World Language

Preparing students to participate in our global community

• World languages at OLSH:
  • prepare students to participate in our increasingly global community.
  • establish connections to other academic disciplines.
  • promote the appreciation of other languages, cultures and diverse ways of thinking.
• Students are required to take three world language credits, two of which must be earned consecutively in the same language.
• Technology enhances education in the world language department via interactive vocabulary and grammar games, and the use of a variety of apps for the Chromebook.
• Projects, including the creation of Day of the Dead decorations, crèche scene pieces and Mardi Gras floats, help students better understand the culture related to the languages they are studying.
• The department helps to coordinate cultural experience trips abroad in the summers; recent destinations included France, Spain, Costa Rica, and Italy.

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