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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This course is meant to introduce students to introductory vocabulary to ASL and to Deaf culture.

You will work on fingerspelling and then building vocabulary for common interactions.

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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.

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French listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills will be expanded using various Internet tools. Students will be expected to do daily work, and do weekly projects or assignments to demonstrate their learning. The text uses online exercises and videos, flashcards and quizzes. The units studied are food, daily routines, sports, and music. The grammar that will be mastered are past and future tense, and also the imperfect and descriptive past. Students will be involved in reading and telling, and in monthly speaking check with the web-cam or telephone. Students should have at least a C in French I to enroll and should be able to manage their time well. Cultural units to be studied are on the French speaking world and the geography of France. The online text Allez, Viens has activities and online assessments.

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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.

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