World Language
The CHS World Language Department promotes global citizenship in its students in order to prepare them to better understand and thrive in a global society. Through communication, comparison and personal connections, students gain perspective and understanding of language and culture, including their own. We believe experiencing cultures and using other languages is transformative; it allows students to see beyond cultural barriers, enabling them to be more engaged and responsive in an ever-changing world.
Proficencies
- Presentational: Students can engage in meaningful one-way communication (speaking and writing) to inform, explain, persuade and/or narrate to an intended audience on a range of content and contexts.
- Interpretive: Students can interpret meaning and cultural perspective through reading, listening and viewing a variety of authentic materials.
- Interpersonal Communication: Students can participate in conversations on familiar topics, using sentences and/or series of sentences, in appropriate time frames, as well as handle social interactions and everyday tasks by asking and answering a variety of questions.
- Language Fundamentals: Students can recognize and make use of thematic vocabulary and grammatical conventions of increasing complexity as they communicate with the various modes and advance through the levels of language learning.
- Culture and Connections: Students can interact with empathy and an awareness of the perspectives of self and others, while recognizing the factors that influence who people are and how they communicate.
