Academics

Spanish

At Bethany School our goal is to cultivate the love of learning a foreign language through games, songs and interaction between the students. The Spanish department sees in each student the potential for learning

Spanish and believe that it will be most valuable for the students to begin this endeavor at a young age. Kindergarten through sixth grade students have one or two Spanish classes weekly, studying the language from a cultural perspective. The students participate in various activities that expose them to the culture and the language very naturally.

At the seventh and eighth grade levels, Spanish is considered an academic course. It includes both spoken and written components, grammar, reading, and a simple study of the culture and geography. The two year sequence yields an equivalent to Spanish I at the high school level.

Spanish classes include:

exposure to the traditions and cultures of various Spanish countries through stories and crafts
learning everyday phrases
sampling different foods
grammar drills through skits, games and songss
application of grammar through creating dialogues and writing pagragraphs
the use of laptop computers for visual and audio stimulation