Second Language courses can be used to meet post-secondary admission requirements to most programs and can open up international career opportunities. Also, studying a second language helps to develop well rounded individuals, improves critical thinking skills and memory and that is just to name a few of the benefits.
This course is different from a French Immersion course. It is designed for students who take the majority of their instruction in English, but take this course to learn a second language.
French 10
The course offers new challenges by exploring different life situations using French as the language of communication. The use of communicative activities, authentic documents, partner and group work based on real life situations will be emphasized.
French 20
French 20-9y is an academic course designed for the student wishing to improve his/her French at the intermediate/advanced level. This course not only focuses on listening to and speaking French, but reading and writing in the second language.
French 30
Students will continue to improve and perfect all language skills, using French exclusively as the language of communication in the classroom. This course can be used for entrance to post-secondary institutions.
Spanish 10
No previous knowledge of this language is required. The classroom emphasis will be on oral communication. You will also learn the fundamentals of written Spanish and explore diverse aspects of Spanish culture in the world.
Spanish 20
Spanish 20 continues to expand on the vocabulary and grammar introduced in Spanish 10. The emphasis is on sentence and paragraph construction in the past tense.
Spanish 30
Spanish 30 is the final course in this three-year series. The emphasis is on developing basic oral and written communication skills.