World Language Curriculum Goals

In general, the World Language Department seeks to have Brookwood students:

• Acquire an awareness of and sensitivity to cultures other than their own
• Develop authentic pronunciation in the target language
• Use oral and aural communication skills in the target language
• Use acquired skills to read short books, stories, and magazines and to engage in discussions about same
• Write complex narrative and descriptive paragraphs in the target language
• Become familiar with the countries in which the target language is spoken