MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE I (Grades 9-12)

Prerequisite: None

• Exchange simple spoken and written information in the foreign language .
• Sustain brief oral and written exchanges in the foreign language.
• Understand simple spoken and written language based on familiar topics that are presented through a variety of media.
• Use verbal and non-verbal cues to understand simple spoken and written messages in the foreign language.
• Present orally and in writing information in the foreign language using a variety of familiar vocabulary, phrases and structural patterns.
• Present rehearsed material in the foreign language, including dialogues, poetry and/or songs
• Develop an awareness of perspectives, practices and products of cultures where the foreign language is spoken.
• Recognize that the perspectives, practices and products of the cultures are interrelated.
• Recognize how information acquired in the study of foreign language and information acquired in other subjects reinforce one another.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of culture through comparisons between the cultures studied and the cultures of the United States.
• Compare basic elements of the foreign language to the English Language.
• Identify Situations in which foreign language skills and cultural knowledge may be used beyond the classroom setting for recreational educational and occupational purposes.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE II (Grades 9-12)

Prerequisite: Modern Foreign Language I

• Exchanged spoken and written information and ideas in the foreign language.
• Demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain and close brief oral and written exchanges in the foreign language using familiar and recombined phrases and sentences.
• Understand basic spoken and written French based on new topics in familiar contexts that are presented in a variety of media.
  
  

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE III (Grades 10-12)

Prerequisite: Modern Foreign Language II

• Exchanged in original and spontaneous oral and written communications in the foreign language.
• Demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain and close brief oral and written exchanges in the foreign language using familiar and recombined phrases and sentences.
• Understand basic spoken and written exchanges on new topics in familiar contexts that are presented in a variety of media.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE IV (Grades 11-12)

Prerequisite: Modern Foreign Language III

• Exchange a wide variety of information orally and in writing in the foreign language on various topics related to contemporary and historical events and issues
• Demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain and close brief oral and written exchanges in the foreign language using familiar and recombined phrases and sentences.
• Comprehend spoken and written language found in a variety of authentic sources that have been prepared for various purposes.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE V (Grades 12)

Prerequisite: Modern Foreign Language IV

• Exchange a wide variety of information orally and in writing in the foreign language on various topics related to contemporary and historical events and issues
• Students will continue to develop and perfect the skills that were presented in Modern Foreign Language IV.
• Demonstrate skills necessary to initiate, sustain and close brief oral and written exchanges in the foreign language using familiar and recombined phrases and sentences.

AP SPANISH (Grades 12)

Prerequisite: Modern Foreign Language (Spanish) IV

• Taught in Distance Learning Center from Hampton High School
• Covers the equivalent of a third year college course in advanced Spanish composition and conversation
• Focuses on comprehension of formal and informal spoken Spanish; acquisition of vocabulary; ability to compose expository passages; and ability to express ideas orally with accuracy and fluency