Grade 9 - World Language

French 1A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)

French 1 focuses on developing listening skills by repeated exposure to the spoken language. Speaking skills are encouraged through recommended assignments using voice tools. Reading and writing skills, as well as language structures, are practiced through meaningful, real-life contexts. The use of technology enhances and reinforces authentic language development and fosters cultural understandings through exposure to native speakers and their daily routines.

Major Concepts:

Language connects people.
You can learn a second language.
The language we use changes with the situation.
People appreciate your effort to learn their language.
Learning another language will open the door to a new culture.
Language requires you to solve problems.
Conversations are more than questions and answers.
You already have language skills that you can use to successfully learn another language.

French 1B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)

French 1 focuses on developing listening skills by repeated exposure to the spoken language. Speaking skills are encouraged through recommended assignments using voice tools. Reading and writing skills, as well as language structures, are practiced through meaningful, real-life contexts. The use of technology enhances and reinforces authentic language development and fosters cultural understandings through exposure to native speakers and their daily routines.

Major Concepts:

You already have language skills that will help you learn another language.
Language learning requires you to solve problems.
Conversations are more than questions and answers.
Learning another language will open the door to a new culture.
Language and culture are inextricably linked.

French 2A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)

Semester A focuses on the continuation and enhancement of language skills presented in Level 1. Vocabulary and grammar structures are revisited and expanded to provide students an opportunity to move towards an intermediate comprehension level. Speaking and listening skills are enhanced through recommended real-life voice activities. Listening skills are honed through online dialogues. Reading and writing skills are developed through access to completion of meaningful activities, reading of culturally-related articles of interest and responding to reading in the target language. The use of technology enhances and reinforces authentic language development and fosters cultural understandings through exposure to native speakers and their daily routines.

Major Concepts:

Learning a language is an on-going process.
The recognition and use of patterns of verb forms gives the speaker a wider range of communication skills.
Successful communication requires knowledge of culture and customs.
Culture influences perception, perspectives, values, and reaction.

French 2B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)

Semester B continues the enhancement of language skills. Vocabulary and grammar structures are revisited and expanded as students explore other French-speaking areas. Speaking and listening skills are enhanced through recommended real-life voice activities. Listening skills are honed through online dialogues. Reading and writing skills are developed through access to completion of meaningful activities related to travel, to the Olympics, to natural disasters, and to the space program. Reading of culturally related articles of interest and responding to reading in the target language, along with the use of technology, reinforces authentic language development and fosters cultural understandings through exposure to native speakers and their daily routines.

Major Concepts:

Using direct and indirect object pronouns makes speech sound more natural.
Like the United States, France has territories and departments that are not located in mainland France.
Reflexive verbs are often used to describe daily events related to personal care and feelings.
Although English is the official language for most of Canada, the province of Québec is predominantly French speaking and is the only Canadian province whose official language is French.
French speakers use two different tenses to describe events that occurred in the past.
Haiti is an independent Caribbean nation with a rich history that has suffered many hardships due to natural disasters and corrupt leadership.
French speakers can express what will happen using the future tense.
French is not a direct translation of English.
France has a space program, which is based in its département d’outre mer, la Guyane Française.


Spanish 1A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)

Spanish 1 is designed to develop an authentic and practical understanding of the Spanish language and culture. Students will have the ability to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions in the target language within basic, real-life situations and learning scenarios. All new concepts, grammatical concepts, and cultural information will be introduced in context while incorporating various listening, speaking and writing activities.

Major Concepts:

Language is an interactive and communicative experience.
Learning a foreign language will allow you to make comparisons to your native language.
Language requires the use of critical thinking (problem-solving) skills.
By learning about other cultures and ways of life, you will make connections to your own and gain a deeper understanding of the world.
Learning to ask meaningful questions is an important part of learning and using a language.
Making plans in Spanish is a key component of interaction and conversation in Spanish.
Spanish is not a homogenous language or culture, rather it is full of regional linguistic and cultural variation.
Playing and talking about sports in Spanish is a great way to learn the language well.

Spanish 1B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)

Spanish 1 is designed to develop an authentic and practical understanding of the Spanish language and culture. Students will have the ability to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions in the target language within basic, real-life situations and learning scenarios. All new concepts, grammatical concepts, and cultural information will be introduced in context while incorporating various listening, speaking and writing activities.

Major Concepts:

Language is an interactive and communicative experience.
Learning a foreign language will allow you to make comparisons to your native language.
Language requires the use of critical thinking (problem-solving) skills.
By learning about other cultures and ways of life, you will make connections to your own and gain a deeper understanding of the world.
Learning to ask meaningful questions is an important part of learning and using a language.
Making plans in Spanish is a key component of interaction and conversation in Spanish.
Spanish is not a homogenous language or culture, rather it is full of regional linguistic and cultural variation.
Playing and talking about sports in Spanish is a great way to learn the language well.

Spanish 2A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)

Students build upon the foundation developed in Spanish 1. They continue to build vocabulary, learn new verb tenses and other grammar concepts, and they increase their ability to communicate with others. They learn new concepts, like reflexive verbs, infinitive expressions, commands, the imperfect tense. Semester B will continue building on vocabulary, grammar concepts and communicating effectively in the target language. You will explore new countries where Spanish is spoken and continue to keep abreast of current events in the Spanish-speaking world.

Major Concepts:

Comprehension of the material presented in Spanish 1 is vital for success in Spanish 2.
The present progressive is useful to describe what is happening now, but English speakers must take care not to overuse it in Spanish.
The reflexive tense is primarily used to discuss actions that are done to oneself.
Object pronouns are vital to communication in Spanish and English.

Spanish 2B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)

Students build upon the foundation developed in Spanish 1. They continue to build vocabulary, learn new verb tenses and other grammar concepts, and they increase their ability to communicate with others. They learn new concepts, like reflexive verbs, infinitive expressions, commands, the imperfect tense. Semester B will continue building on vocabulary, grammar concepts and communicating effectively in the target language. You will explore new countries where Spanish is spoken and continue to keep abreast of current events in the Spanish-speaking world.

Major Concepts:

Certain verbs in Spanish require the use of an indirect object pronoun.
The Preterite tense is a common and important way to express the past in Spanish.
Like the Preterite, the Imperfect also plays an important role in discussing the past.
The Preterite and the Imperfect have distinct shades of meaning and must be used accordingly.

Spanish 3A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)

Students continue to develop their ability in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Spanish through a systematic review of its structure. Students focus on applying vocabulary in a wider array of situations by learning about the past progressive and subjunctive moods and the present perfect, future, and conditional tenses.

Major Concepts:

To effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct verb endings to verbs in the present, present progressive, and near future tenses.
To effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct preterite tense verb endings to refer to activities that happened only once in the past.
You can name the “Madre patria” of the Spanish language, identify and locate the Spanish speaking countries on a world map, name their capital cities, and discuss the geography and contributions the countries made to world history.
To effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct preterite tense verb endings to refer to activities that happened only once in the past.
To effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct tense, whether preterite or imperfect, and its corresponding verb endings to refer to activities that happened in the past.
To effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct pronouns and verb endings to describe activities in the passive voice.

Spanish 3B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)

Students continue to develop their ability in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Spanish through a systematic review of its structure. Students focus on applying vocabulary in a wider array of situations by learning about the past progressive and subjunctive moods and the present perfect, future, and conditional tenses.

Major Concepts:

That to effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and apply the correct verb endings to describe activities in that will occur in the future tense.
That to effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, and describe activities that may occur by using the correct verb endings for regular and irregular verbs in the Conditional Tense.
That to effectively communicate in the target language, you must recognize, understand, form, and use positive and negative commands in written and verbal expression.





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