World Languages

The mission of the NHPS World Language Department is to promote cultural awareness, to provide students with linguistic skills in more than one language and to prepare students to grow and succeed within their own and other global communities.

 

Most students in grades 7-12 have the opportunity to study world languages in NHPS and some begin as early as kindergarten.  Depending on the school, our students learn Arabic, ASL, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Pashto, or Spanish. Knowing another language expands students’ career possibilities, increases their cross-cultural understanding, and improves their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in their native language.  It prepares them for life in the 21st Century.

 

We do not use textbooks in NHPS. Instead, we use thematic units written by teachers that are focused on building students' proficiency in using the language in the real-world.  Teachers share materials, videos, and other real-world texts and create engaging lesson that require students to practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing in the target language.  If you would like to learn more about how world languages are taught in NHPS, please visit our informational world languages website at https://sites.google.com/a/nhps.net/nhpswl/home.

 

An overview of the curriculum for grades 6-12 is included below. In addition, please see the document below outlining how the Advanced Placement (AP) themes are used as an engaging organizing principle for all of our PreK-12 curriculum.

 

If you have any questions about world languages curriculum, instruction, or assessment or are interested in working in NHPS, please contact Jessica Haxhi at jessica.haxhi@nhboe.net.