This is the Foundational level 1 Spanish Class that takes the absolute beginner to basic fluency in 8 weeks because of the unique way this class is taught. It is fully immersive and it covers all 4 corners of communication: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The grammar is weaved in naturally with relevant conversation, story-based learning techniques that utilize the highest frequency words and phrases first which are the glue that holds sentences together. With this fun interactive story-based approach, students will achieve a basic level of fluency in 2 months instead of 2 years, which is how long it normally takes with traditional drill based learning. This program is designed to ensure that students naturally are able to hit proficiency targets each week that correspond with the weekly learning objectives. Students are given access to a library of audio-digital readings that they can choose to read on their own time. Because they are so fun and engaging, students typically choose these options! The teacher monitors student progress on weekly assignments and is able to ensure that students are advancing in the class. The teacher reaches out to parents often reporting positive comments as well as areas for improvement. At the end of the class, students will receive world language credit for Spanish 1 which is required for graduation or college entry. A certificate of completion and a grade will also be issued at the end of the program.

The focus of Conversational Fluency, Level 2 Spanish is weaving in more grammar, including the past tense, and conditional tenses, all in a natural way. Students have discussions, share opinions, and storyasking is even more fun at this stage since students have more expression and it’s always a humorous time! Students are given access to a library of audio-digital readings that they can choose to read on their own time. Because they are so fun and engaging, students typically choose these options! After achieving a basic level of fluency in Level 1, the teacher weaves in the rules of grammar, yet as opposed to the conventional lecture style learning, this program is always based in communication - whether it be speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. As students learn to express themselves more accurately with a natural flow, they find that grammar is a natural byproduct of communication. At the end of this class, students are feeling confident in conversations and are able to speak, read, write, and understand spoken Spanish in a variety of situations. The novel at this level has both a present and past tense version and is entertaining for students to help with continued engagement in the course. This program is designed to ensure that students naturally are able to hit proficiency targets each week that correspond with the weekly learning objectives. The teacher monitors student progress on weekly assignments and is able to ensure that students are advancing in the class. The teacher reaches out to parents often reporting positive comments as well as areas for improvement. At the end of the class, students will receive world language credit for Spanish 1 which is required for graduation or college entry. A certificate of completion and a grade will also be issued at the end of the program.

The focus of 360 Fluency is to have students continue to improve their conversational flow in real life scenarios, have impromptu conversational games, in addition to being well-equipped for conversations using past, present, and future tenses. The conversational themes for this class weave in the culture in an engaging way and much discussion is generated in an authentic way that prepares students for future AP themes. Impromptu conversational prompts generate humor in an enjoyable learning environment. While this program hits high proficiency targets, it is uniquely able to foster learning states of playfulness, curiosity, and love of learning, which also nurture long-term memory storage. The novel utilized in Level 3 is a historical fiction novel about a family during the 36 year long Civil War in Guatemala. Students at this level are expected to engage with the optional audio-digital library material as well as the weekly bonus material that students can choose based on their natural interests. This program is designed to ensure that students naturally are able to hit proficiency targets each week that correspond with the weekly learning objectives. The teacher monitors student progress on weekly assignments and is able to ensure that students are advancing in the class. The teacher reaches out to parents often reporting positive comments as well as areas for improvement. At the end of the class, students will receive world language credit for Spanish 1 which is required for graduation or college entry. A certificate of completion and a grade will also be issued at the end of the program.

The focus of Honors Level 4, is to have students improve their proficiency to intermediate mid on the ACTFL proficiency scale. This includes transition words in the student’s expression and the ability to communicate more accurately whether speaking or in writing. This class prepares students with expressions that will appear on either the CLEP test or the AP test and also will continue using the full expression with comprehensible input and acquisition driven expression. This class is story based and still will be communication focused, yet will include more pre-recorded zoom boosters for explanation of grammar topics and vocabulary building, and also there will be more written expression. The novel for this class will be an intermediate-advanced novel that is both interesting and will higher level AP themes. Students will receive World Language credit for Honors Level Spanish, and will also receive a grade in the class that can factor into the GPA at Honors level.