In this course students will develop receptive and expressive abilities that allow them to recognize and demonstrate more sophisticated cultural and grammatical features of ASL. Students will increase fluency and accuracy in fingerspelling and numbers and continue to explore the Deaf World and American Deaf culture and history. Additionally, students will cover topics such as, but not limited to: Sign Languages around the world; Immigration and family history; Recipes; Describing shapes and environments; Locating things around the house; Weekend activities; Illnesses; ASL Poetry; and handshape stories, storytelling, slang, idioms, and jokes.
In Korean 1, you will learn how to read and write Hangeul, the Korean Alphabet, basic greetings, vocabulary and sentence structures. Also you will develop basic conversational skills in Korean through speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities. In order to help you to understand the language better, Korean historical and cultural information is included throughout this course. By completing the course, you will have the fundamentals of the Korean language and be ready to expand into more complicated content.
This course is a continuation of American Sign Language 1 (ASL 1). It is designed for students who wish to enhance proficiency in ASL usage and stresses continued development of basic conversational skills through thematic units with emphasis on vocabulary and expressive skills. You will develop receptive and expressive abilities that allow for you to recognize and demonstrate more sophisticated grammatical features of ASL. You will also increase your fluency and accuracy in fingerspelling and numbers. You will develop communication skills as you dive into the Deaf World and American Deaf culture and history.