Nelda Laurel
LOTE Department Head
The study of languages other than English is becoming more and more of a necessity rather than a luxury. All students should be encouraged to take languages other than English to begin to meet the demands of a multilingual, multicultural nation. Learning languages helps students prepare for life in a world of cultural and linguistic diversity in the 21st century. Today’s youth will be tomorrow’s leaders. They will be faced with local, national, and international problems which they must be ready to meet and solve.The student enrolled in a language other than English class must obtain proficiency in the skills of listening, speaking, reading,writing and culture in the contextg of the five C's for foreign language education: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. LANGUAGE IS A TOOL OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION. Therefore, language acquisition is best accomplished in an ambiance of intellectuality. Its basis is CULTURAL LITERACY.
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Class Schedule SY 2009-2010
Period |
Subject |
1st |
Spanish AP Literature |
2nd |
French I |
3rd |
French II |
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French III |
4th |
French I |
5th |
Lunch |
6th |
Conference |
7th |
French I |
8th |
French II
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French III |
9th |
French I |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR FRENCH I, II AND 3
By being enrolled in a French course, students can improve their language ability by learning to understand and apply the many French expressions currently used in English in such common fields as diplomacy, cuisine, fashion, art, music, science, etiquette, and trade, to name some. In addition, the students will be able to talk about themselves and their preferences, needs, and interests in present, future and past tenses. The students will also learn to greet others, introduce themselves, handle basic social situations, handle routine travel needs, obtain food and lodging, use the phone, carry out simple transactions at the bank and post office, and talk about a variety of topics of common interest.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR AP Spanish Literature
The AP PROGRAM in Spanish Literature is comparable to a third-year college introduction to Hispanic literature course. The course is based on a required reading list. The list covers selected authors from the literatures of Spain and Spanish America and focuses on the understanding and analysis of literary texts. These works are of literary significance and represent various historical periods, literary movements, genres, geographic areas, and population groups within the Spanish speaking world.
Students read and analyze literature orally and in writing in Spanish. Therefore, the language proficiency reached by the end of the AP LITERATURE course is generally equivalent to that of college students who have completed a fifth or sixth semester of Spanish in composition, conversation, and grammar.
The goal of the ADVANCED PLACEMENT SPANISH LITERATURE course is to prepare students: to do a close reading of literary texts of all genres in Spanish and to analyze critically the form and content of literary works, including poetry, orally and in writing, using appropriate literary terminology; to research, prepare, present, individual and group projects in Spanish.
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