Spanish Department

Subject Goals

Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.