Opportunities for college credit

World Language Courses with college credit

It is possible to enroll in multiple credit bearing courses during the same year!

FRENCH

Advanced Low ECE French 5 ACC

Mackala Fall mfall@southingtonschools.org

6 UConn ECE Credits

This course focuses on the French speaking world and is taught entirely in French. This rigorous course is equivalent to the UConn Global Culture 1 and Grammar & Composition courses and can be applied toward a minor or major in French. Students investigate cultural products and practices. They investigate perspectives and discuss topics such as identity, human rights issues, architecture, and politics throughout the French speaking world. This course emphasizes developing proficiency in all three modes of communication with a focus on presentational writing and interpersonal speaking. Students identify and improve their individual grammatical needs. There is a focus on narrating and describing in all time frames, defending opinions, and using more complex structures. Advanced Low is the proficiency level goal for students in this class. 

African & Caribbean Studies ECE French 5 ACA

Mackala Fall mfall@southingtonschools.org

3 UConn ECE Credits

This course corresponds to the UConn Global Culture course. It focuses on the African & Caribbean identity and is taught 90%+ in French. The objectives of the course are to examine the cultural identity in Africa & the Caribbean by studying the history, politics, literature, art, music, etc. of countries in Africa & the Caribbean that speak French. Students will improve their proficiency in French by reading and listening to authentic sources about Africa and the Caribbean culture and history. Students will present and have conversations about their research on African & Caribbean countries. At the end of this course, students will have an understanding of the African & Caribbean cultural perspective and the relationship between these countries and the United States. Intermediate High is the proficiency level goal for students in this class. 

ITALIAN

Intermediate High ECE Italian 4 ACC

Kate Tavera Collins ktaveracollins@southingtonschools.org

6 UConn ECE Credits

This course focuses on Italy and is taught entirely in Italian. This rigorous course is equivalent to the UConn Conversation and Composition courses and can be applied toward a minor or major in Italian. Students investigate cultural products and practices. They investigate perspectives and discuss topics such as identity, current issues, history, and music in Italy. This course emphasizes developing proficiency in all three modes of communication with a focus on presentational writing and interpersonal speaking. Students identify and improve their individual grammatical needs. There is a focus on narrating and describing in all time frames, defending opinions, and using more complex structures. Intermediate High is the proficiency level goal for students in this class. 

Intermediate Mid ECE Italian 4 ACA

Kate Tavera Collins ktaveracolins@southingtonschools.org

3 UConn ECE Credits

This course focuses on Italy and is taught entirely in Italian. This rigorous course is equivalent to the UConn Conversation and Composition courses and can be applied toward a minor or major in Italian. Students investigate cultural products and practices. They investigate perspectives and discuss topics such as identity, current issues, history, and music in Italy. This course emphasizes developing proficiency in all three modes of communication with a focus on presentational writing and interpersonal speaking. Students identify and improve their individual grammatical needs. There is a focus on narrating and describing in all time frames, defending opinions, and using more complex structures. Intermediate Mid is the proficiency level goal for students in this class. 

LATIN

Intermediate High ECE Latin 4 Honors 

Alicen Foresman aforesman@southingtonschools.org 

3 UConn ECE Credits

Students in Latin Honors courses work towards a reading fluency in Latin: the ability to read and translate unabridged Latin texts, with the aid of a dictionary for uncommon words. Translation is never a 1:1 ratio of Latin:English words, and in order to translate well, students of Latin need to be knowledgeable in Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary as well as in Roman culture, history, and mythology. This course will focus on a survey of prose and poetry readings from the Golden Age of Latin literature. Students will explore and analyze texts from Cicero, Catullus, Caesar, and Vergil. Through this course, students will refine their command of the Latin language. In addition to discussing questions of grammar and literary style, students will also investigate the history of ancient Rome during the transition from republic to empire.

MANDARIN

Intermediate High ECE Mandarin 4 ACC

Xun Zheng xzheng@southingtonschools.org

4 UConn ECE Credits

This UConn ECE course is a full year class that aims to enhance students’ linguistic skills in Chinese and awareness of Chinese culture. The course follows the standards of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and will provide students with varied opportunities to further develop their proficiency across the three communicative modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational. Specifically, It will 

1) help students acquire increasingly complex grammatical structures and usages of formal vocabulary; 

2) improve students’ accuracy and standardness in presentational speaking;  

3) increase students’ oral proficiency in a more formal setting, and proficiency in reading and writing Chinese texts; and 

4)  make students increasingly aware of the Chinese social norms and culture. 

SPANISH

Advanced Low ECE Spanish 5 ACC

Tina Riccio triccio@southingtonschools.org

6 UConn ECE Credits

This course focuses on the Spanish speaking world and is taught entirely in Spanish. This rigorous course is equivalent to the UConn Conversation and Composition courses and can be applied toward a minor or major in Spanish. Students investigate cultural products and practices. They investigate perspectives and discuss topics such as identity, human rights issues, architecture, and politics throughout the Spanish speaking world. This course emphasizes developing proficiency in all three modes of communication with a focus on presentational writing and interpersonal speaking. Students identify and improve their individual grammatical needs. There is a focus on narrating and describing in all time frames, defending opinions, and using more complex structures. Advanced Low is the proficiency level goal for students in this class. 

Latin American Studies ECE Spanish 5 ACA

Kristin Stevens kstevens@southingtonschools.org

3 UConn ECE Credits

This course focuses on Latin American identity and is taught 90%+ in Spanish, with readings and homework in Spanish and English. This course counts as a General Education requirement at UCONN and various other educational institutions, it also fulfills a World Language or Social Studies requirement at SHS. The objectives of the course are to examine the cultural identity in Latin America by studying the history, politics, literature, art, music, etc. of countries in Central and South America that speak Spanish. Students will improve their proficiency in Spanish by reading and listening to authentic sources about Latin American culture and history. Students will present and have conversations about their research on Latin American countries. At the end of this course, students will come to have an understanding of the Latin American cultural perspective and the relationship between Latin America and the United States. Intermediate High is the proficiency level goal for students in this class.