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NOTE: HLA is a New York State mandated program for students whose home language is other than English, who are considered English Language Learners, and are in a bilingual program. The HLA program is designed to enable students to use their home language literacy skills and strategies to become literate in the second language. The accrued benefits of Home Language Arts in instruction serve as a bridge to the acquisition of English.
Home Language Arts
Credit: 1 Credit (full year course) - per year
Open to all grade levels
Prerequisite: Home Spanish Speaker
Corequisite: ENL
Course Description: The Home Language Arts program concentrates on writing experiences and the literary form in Spanish, paying special attention to technique. Stories based on world literature are utilized as common experiences for development of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Grammar skills are taught on an individual level using the student’s own writings, as well as through classroom experience. As students advance through the program students will learn to document and organize research information into an argumentative research paper. Additionally, students will read and analyze challenging Spanish literary works in a variety of forms including plays, poetry, and novels that prepare them for college.
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