Foreign Language
Chinese Curriculum
Chinese I
This class is a basic course for beginning students of Chinese. It provides
students with the opportunity to develop communicative skills in both
spoken and written Chinese at a basic level. The first four classes
are designed for students to become familiar with the Chinese language.
Language functions and notions are systematically incorporated in all
topics and settings by using the “Ni Hao” series of books. Various
interactive activities are employed to make the language learning meaningful.
Each topic and its many settings reflect upon the student’s interests
and their practical usage of the language. Real life language is used.
Cultural elements are included in al topics to motivate students, to
broaden their cultural understanding and to generate an appreciation
of the Chinese language and culture.
Chinese II
This is the second course in Beginning Chinese. The course is designed
for students who have completed Chinese I at Joy Christian High School.
The emphasis in this course is on continuously improving vocabulary
and sentence patterns in communicative contexts, and a solid foundation
in pronunciation. Reading and writing will be developed in conjunction
with speaking and listening skills. Students will expand their ability
to carry out conversations in Chinese on a range of topics taught.
They will be expected to speak, read, and write all new words in vocabulary
lists in the main textbook. Students are provided with interactive
software to practice their listening, speaking, reading and writing
skills. Classroom exercises will allow students to practice in communicative
situations. Cultural elements are included in all topics to develop
an in-depth understanding of the Chinese language and culture.
Spanish Curriculum
Joy Christian High School utilizes an organization call Interlingua to administer our Spanish curriculum to our students. Interlingua’s Spanish program focuses mainly on speaking, listening and understanding. Within this process of learning the language, the students will learn the grammar structures (affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences) and vocabulary to communicate verbally and written. Due to the fact that all the Spanish instructors are native speakers, in addition to the acquisition of the language, the student will be exposed to Latin American culture and have the opportunity of embracing diversity.
Spanish I
This conversational course is taught entirely in Spanish. The course
has been designed for students who have no knowledge of Spanish or
have not been in a Spanish learning setting for a long time. Students
will learn Spanish in the same way they did their native language:
through active participation, listening, and speaking, with emphasis
on developing conversational fluency. This course is designed to teach:
- Affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences
- Basic vocabulary and cognates
- Use of infinitive
- Present tense of regular and some irregular verbs
- Use of personal pronouns
- Basic conversation with functional reading and comprehension
Spanish II
This course has been designed for students who have successfully completed
the Level 1 course and who want to focus on conversational skills.
This course emphasizes:
- Use of infinitive verbs
- Present continuous
- Future and imperative tenses
- Numbers and time
- Expressions and feelings
Spanish III
This course is designed for students who have completed Interlingua Level
II class. This course teaches:
- Simple past and imperfect tenses
- Passive voice
- Use of “tú”
- Adverbs and expressions of frequency
- Expressions using “lo”
- Reflexive verbs
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Vocabulary related to celebrations, civil status, and diminutives
Spanish IV
This course is especially designed for students who have successfully
completed all previous Interlingua courses. This course emphasizes:
- Present perfect tense
- Auxiliary verbs
- Subjunctive tense
- Functional Spanish reading, understanding, and talking
Spanish V
This course is especially designed for students who have successfully
completed all previous Interlingua courses. This course emphasizes:
- Advanced vocabulary and grammar
- Discussion of Latin-American values
- Oral communication though analysis and presentations