1412 / 1413 French I
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: None
The students will develop beginner level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in French. Units of study in the present tense will include clothing, food, school, sports, family, weather, calendar, descriptions and cultural topics from around the French-speaking world.
1414 / 1415 French II
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: French I
The students will develop continuing growth in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in French. Units of study in the present and past tenses will include daily routine, descriptions, interests, home and family, food and travel, and cultural topics from around the French-speaking world.
1416 / 1417 French III
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: French II
The students will develop a more advanced proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in French. Units of study in the past and perfect tenses will include autobiographical information, health, daily routine, famous people, restaurants, shopping, places in the city and cultural topics from around the French-speaking world.
1418 / 1419 IB French SL 1
Grades 11-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: French III
1468 / 1469 French IV
Grades 9-10. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: French III
This is the first year of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard Level (SL) French program.
All students who have completed French III are encouraged to take this course. Students will use the French language in a range of situations and contexts for a variety of purposes. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of different types of authentic oral and written texts. Students will continue their acquisition of these skills through the exploration of cultural themes, grammatical concepts, and vocabulary development. The majority of this course will be taught in French, all texts will be in French, and students are expected to speak in French. Emphasis continues to be on language proficiency integrated with the International Baccalaureate goal of international-mindedness. Students will prepare to take the SL (Standard Level) IB test second semester of either their junior or senior year. The content is appropriate for all advanced French students. (Note for IB Diploma candidates: this course must be taken in the junior or senior year to be valid in the IB sequence.)
1424 / 1425 IB French SL 2
Grade 12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB French SL 1
This is a continuation of the IB French SL1 course.
The students will continue to develop a mastery level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in French. This course provides a comprehensive college-level review of all French grammatical concepts, structures and vocabulary through repeated written and oral drills and the completion of past International Baccalaureate exams.
1470 / 1471 Advanced Placement French Language
Grades 11-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: French IV or IB French SL 1
The purpose of this course is to prepare for the French Language and Culture Exam. The students will continue to develop a mastery level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in French. This course provides a comprehensive college-level review of all French grammatical concepts, structures and vocabulary through repeated written and oral drills and the completion of past Advanced Placement exams.
1426 / 1427 German I
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: None
Students will achieve beginner level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in German. Units covered in the present and simple future tenses include alphabet and pronunciation, numbers, family, colors, day/ months, time, school vocabulary, free time, hobbies and sports, body parts, house, conversation questions, likes/dislikes, verb conjugation, food, gender and case, weather, map of Europe, current events, shopping and modal verbs.
1428 / 1429 German II
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: German I
Students will develop continuing growth in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in German. Units covered in the present, simple past, conversational past, future tense, grammar, lessons, food, furniture, location prepositions, school, health, house and home, occupations, chores, conflict, modal verbs, maps of Europe, current events, weather, adjective comparisons, regular and irregular verbs, nominative, accusative, and dative cases, prepositions, opinions, and conversational dialogue.
1430 / 1431 German III
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: German II
Students will develop more advanced proficiency in Expression and Inquiry, Constructing Meaning, Linking Language and Culture, Acquiring Knowledge and Using Strategies to communicate in German. German III is designed to develop the student’s reading ability, to look closer at the culture and history of Germany, and to review the grammatical structure of the language. A study of simple past tense and comprehensive review of two tense, weak and strong verbs, regular and irregular conjugations, reflexive verbs, gender and case, complex clauses, adjective endings, modal verbs, grammar, verb conjugations, sentence structure, idiomatic expressions, and advanced vocabulary will be integrated into the course units, which include fairy tales, health, appearances, opinions, relationships, travel, jobs and professions, difficulties, relative clauses, and expressing agreement and disagreement.
1478 1479 IB German SL 1
Grades 11-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: German III
1432 / 1433 German IV
Grades 9-10. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: German III
This is the first year of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard Level (SL) German program.
All students who have completed German III are encouraged to take this course. Students will use the German language in a range of situations and contexts for a variety of purposes. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of different types of authentic oral and written texts. Students will continue their acquisition of these skills through the exploration of cultural themes, grammatical concepts, and vocabulary development. This course will be taught in German, all texts will be in German, and students are expected to speak in German. Emphasis continues to be on language proficiency integrated with the International Baccalaureate goal of international-mindedness. Students will prepare to take the SL (Standard Level) IB test second semester of either their junior or senior year. The content is appropriate for all advanced German students. (Note for IB Diploma candidates: this course must be taken in the junior or senior year to be valid in the IB sequence.)
1480 / 1481 IB German SL 2
Grade 12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB German SL 1
The students will continue developing their proficiency level in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in German. This course provides a comprehensive college-level review of all German grammatical concepts, structures and vocabulary and the completion of practice Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams.
1434 / 1435 Japanese I
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: None
Students will develop beginner level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Japanese. Units covered in the present tense include an introduction of the first alphabet Hiragana, greetings, numbers, color, animals, giving and responding to simple instructions, describing things, telling the time, food, sports, family, expressing likes and dislikes asking questions such as, birthday and phone numbers, and cultural topics such as martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and calligraphy.
1436 / 1437 Japanese II
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Japanese I
Students will develop continuing growth in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Japanese. Units covered in the present, and past tenses include: introduction of the second alphabet, Katakana, discussing school subjects, geography, talking about what they did, talking about where they went, making suggestions to do something, shopping, ordering at restaurants, asking and giving reasons, asking questions about address, zodiac sign and cultural topics such as Japanese schools, restaurant etiquette, travel in Japan and Japanese currency.
1438 / 1439 Japanese III
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Japanese II
Students will continue to gain more advanced levels of proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge, and using strategies to communicate in Japanese. This course will introduce some Kanji (Chinese characters), more advanced vocabulary and grammatical concepts introduced through short stories in the target language.
1444 / 1445 IB Japanese SL 1
Grades 11-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Japanese III
1440 / 1441 Japanese IV
Grades 9-10. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Japanese III
This is the first year of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard Level (SL) Japanese program.
All students who have completed Japanese III are encouraged to take this course. Students will use the Japanese language in a range of situations and contexts for a variety of purposes. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of different types of authentic oral and written texts. Students will continue their acquisition of these skills through the exploration of cultural themes, grammatical concepts, and vocabulary development. This course will be taught almost exclusively in Japanese, all texts will be in Japanese, and students are expected to speak in Japanese. Emphasis continues to be on language proficiency integrated with the International Baccalaureate goal of international-mindedness. Students will prepare to take the SL (Standard Level) IB test second semester of either their junior or senior year. The content is appropriate for all advanced Japanese students. (Note for IB Diploma candidates: this course must be taken in the junior or senior year to be valid in the IB sequence.)
1446 / 1447 IB Japanese SL 2
Grade 12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB Japanese SL 1
This is the second year of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard Level (SL) Japanese program. All students who have successfully completed IB Japanese SL 1 are encouraged to take this course. Students will use the Japanese language in a range of situations and contexts for a variety of purposes. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of different types of authentic oral and written texts. Students will continue their acquisition of these skills through the exploration of cultural themes, grammatical concepts, and vocabulary development. The students will develop a mastery level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Japanese. This course provides a comprehensive collegelevel review of all Japanese grammatical concepts, structures and vocabulary through repeated written and oral drills and the completion of past Advanced Placement exams. This course will be taught in Japanese, all texts will be in Japanese, and students are expected to speak in Japanese. Emphasis continues to be on language proficiency integrated with the International Baccalaureate goal of international-mindedness. Students will prepare to take the SL (Standard Level) IB and the AP exams second semester of either their junior or senior year.
1442 / 1443 Advanced Placement Japanese Language
Grades 10-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Japanese IV or IB Japanese SL 1
The purpose of this course is to get ready for the AP Japanese Language and Culture exam. The class is conducted almost exclusively in Japanese. Students will learn more advanced levels of proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Japanese. Students will learn as many as 500 Kanji characters. (They don’t need to be able to write them.) They will converse with native Japanese speaking people and learn to write more complicated essays in Japanese.
1448 / 1449 Spanish I
1448V / 1449V Spanish I (This course may also be offered virtually)
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: None
The students will develop beginner level proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Spanish. Units of study in the present tense will include food, school, sports, family, weather, calendar, descriptions and cultural topics from around the Spanish-speaking world.
1450 / 1451 Spanish II
1450V / 1451V Spanish II (This course may also be offered virtually)
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Spanish I
The students will develop continuing growth in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Spanish. Units of study in the present and past tenses will include daily routine, descriptions, interests, home and family, food and travel, and cultural topics from around the Spanish-speaking world.
1452 / 1453 Spanish III
Grades 9-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Spanish II
The students will develop a more advanced proficiency in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Spanish. Units of study in the present, past, perfect, commands and subjunctive tenses will include autobiographical information, childhood, disasters and accidents, movies and TV, cooking and travel, and cultural topics from around the Spanish-speaking world.
1454 / 1455 IB Spanish SL 1
Grades 11-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Spanish III
1474 / 1475 Spanish IV
Grades 9-10. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Spanish III
This is the first year of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Standard Level (SL) Spanish program.
All students who have completed Spanish III are encouraged to take this course. Students will use the Spanish language in a range of situations and contexts for a variety of purposes. Students will develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of different types of authentic oral and written texts. Students will continue their acquisition of these skills through the exploration of cultural themes, grammatical concepts, and vocabulary development. This course will be taught in Spanish, all texts will be in Spanish, and students are expected to speak in Spanish. Emphasis continues to be on language proficiency integrated with the International Baccalaureate goal of international-mindedness. Students will prepare to take the SL (Standard Level) IB test second semester of either their junior or senior year. The content is appropriate for all advanced Spanish students. (Note for IB Diploma candidates: this course must be taken in the junior or senior year to be valid in the IB sequence.)
1460 / 1461 IB Spanish SL 2
Grade 12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB Spanish SL 1
1476 / 1477 Advanced Placement Spanish Language
Grades 10-12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: Spanish IV or IB Spanish SL 1
The students will continue developing their proficiency level in expression and inquiry, constructing meaning, linking language and culture, acquiring knowledge and using strategies to communicate in Spanish. This course provides a comprehensive college-level review of all Spanish grammatical concepts, structures and vocabulary and the completion of practice Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams.
TBD / TBD IB World Language A SL 1
Grade 11. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB Diploma Candidate, home language proficiency
As an inclusive IB Diploma Program, the Student Self-Taught Language A SL course provides full DP students only with the opportunity to continue learning their home language. This self-directed course is for students who come to NHS with a home language (mother tongue) that is not English. Students will work primarily with their parents/guardians and Diploma Program Coordinator to prepare an individual reading curriculum in their mother tongue in preparation for the respective assessments/examinations for IB Language A. Additionally, students testing in Spanish or French have the opportunity to write exams in English and their selected mother tongue language to earn the IB Bilingual Diploma.
TBD / TBD IB World Language A SL 2
Grade 12. 2 semesters, 1 credit. Prerequisite: IB Diploma Candidate, IB World Language A SL1
As an inclusive IB Diploma Program, the Student Self-Taught Language A SL course provides full DP students only with the opportunity to continue learning their home language. This self-directed course is for students who come to NHS with a home language (mother tongue) that is not English. Students will work primarily with their parents/guardians and Diploma Program Coordinator to prepare an individual reading curriculum in their mother tongue in preparation for the respective assessments/examinations for IB Language A. Additionally, students testing in Spanish or French have the opportunity to write exams in English and their selected mother tongue language to earn the IB Bilingual Diploma.