Murrieta Valley High School

Approved Foreign Language Courses meet the (e) requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system.

INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I

Students develop novice level skills in signing and in comprehension of signs. The course provides students with the vocabulary and structures necessary for primary ASL proficiency. The course emphasizes "survival" language skills necessary to convey basic ideas to a deaf person. The student will also be exposed to Deaf Culture.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II

of signs while deepening their familiarity with grammatical features of ASL. The course expands expressive and receptive vocabulary necessary to increase ASL proficiency. It increases visual perception, visual memory, signed fluency and length of signed interactions to enable more prolonged conversations with a deaf person. The student will gain increased knowledge of Deaf Culture.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III

FRENCH I

This course meets UC/CSU and District graduation requirements. It is required that 9 th grade students have a 3.0 GPA in order to enroll.

This course provides students with the vocabulary and structures necessary for primary French proficiency. The course emphasizes "survival" language skills necessary to convey basic needs to a native French speaker. Customs, geography and idiomatic expressions provide a basic exposure to French culture. The development of concepts used to understand the relativity inherent in virtually all cultures will be encouraged.

FRENCH II

FRENCH III

Students further develop communication skills through written and oral form.

FRENCH IV

ADVANCED PLACEMENT FRENCH LANGUAGE

ITALIAN I

ITALIAN

ITALIAN II

ITALIAN III

ESPAÑOL PARA HISPANOHABLANTES NIVEL I

hispanohablantes. En esta clase, los estudiantes tendrán clases de lectura y escritura. En las lecturas de la literatura iberoamericana, se harán énfasis el uso del lenguaje, vocabulario, escritura y estructuras gramaticales. Con la conclusión de este curso, el estudiante podrá tomar Español para Hispanohablantes nivel II el siguiente año.

SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS I

literature, language usage, vocabulary, writing, reading and grammatical structures are emphasized. This course prepares students to transition into Spanish for Spanish Speakers II.

ESPAÑOL PARA HISPANOHABLANTES NIVEL II

SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS II

SPANISH I

SPANISH II

SPANISH III

SPANISH IV

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SPANISH LANGUAGE

skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - that apply in many subject areas rather than any single subject matter. The AP course includes the study of the Spanish-speaking countries, people and culture, inherent in the study of any language. Furthermore, the course will include a systematic review of the basic points of grammar and verb conjugations with emphasis on areas where Spanish and English conflict. The finer grammatical points that contribute to an increased ability to write and speak correctly, with minimal interference from the English language, will also be addressed in the course. Students taking this course can expect to spend an additional four to five hours per week outside of class time on homework, review, research and/or practice. Students are required to take the AP exam.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SPANISH LITERATURE

thinking, comparisons and contrasts. Students taking this course can expect to spend an additional four to five hours per week outside of class time on homework, review, research and/or practice. Students are required to take the AP exam.