World Languages

Prerequisites: For all courses, successful completion of the previous level is required.  For example if a student takes Spanish II, he/she must have successfully completed Spanish I.  If the student takes Spanish IV Honors, he/she must have successfully completed Spanish III Honors.

Spanish 1 Honors

Students are introduced to the target language and its culture. Class activities develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing using the students' experiences to practice these skills. Grammar is integrated throughout the course. Students learn about the target culture through its literature, laws, foods, games, attitudes, values, and patterns of social interaction. Students develop an appreciation for how languages and cultures work by comparing the target language and culture(s) to their own.

Spanish 2 Honors

Students further develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. They participate in simple conversational situations and write short paragraphs which narrate, describe, compare, and summarize topics from the target culture. By the end of the course, students will be able to interact with others on issues of everyday life. Students also continue to learn about the differences between languages and cultures and how different cultures influence each other.

Spanish 3 Honors

Students' skills with listening, speaking, reading, and writing progress to allow them to participate in conversations, read short literary texts and other material about familiar topics, and write short cohesive passages using the present, past, and future tenses. In discussions, presentations, and written texts, students will be able to identify the main ideas and significant details. As they continue to build their knowledge of the target culture, students develop a deeper understanding of the interrelationships of other cultures to their own and will be able to exhibit behaviors appropriate to the target culture.  

Spanish 4 Honors

Students learn to communicate in writing and in extended conversations on a variety of topics. As they become more proficient in independent reading, they will be able to narrate, discuss, and support increasingly complex ideas and concepts. Short stories, poetry, excerpts from various periods of literature, and current events are included. Students study the finer points of grammar to aid oral and written communication along with a more in-depth study of the target culture(s) and their influence throughout the world. Students develop the ability to interact in culturally appropriate ways in most social situations they will encounter in the target culture(s).