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Teaching and Learning

World Languages

email link icon Rhonda L. Wells [ rhonda_l_wells@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us ], Coordinator
1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard
Stone Mountain, GA  30083
678.676.0227
678.676.0229 (fax)

The mission of the world languages program is to equip all students with lifelong skills that will allow them to communicate effectively, compete in the global community and marketplace, and to facilitate an appreciation of other languages and cultures, as well as their own.

Two years of the same world language are required for an academic diploma. Students are encouraged to take multiple years of the same language to enhance language proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as culture and civilization.

Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) require that teachers teach with the goal of students obtaining proficiency in a second language. While textbooks may be used, they should not dictate the curriculum. Electronic portfolios, videos, and voice recorders are to be integrated into learning in order to use authentic materials and realia which encourage interaction and involvement.

While world language courses are divided according to high school and middle school, many elementary schools offer exploratory language classes as well.

Languages Offered:

  • French IA, IB, I, II, III, IV, Advanced Placement (AP)
  • German I, II, III, IV, V, AP
  • Japanese I, II, III, IV
  • Latin I, II, II, IV, AP
  • Spanish IA, IB, I, II, III, IV, V, AP