Welcome to the Wilson High School World Languages Department!
Faculty
Clarke-Ipsen, Tina
Eshleman, Kayla
Hull, James
Lai, Grace
Orchowski, Donna
Piersol, Jamie
Robinson, Matthew
Robinson, Kendra
Spitzer, Lori
Swanson, Kiana
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 1
French 1 is an introduction to French with an emphasis on oral communication. Topics studied include How to greet people in French and keep a Read More…
Prerequisite: French 1 or equivalent
Credits: 1
French 2 completes the presentation of the fundamentals of the French language through a conversational and communicative skills approach. Upon completion of this course, students Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 2 or equivalent
Credits: 1
French 3 is an intermediate level course in which students gain confidence in speaking about themselves. Listening and speaking skills are developed to include specialized Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 3 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors French 4 focuses on heightening listening and speaking skills for conversation as well as reading and writing in the language. Students use French in Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors French 5 is conducted entirely in French. Class discussions and individual and group projects help students polish their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Read More…
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 1
German 1 is an introduction to the German language and culture. Basic speech patterns, vocabulary, and pronunciation are covered through conversational dialogues and intensive oral Read More…
Prerequisite: German 1 or equivalent
Credits: 1
German 2 completes the presentation of the fundamentals of the language through a conversational and communicative skills approach. German 2 continues to develop students’ ability Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 2 or equivalent
Credits: 1
German 3 is the final segment of the three-part core curriculum preceding the advanced German 4 and German 5 offerings. Following extensive review, the acquisition Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 3 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors German 4 focuses on conversation and reading in the language as well as advanced grammar and vocabulary expansion. Students are expected to use German Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors German 5 is conducted in German in a seminar atmosphere and features various projects designed to build upon and polish writing, speaking, and listening Read More…
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 1
This beginning Chinese focuses on introducing basic Chinese in pinyin, tones, and character writing. Students will learn to differentiate the four tones in Chinese, learn Read More…
Prerequisite: Chinese I or equivalent
Credits: 1
Chinese 2 is second-year introductory course to Chinese. Chinese 2 follows Chinese 1 in studying character writing, tone differentiation, and pinyin. Students are expected to Read More…
Prerequisite: Chinese II or equivalent
Credits: 1
Chinese 3 continues the study of Chinese language. The focus in this course will be to build student vocabulary in Chinese, introduce complex grammar rules, Read More…
Prerequisite: Chinese III or equivalent
Credits: 1
Chinese Honors 4 focuses primarily on grammar. Students will interact with other Chinese students in the study of performance, and to build vocabulary knowledge using Read More…
Prerequisite: Honors Chinese IV or equivalent
Credits: 1
AP Chinese is an intense college-level 5th-year Chinese language course. This course is designed to prepare students to participate in the Student-Exchange Program with our Read More…
Prerequisite: Native speaker of Spanish
Credits: 1
Spanish for Native Speakers is designed to meet the unique needs of native Spanish Speakers. It will move at a faster pace than the traditional Read More…
Prerequisite: None
Credits: 1
Spanish 1 is an introduction to the Spanish language and culture. Basic speech patterns, vocabulary, and pronunciation are presented through conversational dialogues and oral practice. Read More…
Prerequisite: Spanish 1 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Spanish 2 continues the presentation of the fundamentals of the language on a more complex level, expanding vocabulary and grammar while improving the basic skills Read More…
Prerequisite: Spanish 2
Credits: 1
Spanish 3 is an intermediate level language course. Students will improve their proficiency levels in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Topics studied include Vacationing, When Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 3 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors Spanish 4 focuses on speaking, reading, writing and listening in the language. This course is taught entirely in Spanish and students are expected to Read More…
Prerequisite: Level 4 or equivalent
Credits: 1
Honors Spanish 5 is conducted in Spanish in a seminar atmosphere with frequent class discussions and projects. Students are expected to work on perfecting their Read More…Courses
French I – CP
French II – CP
French III – CP
French IV – Honors
French V – Honors
German I – CP
German II – CP
German III – CP
German IV – Honors
German V – Honors
Mandarin Chinese I – CP
Mandarin Chinese II – CP
Mandarin Chinese III – CP
Mandarin Chinese IV – Honors
Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture – AP
Spanish for Native Speakers 1 – CP
Spanish I – CP
Spanish II – CP
Spanish III – CP
Spanish IV – Honors
Spanish V – Honors