WORLD LANGUAGES
Lenape Valley Regional High School offers sequential study in three world languages: Chinese, French, and Spanish. All courses concentrate on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in order to develop functional communication in the target language. Using a variety of techniques, the Modern Language Department helps students enrolled in these classes achieve the following proficiencies:
• Develop listening comprehension and oral fluency in the selected language;
• Master the grammatical foundation and syntax of the language studied;
• Heighten awareness of the culture and history of the nation or nations in which the selected language is spoken.
Students who anticipate attending a four year college should pursue a minimum of three years of continuous study of the same language. More competitive colleges may require a four or five year sequence in one language.
LEVEL I Foundations (Grades: 9-12) Full Year
Course Weight: Foundations 5 Credits
The Foundations of Language provides students who have an IEP with the opportunity to study the culture and language of a foreign country. Students will be admitted to this sequence only with the approval of the Child Study Team. Students must successfully complete Foundations of Language I to satisfy the graduation requirement in World Languages. Students who successfully complete Foundations I will be prepared to continue their study of that language by enrolling in the regular first year of their language or by beginning another language at the first level.
LEVEL I (Grades: 9-12) Full Year
Course Weight: College Prep 5 Credits
Learning a language for the first time should be a rewarding experience. Geared for those students who plan to attend college, the Level I class is the first part of a four-year program which encompasses all the elements necessary to master a second language. Students have various opportunities to speak as often as possible. The course has been planned to develop all the basic fluencies: speaking, writing, reading, and comprehension of the spoken word. An important theme throughout first year studies is the exposure to the basic culture of the countries speaking the respective languages. Also, regular practice in the language laboratory enables students to use the latest technology in the learning of a second language.
LEVEL III (Grades: 10-12) Full Year
Course Weight: College Prep 5 Credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level II College Prep.
This course continues to develop students’ fluencies and creative expressions learned in the first two years of language study. In this year, students have a chance to polish their pronunciation in an intensive atmosphere where classes will progressively begin to be taught almost exclusively in the target language. Regular work sessions in the language laboratory will give students the opportunity to listen to CD’s and audiocassettes as well as record their own voices. As an integral part of the third year, students are introduced to some of the short readings and works of famous literary figures. Third year studies stress continued exposure to cultural elements through movies, videos, class trips, songs, guest speakers, etc.