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Tagged: Foreign Language for high school, High school level Spanish

This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 10 months ago by bethanna.

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July 30, 2019 at 1:09 pm
Steph3433
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Hello,
I was looking for recommendations for a High School Spanish curriculum. My daughter is going into 9th grade and would like to learn Spanish. It would need to be something she could mostly do on her own. What have you used and was did your child actually learn and retain anything rather than memorize and then forget?

Thanks in Advance!
August 2, 2019 at 1:24 pm
Paula Spicer
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I’m interested as well. Rosetta Stone did not work for us.
August 2, 2019 at 2:18 pm
sarah2106
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I will be watching as well to see what people use.
I am starting to lean towards foreign language being one of those classes that out outsource to an on-line class though.
I grew up being homeschooled and foreign language had a work book and casset tape. It was so hard and really we did not learn much of anything. Not getting the feed back on pronunciations and really hearing the language makes learning it really hard. I could answer questions on a quiz but had no idea how to actually say the words correctly.
My kids have done some Rosetta Stone and Duolingo and even Getting Started with Spanish as a family. All of them are good but I feel like they are good for more of conversational phrases and getting used to hearing words but not highschool level. I have told my kids we do all of those because they are fun and easy and in the future I hope that when they do more in depth language study it will be a bit easier because there will be some familiarity with the language.
I have looked at a few on line programs and while they cost, I feel like the real time feedback would be very valuable.
Sorry not very helpful. I hope others chime in with what they have found success with!
August 5, 2019 at 9:28 pm
bethanna
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I used Breaking the Spanish Barrier Level 1 with three students (8th, 9th, and 11th) last year, and we plan to continue with Level 2 this year. It is written to the student in a worktext (no teachers manual) and there is a CD (maybe a download option too) of vocabulary, questions/answers in the language, and conversation. We did all instruction together though and I think that helped the students grasp it better. But it could be completed independently. As for retaining the language long-term, I don’t know. It depends on how dedicated the student is to learning and using the language, whether or not they have native speakers to converse with, etc. We did have fun with it though.
August 5, 2019 at 9:32 pm
bethanna
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And I added in some other resources also. We used the Cherrydale Press book for a while. There are a couple YouTube channels that I found helpful and appropriate for kids. We listened to some verses in a Bible app where I could change the language.