Language Other Than English

This course is designed to prepare Level 4 Spanish language students for the Advanced Placement exam which, when successfully completed, will result in accelerated college placement and/or college credit. The main focus will be on reviewing and reinforcing students’ knowledge of the Spanish language. Emphasis will be on grammar, listening comprehension, oral skills, reading comprehension and writing.

This is a course in beginning French emphasizing the attainment of essential aural skills, basic oral expression and some elementary reading and writing. Varied aspects of French culture will be dealt with on an elementary level. French 1R represents the first half of French Level 1and is a prerequisite for French 1B, which completes the first level of the language.

A course designed to develop further a facility for, and ability to, communicate in French in both oral and written form with greater emphasis upon the ability to do reading of a more complex nature. French culture will be integrated in the course rather than emphasized for the purpose of Regents.

This is a course in which listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing on a more advanced level will be stressed. At the end of the course, students will be expected to comprehend French spoken at a normal rate of speed; to be able to speak with some fluency; to read newspapers, magazines, and stories in French with an adequate degree of ease; to write well enough in French to make themselves easily understood; to be well acquainted with French life, customs, culture, etc.

A course designed to enable students to increase fluency and ability to communicate on a variety of levels and topics. Emphasis will be on listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension, and writing with attention to the nuances of grammar.

Spanish 1R is a beginning course intended for all entry level students. This course is dedicated to the introduction of basic skills in aural comprehension, oral expression and the reading and writing of beginning Spanish.

A course designed to further develop a facility for and an ability to communicate in Spanish in both oral and written form with greater emphasis upon the ability to do reading of a more complex nature. Emphasis is also given on comprehension of oral Spanish and on attainment of a more intimate understanding for Hispanic/Latino culture and family life.

This is a course in which listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing on a more advanced level are stressed. The language of instruction and classroom procedures is Spanish. At the end of this course, students are expected to understand Spanish spoken at a normal rate of speed; to be able to speak with some fluency; to read newspapers, magazines and stories in Spanish with an adequate degree of ease; to write well enough in Spanish to make themselves easily understood; to be well acquainted with Spanish and Hispanic life, customs, culture, etc.

A course designed to emphasize extensive and intensive reading of varied literacy works in Spanish and Advanced Conversation. They will also work on varied projects on an individual and group basis.