For the Class of 2012 and beyond, students planning to enter or transfer into a University System of Georgia institution or other post-secondary institution must take two units of the same world language. Many universities now require more than the two basic years as evidence of academic achievement.

All World Language courses are yearlong courses.

NOTE: In order to be considered for placement in a World Language honors course in high school, a student must earn a 90% in EACH of the four semesters of language study in middle school.  The teacher must also recommend the student for placement in an honors course in high school.

If a student begins World Language study in high school, he or she must earn a 90% in both semesters of study AND be recommended by the teacher to be placed in an Honors’ course the following year.

Students may be recommended to switch to an on-level World Language course at the end of the first year of study if they do not meet the teacher’s expectations.

In Honors’ and AP courses, students are expected to:

1. actively participate in class activities and discussions

2. make every effort to speak in the target language

3. complete homework daily

4. be self-directed learners

5. work well in groups on large projects

6. take risks

Course Name:  Chinese 1
Course Number: 62.0110000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None
Description: Beginning level Chinese is designed to introduce students to the Chinese language and the culture of Chinese-speaking peoples. Students will use the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing to attain proficiency and the ability to communicate in Chinese. Major topics include: Introduction to Chinese characters and pronunciation; greetings, family & friends; numbers/telling time & calendar dates; school information, daily routines; foods & clothing; holidays & festivals; Chinese culture.  Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:  Chinese 2
Course Number: 62.0120000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: Chinese 1
Description: Chinese 2 emphasizes oral fluency and expects distinct growth in vocabulary and sentence patterns for functional use.  Major topics include: Chinese pronunciation and introduction to Chinese characters; family & friends, city / transportation; school information, daily routines; Invitation and visiting, weather / seasons, making purchases; eating at restaurant and home, ordering a meal; holidays & festivals and Chinese culture.  Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:  Chinese 2 Honors
Course Number: 62.0120040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: 90 or higher in Chinese 1; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Chinese 2 Honors emphasizes oral fluency and expects distinct growth in vocabulary and sentence patterns for functional use, at an accelerated pace.  Major topics include: Chinese pronunciation and introduction to Chinese characters; family & friends, city / transportation; school information, daily routines; health: check up and hospital; weather / seasons; post office; making purchases; ordering a meal; holidays & festivals; Chinese culture.  Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:  Chinese 3
Course Number: 62.0130000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: Chinese 2
Description: Chinese 3 emphasizes advanced structures of the language through a thorough practice in reading, writing, speaking and listening.  Major topics include: Chinese character, pronunciation; time & weather; family & friends / relationships; food and restaurants; money & shopping; school & education; daily and leisure-time activities; service & repairs; clothing & personal appearances; transportation; vacation & travel and Chinese culture. Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:  Chinese 3 Honors
Course Number: 62.0130040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Chinese 2 Honors or 90 or higher in Chinese 2; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Chinese 3 Honors emphasizes advanced structures of the language through a thorough practice in reading, writing, speaking and listening, at an accelerated pace.  Major topics include: Chinese character & pronunciation; time & weather; family & friends / relationships; food and restaurants; money & shopping; school & education; daily and leisure-time activities; service & repairs; clothing & personal appearances; transportation; vacation & travel and Chinese culture.  Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:   Chinese 4 Honors
Course Number: 62.0140040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Chinese 3 Honors or 90 or higher in Chinese 3; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Chinese 4 Honors is conducted entirely in Chinese and emphasizes a high level of facility of advanced structures of the language through intensive, fast-paced practice in reading, writing, speaking and listening.  Skills will be demonstrated and assessed via a variety of activities including, but not limited to, essays, skits, projects, web activities and video/audio recordings. This course is geared to prepare students for the rigors of the AP Chinese Language course.  Major topics include: Chinese culture and perspective; daily life of Chinese teenagers; hobbies and personal events: sites of interests and entertainment; Chinese society; geography and population; the generation gap; travel and transportation; climate and transportation; holidays; current events; children’s literary themes; visual arts; literary selections; current events.  Major Materials: Ni Hao China Soft, 2003.

Course Name:   AP Chinese 
Course Number: 62.0140040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80+ in Chinese 3 H or 90+ in Chinese 3; Teacher Recommendation
Description:

Course Name: French 1
Course Number: 60.0110000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None
Description Students will learn numbers, weather, colors, celebrations, family, routines, self, school, clothing, shopping, food, transportation, body parts, health/emotions, animals, leisure time, sports, geography.

Course Name: French 2
Course Number: 60.0120000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: French 1
Description: Students will learn school & class routines, family & relations, self & daily routines, clothing, body parts, shopping, money, banking, community sites, transportation, directions, food, meals, holidays, vacations.

Course Name: French 2 Honors
Course Number: 60.0120040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: 90 or higher in French 1; Teacher Recommendation
Description: This course provides an in-depth study of all topics in French II with heavy emphasis on oral production; additional reading selections.

Course Name: French 3
Course Number: 60.0130000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: French 2
Description: Students learn daily routines, family relations, history, geography, travel, accommodations, festivals, leisure time, food, current events, careers, aspects of art and literature.

Course Name: French 3 Honors
Course Number: 60.0130040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 in French 2 Honors or 90 or higher in French 2; Teacher Recommendation
Description: This course provides an in-depth study of all topics in French III; in addition, social situations, foreign travel, opinions & feelings, aesthetic pursuits.

Course Name: French 4
Course Number: 60.0140000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: French 3
Description: French 4 is an advanced course designed for students continuing from French 3. Students learn literary selections, visual arts, current events, daily life, writing enhancement; recommended for students who will continued to AP Student skills will be demonstrated and assessed via a variety of activities including, but not limited to, essays, skits, projects, web activities and video/audio recordings. Major topics include: Travel; current affairs; music; culture segments; careers; writing enhancement; relationships; French culture; francophone world.

Course Name: French 4 Honors
Course Number: 60.0140040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 in French 3 Honors or 90 or higher in French 3; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Students learn about the French culture, current affairs. 

Course Name: AP French Language
Course Number: 60.0170010
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 12
Prerequisites: 80 in French 4 Honors or 90 or higher in French 4; Teacher Recommendation; AP Commitment Contract
Description: Students will speak formal and informal French, various forms of printed texts, written communication, audio response, and cultural and current themes.

Course Name:  German 1
Course Number: 61.0110000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None
Description: Students build upon the receptive skills in listening and understanding the instructional lessons delivered in the target language. Gradually, students begin to use the target language to respond, ask questions, make requests, manipulate and discuss the lesson elements. Reading and writing are gradually developed.

Course Name:  German 2
Course Number: 61.0120000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: German 1
Description: Students learn greetings and about festivals, transportation and driving, vacations and restaurants, living accommodations, metric system, telecommunications, culture.

Course Name:  German 2 Honors
Course Number: 61.0120040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: 90 or higher in German 1; Teacher Recommendation
Description: This course is similar to German 2, but at a more rigorous pace.

Course Name:  German 3
Course Number: 61.0130000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: German 2
Description: Students learn about travel arrangements, daily routines, asking and giving directions, polite speech for German culture.

Course Name:  German 3 Honors
Course Number: 61.0130040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 in German 2 Honors or 90 in German 2; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Topics are similar to those covered in German 3, but at higher level - projects, processes, argument, and comparing cultural trends.

Course Name:  German 4
Course Number: 61.0140000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: German 3
Description: Students practice in conversation, further develop their reading and writing skills, and knowledge of current events and cultural topics.

Course Name:  German 4 Honors
Course Number: 61.0140040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 in German 3 Honors or 90 in German 3; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Students read literary selections, visual arts, current events, daily life, speaking and writing enhancement; recommended to continue to AP.
Prerequisites: German 3 Honors. Available to students in grades 11-12.

Course Name: Latin 1
Course Number: 61.0410000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None
Description: Students learn Latin pronunciation, Latin stories, myths, Roman culture & history, derivatives..

Course Name:  Latin 2
Course Number: 61.0420000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: Latin I
Description: Students Latin pronunciation, Latin stories, myths, Roman culture & history, derivatives.

Course Name:  Latin 2 Honors
Course Number: 61.0420040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: 90 or higher in Latin I; Teacher Recommendation
Description: This course is an in-depth study of all topics in Latin II; in addition, translation of original Latin reading selections and recitation of notable Latin sayings.

Course Name: Survey of Latin Literature Honors (Latin 3H/4H)
Course Number: 61.0460040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Latin 2 Honors or 90 or higher in Latin 2; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Students study Latin literature with emphasis on the epic genre. Students will be surveying Latin literature in preparation for studying Vergil's AENEID. Samples of verse, prose, speeches, epistles, and graffiti will be translated.

Course Name:  AP Latin Vergil
Course Number: 61.0470010
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Survey of Latin Literature Honors; Teacher Recommendation; AP Commitment Contract
Description: The AP Latin: Vergil course requires the student to master the literary techniques, cultural and historical background, and over 1,800 lines of the Latin text of the Aeneid. All students will complete the Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil examination in the spring, upon completion of the courses.

Course Name:  Spanish 1
Course Number: 60.0710000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: None
Description: Students learn numbers, weather, colors, celebrations, family, routines, self, school, clothing, shopping, food, transportation, body parts, health/emotions, animals, leisure time, sports, geography.

Course Name: Spanish 2
Course Number: 60.0720000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: Spanish 1
Description: Students learn school and class routines, family & relations, self & daily routines, clothing, body parts, shopping, money, banking, community sites, transportation, directions, food, meals, holidays, vacations.

Course Name:  Spanish 2 Honors
Course Number: 60.0720040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 9 – 12
Prerequisites: 90 or higher in Spanish 1; Teacher Recommendation.
Description: This course is an in-depth study of all topics in Spanish II with heavy emphasis on oral production; additional reading selections.

Course Name:  Spanish 3
Course Number: 60.0730000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: Spanish 2
Description: Students learn daily routines, family relations, history, geography, travel, accommodations, festivals, leisure time, food, current events, careers, aspects of art and literature.

Course Name:  Spanish 3 Honors
Course Number: 60.0730040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 10 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Spanish 2 Honors or 90 in Spanish 2; Teacher Recommendation
Description: This is an in-depth study of all topics in Spanish III. Students also learn social situations, foreign travel, opinions & feelings, aesthetic pursuits.

Course Name:  Spanish 4
Course Number: 60.0740000
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: Spanish 3
Description: This course is recommended for students who wish to further enhance their proficiency in all four language skills, but not headed toward AP Spanish. The course focuses on geography, art, music, literature, poetry, writing, foods, vocabulary, and grammar review. Students learn and use the language through projects, presentations, our Abriendo Paso text, Tactics Conversaciones, Schaum's Spanish Vocabulary, and Aventuras Literarias.

Course Name:  Spanish 4 Honors
Course Number: 60.0740040
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Spanish 3 Honors or 90 or higher in Spanish 3; Teacher Recommendation
Description: Students read literary selections, visual arts, current events, daily life, and writing enhancement; recommended for students who will continue to AP.

Course Name:  Spanish 5 Honors
Course Number: 60.0750040
Term: Y
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: Spanish 4
Description: This course integrates a systematic review of first through fourth year concepts. Continued emphasis on communication skills is stressed, and integration of cultural information pertaining to the designated topics of this course occurs in skill areas where appropriate. Emphasis is placed on sharpening speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in preparation for college placement.

Course Name: AP Spanish Language
Course Number: 60.0770010
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 11 – 12
Prerequisites: 80 or higher in Spanish 4 H or 90 or higher in Spanish 4; Teacher Recommendation; AP Commitment Contract
Description: Students will speak formal and informal Spanish, various forms of printed texts, written communication, audio response, cultural and current themes.

Course Name: AP Spanish Literature
Course Number: 60.0780010
Term: Yearlong
Grade: 12
Prerequisites: AP Spanish Language; Teacher Recommendation; AP Commitment Contract
Description: Students will speak formal and informal Spanish, learn various forms of printed texts, written communication, audio response, cultural and current themes.