FRENCH LANGUAGE
Course #: 517004
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Language examination given each spring, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is obtained. Students study the use of language for active communication. Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other nontechnical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement French Language exam.
GERMAN LANGUAGE
Course #: 527004
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Language examination given each spring, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is obtained. Students study the use of language for active communication. Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other nontechnical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement German Language exam.
LATIN - CATULLUS/OVID
Course #: 538005
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Latin 3, Latin 4, AP Vergil, or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination on Catullus and Horace, Catullus and Ovid, or Catullus and Cicero, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is achieved. Students study the literary techniques used by Roman authors and learn aspects of stylistic analysis, with emphasis on refining the student's ability to read and understand Latin poetry and on comprehending and interpreting the readings from either Catullus/Horace, or Catullus/Ovid, or Catullus/Cicero. Students also study the political, social, and cultural backgrounds of the works being read, as well as classical influences upon later literature. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Latin - Catullus/Ovid exam.
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Course #: 546004
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Language examination given each spring, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is obtained. Students study the use of language for active communication. Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other nontechnical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Russian Language exam.
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Course #: 557004
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Language examination given each spring, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is obtained. Students study the use of language for active communication. Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other nontechnical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Spanish Language exam.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Course #: 597004
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalency test
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Language examination given each spring, for which placement and/or credit may be awarded at the college level if a qualifying score is obtained. Students study the use of language for active communication. Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other nontechnical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Japanese Language exam.
