Dual Language Immersion
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Advanced Language and Literacy (ALL) 6th Grade course is the middle school continuation for students who have completed a content-based world languages program in elementary school (such as Dual Language Immersion) or who possess similar levels of language proficiency. Instruction in the ALL 6th grade course focuses on the development of language, literacy, and cultural competencies. During this course most students should continue in the Intermediate level of proficiency. Students gain confidence in recombining learned material of the language, creating in the language to express their own thoughts, interacting with other speakers of the language, understanding oral and written messages in the world language, and making oral and written presentations in the target language. Students are exposed to more complex features of the language, moving from concrete to more abstract concepts. Strong emphasis will be placed on use of and interaction with authentic materials from the target cultures. This course seeks to provide a bridge for students who have been learning language through content as they refine their language forms and begin learning language through more traditional world language instructional strategies.
DLI Media Literacy is a DLI course in middle school offered in the first semester. In this course, students will study themes such as Global Challenges, Science and Technology, and Contemporary Life. They will read mostly nonfiction articles in order to identify the main idea, supporting details, and the author's purpose. Students will also learn to discuss data from infographics and express their own point of views on various issues. An emphasis on speaking with fluency and accuracy will be placed by applying grammatical knowledge acquired in DLI Advanced Language and Literacy through group discussions on related issues. Students will take DLI Media Literacy first semester and will then take DLI Culture and History in the second semester. These two courses cover all six Advanced Placement (AP) themes. Together, they prepare students for the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam, which students will take in tenth grade. Based on the results of the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam, students can earn credit for college.
