Foreign Languages

Spanish

#150 Spanish 1 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: Students with a 2.5 GPA are eligible to take this class
Listening and speaking skills, reading, and writing are emphasized.  Students will study basic Spanish vocabulary such as dates, time, numbers, greetings, and useful everyday words.  Grammar concentration is upon present tense verb forms.  Hispanic culture and geography are also an integral part of this course.  Willingness to participate orally is important.  Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#252 Spanish 2 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: B average in Spanish 1 and recommendation of previous instructor
In Spanish 2, students will continue an intensive study of grammar and vocabulary.  Present and preterit tenses as well as affirmative and negative commands will be introduced.  Written and oral communicative skills are further developed.  Hispanic culture and geography continue to be an integral part of the course.  Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#353 Spanish 3 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: B average in Spanish 2 and recommendation of previous instructor
Spanish 3 students will have an intensive study of history and literature.  Students will read excerpts from stories written by prize-winning authors.  Through these readings, students will gain a more in-depth knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and geography.  Fees are assessed for a workbook and a dictionary must be purchased.

 

#454 Spanish 4 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: B average in Spanish 3 and recommendation of previous instructor
In Spanish 4, students will expand skills previously learned including listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Students will be introduced to classical literary works such as Don Quijote, as well as, contemporary short stories, both fiction and non-fiction.  A study of Hispanic culture through, art, music, and history is also stressed.  A unit of teaching Spanish to elementary students and a unit on cooking is also included.  A dictionary must be purchased.

 

#554 Advanced Spanish 5 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: Spanish 4 or approval of instructor.  B in Spanish 4 or B average.
Advanced Spanish 5 is an intensive study of Hispanic American Literature and conversation.  Students will be using and applying all vocabulary and verb tenses taught from Spanish 1 - 4.  We will also be adding new vocabulary from Spanish AP sample tests.  Students will be reading at least one novel and discussing it as best we can in Spanish.  A dictionary is required.

 

                                                 

 

French

#154 French 1 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE:  Students with a 2.5 GPA are eligible to take this class.
In French 1, students intensely study French grammar and vocabulary such as weather, dates, numbers, greetings, and useful everyday words.  Concentration is on listening and writing skills.  Students will use tapes of native speakers of Canada and France.  Culture of France and Canada is studied.  Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#254 French 2 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE:  B average in French 1 and recommendation of previous instructor.
In French 2, students continue an intense study of vocabulary including school, food, transportation, shopping, body parts, the cinema, and the post office.  Grammatical structures to be covered are direct and indirect object pronouns, the pronouns "y" and "en" and comparisons and superlatives of adjectives.  Many new irregular verbs will be introduced in the present and past tenses.  Reflexive verbs in the present and past tenses will also be examined.  Fees are assessed for a workbook.  Dictionaries are optional.

 

#355 French 3 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE:  B average in French 2 and recommendation of previous instructor.
In French 3, students will intensely study grammar and verb tenses, the regular and irregular forms of the imperfect.  Conditional, future, and subjective tenses will be introduced and studied.  The present participle and if-then statements will also be introduced and studied.  Vocabulary including parts of the house, professions, medicine, holidays and celebrations, sports, and camping will be stressed.  Cultural studies include Quebec and other French speaking territories that will be integrated into the course through English and French readings.  Conversion, writing, and translation skills are refined.  A dictionary must be purchased and fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#456 French 4 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE:  B average in French 3 and recommendation of previous instructor.
In French 4, emphasis is put on perfecting reading, writing, translation, and conversational skills.  Students begin with an intensive review of the past, the imperfect, the conditional, the future, and the subjunctive tenses.  New tenses to be learned are the pluperfect, the simple past, and special uses of the infinitive.  Students will read short stories and poems as well as Le Petit Prince, a short French novel.  Also, a study of French culture will be completed through the study of Impressionism, Les Miserables, a French cooking unit, and authentic French films.  In the spring, a unit of teaching French to elementary students will be required.  A dictionary must be purchased.

 

                                                                          

 

German

 

#156 German 1 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: Students with a 2.5 GPA are eligible to take this class.
German 1 students will be involved in an intense study of grammar and vocabulary dealing with areas such as weather, numbers, common greetings, and useful everyday words.  German culture and geography will also be included as part of the course. Oral participation is important for students to succeed in this course. Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#256 German 2 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: B average in German 1 and recommendation of previous instructor.
In German 2, students will continue an intensive study of grammar and vocabulary.  Written and oral communicative skills are further developed.  German culture and geography continue to be an integral part of the course. Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

#356 German 3 1 year 1 unit
PREREQUISITE: German 2 with a B average and recommendation of instructor
German 3 students will study folklore, art, music, literature, customs, values, and beliefs that are presented in the context of the German culture.  Students will work towards becoming competent in listening, speaking, reading, and writing German.  Fees are assessed for a workbook.

 

                                                      

 

Extra Foreign Language Classes

 

#453 Foreign Cultures

 1 semester 1/2 unit
Open to Seniors
This course will explore a variety of cultures and societies around the world.  Students will do an in-depth study of food, religions, family relationships, and verbal and non-verbal communication.

 

 

Created By: Michelle Newland