Our curriculum is designed to reach-out to all different learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) through writing, listening, speaking, and reading. If you would like to learn your learning style, go to: http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm and take the learning style test for free.

Our instructors use a variety of activities to maintain your child’s interest in learning a second language, such as: games, music, singing, hands-on activities, visual aids, body language, etc.

Our instructors will cover different topics through-out the year. These topics will include vocabulary as well as sentence construction.

Our curriculum will provide a strong foundation for your child to continue the learning of a second language at middle school or high school levels.

Our curriculum is based on the ACTFL National Standards in Foreign Language Education.

STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

(Information from ACTFL, American Council on the teaching of Foreign Languages)

The national standard for foreign language education is center around five goals: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. The five C's of foreign language education.

COMMUNICATION
Communicate in Languages Other Than English

• Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
• Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
• Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

CULTURES
Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

• Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied
• Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied

CONNECTIONS
Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information

• Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language
• Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures

COMPARISONS
Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

• Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own
• Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

COMMUNITIES
Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World

• Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting
• Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.