Foreign Languages

Chinese / French / German / Spanish

CHINESE I - RSHS Only
5314 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
5313 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
Students begin to speak, listen, write, and read in Chinese. They carry on short/basic conversations and do presentations about personal interests. They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics and gain an understanding of selected elements of Chinese speaking cultures.

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CHINESE II - RSHS Only
5324 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
5323 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
Students develop language skills introduced in Chinese I and progress to a higher level of communication. They give simple descriptions and utter simple sentences on limited topics. They begin to show some effort in connecting sentences to achieve a degree of coherence and cohesion. They demonstrate an interest in the Chinese speaking culture and compare it to their own. PRE: Chinese I

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FRENCH I
5013 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5014 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students begin to speak, write, and read in French. They carry on short conversations and do presentations about personal interests. They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics and gain an understanding of selected elements of French speaking cultures.

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FRENCH II
5023 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5024 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students develop language skills introduced in French I and progress to a higher level of communication. They sustain conversations and make presentations on topics about themselves and their communities in the present, past and future. They interact with spoken and written language and compare French speaking cultures to their own. PRE: French I

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FRENCH III
5033 1 Credit Full Year Grades 10-12
5034 1 Credit Semester Grades 10-12
Students further develop speaking, listening, and reading skills, with an increased emphasis on writing. They discuss and defend opinions, and interact with language on topics from a personal to an abstract level. Students explain the relationships between the perspectives of French speaking cultures and their practices and products. PRE: French II

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FRENCH IV
5043 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5044 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading. They discuss and debate a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level, and gain the ability to understand the main idea and basic information in a variety of spoken and written texts. Students research cultural perspectives, practices, and products of French speaking countries. PRE: French III

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HONORS FRENCH IV
5063 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5064 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading and interacting with authentic texts. They discuss, debate and understand arguments on a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level. They research and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of French speaking countries. PRE: French III

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FRENCH V
5054 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at a more advanced level. They discuss or debate a variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and write on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss cultural perspectives, practices, and products of French speaking countries. PRE: French IV

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HONORS FRENCH V
5074 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at an advanced level. They discuss or debate a wide variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and do extended writing on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of French speaking countries. PRE: French IV

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GERMAN I
5113 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5114 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students begin to speak, write, and read in German. They carry on short conversations and do presentations about personal interests.They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics, and gain an understanding of selected elements of German speaking cultures.

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GERMAN II
5123 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5124 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students develop language skills that were introduced in German I and progress to a higher level of communication. They sustain conversations and make presentations on topics about themselves and their communities in the present, past and future. They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics, and compare German speaking cultures to their own. PRE: German I

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GERMAN III
5133 1 Credit Full Year Grades 10-12
5134 1 Credit Semester Grades 10-12
Students further develop speaking, listening, and reading skills, with an increased emphasis on writing. They discuss and defend opinions, and interact with language on topics from a personal to an abstract level. Students explain the relationships between the perspectives of German speaking cultures and their practices and products. PRE: German II

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GERMAN IV
5143 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5144 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading. They discuss and debate a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level, and gain the ability to understand the main idea and basic information in a variety of spoken and written texts. Students research cultural perspectives, practices, and products of German speaking countries. PRE: German III

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HONORS GERMAN IV
5163 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5164 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading and interacting with authentic texts. They discuss, debate and understand arguments on a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level. They research and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of German speaking countries. PRE: German III

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GERMAN V
5154 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at a more advanced level. They discuss or debate a variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and write on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss cultural perspectives, practices, and products of German speaking countries. PRE: German IV

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HONORS GERMAN V
5170 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at an advanced level. They discuss or debate a wide variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and do extended writing on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of German speaking countries. PRE: German IV

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SPANISH I
5213 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5214 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students begin to speak, write, and read in Spanish. They carry on short conversations and do presentations about personal interests.They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics, and gain an understanding of Spanish speaking cultures.

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SPANISH II
5223 1 Credit Full Year Grades 9-12
5224 1 Credit Semester Grades 9-12
Students develop language skills introduced in Spanish I and progress to a higher level of communication. They sustain conversations and make presentations on topics about themselves and their communities in the present, past and future. They interact with spoken and written language on familiar topics. They compare Spanish speaking cultures to their own. PRE: Spanish I

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SPANISH III
5233 1 Credit Full Year Grades 10-12
5234 1 Credit Semester Grades 10-12
Students further develop speaking, listening, and reading skills, with an increased emphasis on writing. They discuss and defend an opinion, and gain the ability to understand language on topics from a personal to an abstract level. Students explain the relationships between the perspectives of Spanish speaking cultures and their practices and products. PRE: Spanish II

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SPANISH IV
5243 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5244 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading. They discuss and debate a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level, and understand the main idea and basic information in a variety of spoken and written texts. Students research cultural perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish speaking countries. PRE: Spanish III

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HONORS SPANISH IV
5263 1 Credit Full Year Grades 11, 12
5264 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students continue to develop speaking, listening, and writing skills, with an increased emphasis on reading and interacting with authentic texts. They discuss, debate, and understand arguments on a variety of topics from a personal to an abstract level. They research and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish speaking countries. PRE: Spanish III

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SPANISH V
5254 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at a more advanced level. They discuss or debate a variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and write on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss cultural perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish speaking countries. PRE: Spanish IV

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HONORS SPANISH V
5274 1 Credit Semester Grades 11, 12
Students have an opportunity to increase their ability to function linguistically and culturally at an advanced level. They discuss or debate a wide variety of topics. They interact with authentic language and do extended writing on topics from the personal to the abstract level. They discuss and analyze cultural perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish speaking countries. PRE: Spanish IV

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