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East Rockaway High School

World Language Department

Department Chairperson:  Angelica Rodriguez Alonzo

Department Overview

The East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School World Language Department is dedicated to teaching students the languages of Italian and Spanish along with the cultural and historical contributions of the people who speak these languages. Our goals are fostering language proficiency and enhancing cultural competency. Above all, we aim to create classroom Environments that encourage students to take risks in their language learning journey.

 

Course Selection
Grade 7  Grade 8  Grade 9  Grade 10  Grade 11 Grade 12
 Spanish 1A Spanish 1B   Spanish 2 Spanish 3   Spanish 4H**

Spanish 5**

      Spanish 3 Heritage     
         Italian 4H***  Italian AP

***Dual Enrollment with Adelphi University
**Dual Enrollment with Nassau Community College

Additional Information:

  • Spanish 1B concludes with students taking the NYS FLACS Checkpoint A Proficiency Exam (a requirement for earning a NYS Regents Diploma). This is a high school credit bearing course.
  • Spanish 3 concludes with students taking the NYS FLACS Checkpoint B Proficiency Exam, which is a requirement for earning a NYS Advanced Regents Diploma.
  • Native Spanish and Italian speakers will be evaluated and placed in the appropriate course based on their academic maturity and content mastery.

 

Teacher

Courses 23-24

Curriculum Overview

Michael Bovino

Spanish 1A
Spanish 1B

Spanish 1A
Spanish 1B

Frank Cuttitta

Italian 3
Italian 4-H
Italian-AP

Italian 1B
Italian 4 - Honors
Italian-AP

Lauren Lamonsoff

Spanish 1A
Spanish 3

Spanish 1A
Spanish 3

Fernando Gomez

Spanish 2
Spanish 2 (foundations)
Spanish 5

Spanish 2
Spanish Foundations
Spanish 5

Angelica Rodriguez Alonzo

Spanish 4-H
Spanish 3 Heritage

Spanish 4H
Spanish 3-Heritage

 

 

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World Language Resources for Students:

 

NYS Learning Standards for World Languages:

  1. Glossary of terms
  2. How to read the new standards
  3. Language Function verbs
  4. Learning Standards
  5. Proficiency ranges and performance indicators
  6. WL Themes and Topics 

 

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