Learners are introduced to the foundations necessary to communicate in French, such as varied vocabulary and basic sentence structure. This is taught in a global context of exploring contemporary life in the French-speaking world. Topics include greeting others, past-time activities and sports, education, dining out, shopping, and French homes.

Learners will learn more about places in the world where French is spoken, or la Francophonie. They will also learn exciting things about the language, like how to describe a day at an amusement park, talk about professions that interest you, discuss your daily routine, as well as how to talk about travel.

In this upper-level course, learners develop more sophisticated vocabulary and grammar. Learners will learn language for real life situations, and by the end of the course they will be able to engage in conversations with French-speakers on a wide variety of subjects.

French IV is a college-level course that will focus on the three modes of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational) defined in the Standards for World Language Learning in the 21^st Century are foundational to the French IV course.

Communication is the goal for all our German classes. This will be accomplished by studying the culture, vocabulary, and language structures of German. This course covers the basics of introductory conversations and themes such as sports, recreation, shopping, and others that are relevant to everyday life.

This intermediate course provides continual growth in the target language, while adding to the learners’ cultural knowledge and understanding. Celebrations, transportation, and aspects of travel and sight-seeing are themes in this course.

Learners will continue to increase their vocabulary and expand their ability to communicate in the target language. Translations and the understanding of the structure of the language will be done both individually and in groups. Learners will be encouraged to communicate in German, to continue the growth of their language.

This advanced course continues the learners’ expansion of their language skills utilizing more authentic texts. Higher level reading selections, projects and conversations will analyze advanced cultural topics and help make personal connections to the German speakers of the world.

This is a beginning level course where learners will explore the Spanish language by focusing on critical novice sentence structures and vocabulary. Learners will create comparisons and connections to the customs and cultures prevalent in the diverse Spanish speaking world through music, art, geography, holidays, and daily activities.

This is an intermediate level course where learners continue studying the themes of Spanish I at a deeper level. The continued study of Spanish will broaden learners’ perspectives of themselves and the diverse Spanish speaking cultures. Learners who complete Spanish II will be able to engage peers and native speakers in multiple modes of communication in a variety of topics in the present and the past.

This is an upper-level course that will continue to challenge learners to use learned structures and vocabulary as well as cover more rigorous material. The course promotes an environment where the use of language in all modes of communication becomes more fluent and natural.

This is an advanced level course that prepares learners to go beyond basic communication and express opinions and beliefs on this topic using advanced vocabulary and grammatical structures. The use of authentic texts and literature are utilized to create connections to other disciplines through the Spanish language lens. Learners will continue to understand the customs and cultures prevalent in the immensely diverse Spanish speaking world.