• World Languages title page with globe and flags of the world

     

    At Everglades High School, our goal is to ensure all students are career and college-ready and increasingly, this means ensuring they will be able to communicate effectively in another language and navigate seamlessly between a variety of cultures.

    Successfully acquiring a second language requires a long, sequential course of study that focuses on student language productions. The goal of our program is language proficiency at a level which will enable our students to compete globally and contribute to our global society in a positive way.

    OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON THE FIVE MODES OF COMMUNICATION: COMMUNICATION

    Interpersonal Communication: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.

    Interpretive Communication: Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

    Presentational Communication: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.

     

    CONNECTIONS

    Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.

    Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives: Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.

     

    COMPARISONS

    Language Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

    Cultural Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

     

    COMMUNITIES

    School and Global Communities: Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world.

    Lifelong Learning: Learners set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.

     

    The following courses are available for students:

    • French 1-IV
    • AP French Language and Culture
    • Spanish 1-V
    • AP Spanish Language and Culture
    • AP Spanish Literature
    • Spanish Speakers I-IV

    Below are some links to helpful sites for students:

    Audria: Listening Based Learning Program

    El Mundo (Spanish Newspaper)

    Spanish News