Modern Languages
The Middle School Modern Language Department offers a language experience to students in grades six through eight in Spanish or Mandarin. Students choose their language of study in the sixth grade. If a student enters the Middle School with prior knowledge of a language, then the student will be placed in the correct level after a placement assessment. In language courses, students explore culture, ask questions, and develop their communication skills, ultimately becoming proficient at a level appropriate to their grade. Students learn how to collaborate and work independently all while developing proficiency in all areas of language development: speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Each language has three different levels, which are taken sequentially. In each language, students also participate in site visits around the metropolitan Detroit area to visit and experience culturally relevant locations.
Chinese Introductory Full Year (Three Trimesters) Prerequisites: None
and tones of Mandarin Chinese, and pronounce new vocabulary independently. The vocabulary studied will be relevant to communicating while in a Chinese- speaking country with the main units focusing on greetings, exchanging personal information, calendar, family, and school. Vocabulary learning emphasizes familiarizing students with structural patterns and logic of the Chinese fundamental characters to build a foundation for sustainable success in learning the Chinese language. In this proficiency-based course,
This course introduces Chinese as a second language for non-native speakers through speaking, listening, culture, reading, writing, and grammar. The course aims to help students build a strong speaking foundation by learning the phonetic scheme called Pinyin, which helps students speak clearly in the consonants, vowels
2024-2025 ULS Curriculum Guide
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