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GENERAL INFORMATION
1. All students are required to obtain 2.0 credits in the same world language in order to graduate.
2. A three year language program is recommended for students planning to attend a four year college.
3. Due to the sequential nature of the world language program, a student must pass with a satisfactory grade any given year of a World Language.
4. In order to enroll in a third year or fourth year of a language course, a student must obtain the approval of his language teacher.
5. Criteria for phasing students in a first year language course are the following:
* Previous academic record
* Scores on the placement examination
FRENCH
400 French 1 – Phase 3
Initial exposure to basic grammatical patters learned in the context of fundamental dialogues and conversations. Aim is to have the student be able to converse on a beginner’s level through repeated oral practice. Heavy emphasis on listening and speaking. Course content consists in learning basic essentials presented in the text. The use of the student magazines in French provides a source of enrichment and reinforcement of essential subject matter. Films and slides will provide the student an occasional cultural experience.
401 French 2 – Phase 3
Continued exposure to basic grammatical patters learned in the context of more involved dialogues as well as short reading selections. Aim is to have the student develop his ability to converse through repeated oral practice. Heavy emphasis on listening and speaking with moderate stress on reading and writing. Course content consists in learning more involved essentials of the language as presented in the text. The use of student magazines in the target language continues to provide a source of enrichment and reinforcement of essential subject matter. Films and slides provide the student an occasional cultural experience.
402 Honors French 3 – Phase 4
This course provides the student the opportunity to deepen his growing knowledge of the language through the following means: exposure to the most advanced grammar and syntax; extensive conversation and writing of themes which are to aid the student to begin thinking in the language; more opportunity for the student to use the language in skits; dramatizations and class discussions A heavier emphasis upon reading in the language will place at the student’s disposal not only the student magazine on a more advanced level but also an elementary reader whose purpose it is to introduce the student to some appropriate works of the literature. Films, slides, and tapes will continue to provide him with an ever-lasting awareness of French culture.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
403 Honors French 4 – Phase 4
This course will provide the advanced student the opportunity to master language skills with which he has an acquaintance and to acquire a more thorough knowledge and appreciation of some of the great works of French literature. The selected works represent a broad sampling of French author’s, particularly those whose works have helped shape our modern world. Discussion of these works should take place in the target language so as to perfect oral expression and, at the same time, strengthen grammatical usage. Any stress on teaching formalized grammar should be minimal so as emphasize an extensive reading of the literature. A judicious use of cultural materials will supplement discussion about a particular author.
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of A- in French 3
SPANISH
410 Spanish 1 – Phase 3
This is an initial exposure to basic grammatical patterns learned in the context of fundamental dialogues and conversations. The course aim is to have the student be able to converse on a beginner’s level through repeated oral practice. Listening and speaking are heavily stressed. Course content consists in learning basic essentials presented in the text. The use of student magazines in Spanish provides a source of enrichment and reinforcement of essential subject matter. Films and slides will provide the student an occasional cultural experience.
411 Spanish 2 – Phase 3
The basic structures and sounds of the language are present through a method concerned with preparing a student to speak, read, and write on a very basic level. The student is introduced to the cultural aspects involved in learning a langue with emphasis on differences in customs and particular contributions to our way of life.
412 Spanish 3 – Phase 3
This accelerated reading course, with intensive oral and written work based on the reading content of the textbook is designed to further the fundamental skills in language use, to place emphasis on the reading comprehension skills and to provide opportunity for self-expression in speaking and writing. The reading materials are the writing or representative authors of Spain and Spanish America and are representative of the thinking and culture of the Hispanic people. The short story predominates, but poetry, drama, the essay, current journalistic writings, and the traditional Spanish proverbs are also given attention. Certain new grammatical principles not mastered in the second year will have to be learned during this course.
413 Honors Spanish 4 – phase 4 – Dual Enrollment
This course is a continuation of Level 3 Spanish and is designed to further language skills acquired by students in previous levels. Readings of authors of Spain and Spanish America are highlight along with intensive oral and written work based on these readings. A review of grammatical principles learned in Levels 1, 2, and 3 will be emphasized with an introduction of new principles and their usage.
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of “A-“in Spanish 3 and teacher recommendation.
425 AP Spanish Language – Phase 5
An advanced composition and conversation course for outstanding students in Spanish S3 and Spanish 4 who wish to develop their proficiency in Spanish without emphasis on knowledge of the literature. The course will prepare the students for the AP Exam in Spanish language.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
SPANISH “S”
The Spanish S program is designed to meet Spanish speaking students’ needs to understand and to maintain pride in their own culture, in their origin and their family traditions. It has enabled Spanish-speaking students either to remain or to become literate, educated bilinguals. Structured very similarly to the English language arts program, Spanish S has also accelerated the process of acquiring English language and reading skills since these skills transfer from one language to another in mutual reinforcement. These courses are designed for Spanish speaking students only.
420 Spanish S1 – Phase 3
This course is appropriate for students who have minimal proficiency in the language as a result of little or no formal academic training or who have performed poorly in previous study of the language. The course includes: development of active and passive vocabulary; meaningful oral participation; all simple tense of the indicative and other elementary notions of grammar; development of reading strategies; readings of human interest that provide for discussion of cultural and social topics; emphasis is on improving speaking and reading comprehension skills.
421 Spanish S2 – Phase 3
This course is appropriate for students who have studied the language for at least 2 or 3 years and demonstrate good proficiency in the language. The course includes: development of active and passive vocabulary; meaningful oral participation; short stories of human interest that reflect contrasting cultural points; study of all verb tenses in the indicative and other essential grammar, progressing from less familiar to more complex structures; acquisition of functional and active competence reinforcing the spoken word.
422 Spanish S3 – Phase 3
This course is appropriate for students who demonstrate one or more of the following: completed Spanish S2, have studied the language for at least 4 or 5 years prior, have completed several years of study in a Spanish speaking country. The course is a basic introduction to Spanish and Spanish American literature, history and the arts. Greater attention and stress are placed on oral and written expression, and the course includes reading selections representing different literary genres and authors. These readings offer the student an opportunity to increase his ability to read with understanding, gain greater insight into the structure and culture of the Spanish language, appreciate contemporary Spanish writers and lay the foundation for discussion of style and literary analysis. Grammatical principles and structures not mastered or learned in Spanish S2 will have to b e learned during this course.
423 Honors Spanish S4 – Phase 4 – Dual Enrollment
This course acquaints the student with the main literary movements from their earliest manifestations to their full flowering in the Golden Age of Spain. It develops reading skills and higher critical thinking and expression using first-rate short stories from the Hispanic world. The AP Exam in language is administered to students who maintain at least a B- average in this course and course 413. The course also provides an ongoing review of fundamental principles of grammar and the study of vocabulary and synonyms which will prepare the student to write with a higher degree of proficiency. The AP Exam in language is administered to students who maintain at last a B- average in this course and course 422.
424 AP Spanish (Spanish S5) – Phase 5 – Dual Enrollment
To be eligible for this course in preparation for the AP Exam in Spanish literature, the student should have a very good knowledge of the language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. He should have attained a high degree of proficiency in listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. This course provides the student with a more in-depth study and analysis of the literary and artistic expressions of the Spanish-speaking world through the study of five representative authors from Spain and Spanish America. There will be two AP examinations offered: one in language and one in literature. Students may choose to take one or both of the examinations.
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