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New Student World Language Placement Information Sheet
New Students: Pleaseask your current language teacher to fill in the requested information;your teacher should check off which Friends Academy course is the most appropriate fit for you. All new students will be expected to take a placement exam if they expect to enroll in any level II or a higher course.You should know that it is possible to take one core foreign language plus one half credit Latin course during freshman or sophomore year.Please return this form to the Friends Academy Admissions Office by June 14th.
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Major Course Topics Covered this Past Year: ______
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Recommended Course(s) for Next Year:
_____French 2:D’Accord, Level 2.Covers basic vocabulary, regular and irregular present verbs, the passé composé,relative and object pronouns,plus practice ofimperfect, future, and conditional tenses.Also includes cultural project work.
_____French 2 Honors: D’Accord, Level 2.Covers basic vocabulary, regular and irregular present verbs, the passé composé,relative and object pronouns,plus practice of imperfect, future, and conditional tenses. Also includes cultural project work. This course goes more quickly than French 2 and works more on reading comprehension, writing and speaking.
_____French 3:D’Accord,Level 3.Continues with vocabulary studyplus more extensive emphasis onpassécomposé vs. imperfect, more work with relative pronouns, plus more sophisticated negative and interrogative expressions. Also includes cultural project work.
_____French 3 Honors:D’Accord, Level 3 plustwo short novels.Covers all of the above plus introduction to thepassé simple, past conditional,and more extensive work with the subjunctive, negative, and interrogative expressions. Also includes more extensive oral and written production through interpersonal and presentational communicative assessments.
_____Spanish 1:Descubre, Level 1.Covers basic vocabulary, regular, stem-changing and all irregular verbs in present, ser/estar, and conocer/saber, plus limited practice of the preterit.
_____Spanish 2:Descubre,Level 2. Continues with vocabulary study, with particular emphasis on preterit vs. imperfect, progressive tenses, command forms, future and present perfect, and subjunctive with personal and impersonal expressions.
_____Spanish 2Honors: Descubre,Level 2. Continues with vocabulary study, with particular emphasis on preterit vs. imperfect, progressive tenses, command forms, future and present perfect, and subjunctive with personal and impersonal expressions. This course goes more quickly than Spanish 2 and works more on reading comprehension, writing and speaking.
_____Spanish 3:Descubre, Level 3. Covers all of the above plus present and past subjunctive, future and conditional, present and past perfect indicative and subjunctive, plus weekly work on reading comprehension, some writing, and speaking.
_____Spanish 3 Honors:Descubre, Level 3. Covers all of the above plus more extensive weekly work on reading comprehension, writing, and speaking.
_____Latin 2:Cambridge Latin Course, Units 2 & 3. Covers relative pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, passives, participles, deponent verbs, subjunctive-imperfect, pluperfect active, and cum clauses. Also devotes time to culture and mythology.
_____Latin 3:Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 4. Covers subjunctives (all four tenses, active and passive) subjunctive clauses, indirect statements, and ablative absolute. Also devotes time to culture and mythology.
_____Half credit year-longIntroductory Latin: Cambridge Latin Course, Units 1 & 2. Covers nouns (all cases, genders), verbs (all six tenses), adjectives (1st-3rd declension), pronouns, prepositional phrases, and infinitives.
_____Half credit year-longAdvanced Introductory Latin: Cambridge Latin Course, Units2 & 3Covers relative pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, passives, participles, deponent verbs, subjunctive-imperfect, pluperfect active, and cum clauses.
_____ Chinese 1: Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 1. Covers all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing; introduces 700 simplified characters;topics relate to students' immediate environment (family, friends, school, and work); stroke order for each new character is displayed, along with its pinyin pronunciation and English translation.
_____Chinese 2: Integrated Chinese, Level 1, Part 2. Covers all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing; level 2introduces 1,137 simplified characters; stroke order for each new character is displayed, along with its pinyin pronunciation and English translation. Students will be introduced to an increasing number of authentic materials written for native Chinese speakers.