Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School
District 233
999 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor, IL 60422
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World Language Department

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Program Goal:  The philosophy of the World Language Department at H-F is based upon the premise that language and communication are essential to the cultural understanding needed to function in today’s global society.  Our classrooms focus on communication in another language, using the second language to learn, to communicate and to enter another culture.  The following 5 C’s of World Language  Education encompass this philosophy:
 The 5 C’s of Foreign Language Education
1. Communication is at the heart of second language study, whether the communication takes place face-to-face, in writing or across centuries through the reading of literature. 
2. Through the study of other languages, students gain knowledge and understanding of cultures that use the language and, in fact, cannot truly master the language until they have also mastered the cultural contexts in which the language occurs.
 3. Learning a second language provides connections to additional bodies of knowledge that may be unavailable to the monolingual English speaker.
4. Through comparisons and contrasts with the language being studied, students develop insight into the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize that there are multiple ways of viewing the world.
5. Together these elements enable the student of language to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world in a variety of contexts and in culturally appropriate ways. ACTFL and National Standards in Foreign Language Learning, 1999

· Opportunities are provided for creating with language (both oral and written)
 · In cultural contexts, students use language that is appropriate in form and manner (student knows how, when and why to say what to whom).
 · Students develop a sense of cultural identity through comparing and contrasting their own perspective and practices with those of the target culture.
 · Students will be able to negotiate meaning in the target language.
 · Compare and contrast: Students will use prior knowledge of English to build language skills in the target language.

     Welcome to the World Language Department of Homewood-Flossmoor High School. We offer three languages at HF: French, Spanish, and Latin. There are 15 teachers in our department. Meet the staff of our department.

Although foreign language is an elective at our school, almost 60% of our student body takes at least two years of a foreign language. Many of our students continue in a foreign language beyond the high school level. We welcome any response from our alumni.

Spanish and French are offered from levels one through five on both a regulars and honors level. Our fifth year honors courses are preparation for the Spanish and French AP exams. This year we are able to offer both Latin 1 and Latin 2 to our students!

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contact Mr. David Thieman, Director of Human Resources: dthieman@hfhighschool.org