World Languages
Cooking en Francais!
In Potomac’s world language programs, students take a communicative, integrated, skills-based approach that is firmly rooted in developing their interest in, and appreciation for, diverse cultural perspectives.
Through carefully designed immersion, students develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills while acquiring the cultural background and knowledge necessary to communicate meaningfully in real-world settings in their target language. Teachers work 'in community' with fellow faculty members planning units where there is interdisciplinary connection between art, history, sustainability, and more.
Course Spotlights
This course presents the essential forms, grammar, and vocabulary needed to begin reading Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey in the original. Students will spend the first semester studying the forms of Greek’s three noun declensions and the most common conjugated verb forms found in Homer, and will practice these forms nightly by translating simplified passages from Homer.
Through selected authentic videos, films and news articles, students will be able to have in-depth conversations about various topics. Assignments in the course include research papers, debates, and in-class skits.
Latino foods reflect enormous geographical and social diversity resulting from Latin America's turbulent history of settlement, intermarriage, and migration. Where does Latin American food come from?