Academics : World Language Departments

World Languages

Mission

The goal of the world languages program is to make available high-quality language training to all students. In each language, instruction is given in the skills of speaking, aural comprehension, reading, and writing. Realizing that language is a means and not an end in itself, teachers strive at all levels to engage students in using the language for self-expression and communication and to provide insights into the social patterns, value systems, traditions, and attitudes of the people whose language they are teaching.

Faculty

Curriculum

Diploma Requirements

The graduation requirement is the successful completion of a second-level course. Students whose native language is not English have fulfilled the NMH foreign language requirement provided they have successfully completed at least one year of formal study of their own language at the secondary school level. Students whose English skills require enrollment in our ESL program are exempt from the NMH foreign language requirement.