Timpview World Languages Dear Centennial Students and Parents! The Timpview World Language Department is excited to welcome you to Timpview next year. We have great language classes at Timpview, and a language class is one of the most helpful classes in making the academic and social transition from middle school to high school. The World Language Department strongly encourages you to start a language in 9th grade. When you start in 9th grade, you give yourself the option of taking a language all four years of high school. This is one of the best ways for you to prepare for college and scholarships as well as a future career. In the new global economy where the world is metaphorically flat, the ability to communicate in another language is becoming increasingly more valuable. Students who learn another language cultivate flexible thinking, improve their social skills, increase their cultural awareness, and develop a highly marketable skill. Timpview offers the following languages: ASL Anna Allred & Jaime Ribera

Chinese

French

Julian Li

German

Nathalie LeBras

Stephen Van Orden

Japanese

Spanish

Shauna Palmer

Carl Gutke & Terry Szink

At Timpview, students progress through our course sequence according to proficiency level and not according to seat time. Students progress from class to class when they are ready based on their demonstrated proficiency. Although the World Language Department offers only three classes in each language, it is still the intent of this course sequence that students take a language all four years of high school. Students will either enroll twice in the Pre-AP class (Honors for Japanese) or twice in the AP class (Pre-AP for Japanese). Students take the AP Test when they have reached Intermediate Mid or above. Any student who passes the AP test can participate in the DLI Bridge Program the following year and take a 3000 level language course that is co-taught by a Timpview teacher and a UVU faculty member.

Language ASL Language

Skill Expressive Receptive Skill

French German Spanish

Speaking Writing Listening Reading

Japanese

Speaking Writing Listening Reading

Chinese

Speaking Writing Listening Reading

Skill

Skill

1 Intermediate Low Intermediate Low Beginning Novice Mid Novice Mid Novice Mid Novice Mid Beginning Novice Mid Novice Low Novice Mid Novice Low Beginning Novice Mid Novice Low Novice Mid Novice Low

2 Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid

3 Intermediate High Intermediate High Pre-AP

Novice Mid through Intermediate Low Novice Mid through Intermediate Low Novice Mid through Intermediate Low Novice Mid through Intermediate Low Honors Novice Mid through Novice High Novice Low through Novice Mid Novice Mid through Novice High Novice Mid through Novice High Pre-AP Novice Mid through Novice High Novice Low through Novice Mid Novice Mid through Novice High Novice Low through Novice Mid

AP Intermediate Low through Intermediate High Intermediate Low through Intermediate High Intermediate Low through Intermediate High Intermediate Low through Intermediate High Pre-AP Novice High through Intermediate Mid Novice High through Intermediate Mid Novice High through Intermediate Mid Novice High through Intermediate Mid AP Novice High through Intermediate Mid Novice Mid through Novice High Novice High through Intermediate Mid Novice Mid through Novice High

Make it a priority to sign up for a language class in 9th grade. Your language class will help you make the transition from Centennial to Timpview. You will have fun and have a positive academic and social experience.

Timpview World Languages Dear Centennial Students and Parents! We are very excited that our DLI students will join us at Timpview next year. This year we will have the French and Chinese DLI students. Next year, they will be joined by the Spanish DLI students. At Timpview, the DLI students will take DLI Honors 5 in 9th grade. At the end of 9th grade, they will take the AP test. Those students who pass the AP test will continue on with the Bridge Program, where they will take 3000-level college courses that are co-taught by UVU faculty and Timpview faculty. Those courses will focus on cultural and literature topics and place the students in a position to get a university minor in a language with only two more courses beyond high school. The DLI students who do not pass the AP test in 9th grade will take the AP class in 10th grade and then move on to the Bridge Program after that. The Bridge Program is available to all students who have passed the AP test regardless of whether they have been in DLI or not. Our DLI students have a tremendous background in language learning. They also have developed the skills of a language learner and have first-hand experience with the value of learning another language. This makes them perfect candidates to take advantage of the other languages offered at Timpview and become tri-lingual. Part of the State DLI model has always been to have some/many of our DLI students take a third language when they get to high school. Timpview offers the following languages: ASL Anna Allred & Jaime Ribera

Chinese Julian Li

French Nathalie LeBras

German Stephen Van Orden

Japanese Shauna Palmer

Spanish Carl Gutke & Terry Szink

Here are the possible language class progressions for our DLI students: 9th Grade Student passes AP test

DLI Honors 5 Student does not pass AP Test

10th Grade 3000 Level University Class Bridge Program AP Class—AP Test

11th Grade 3000 Level University Class Bridge Program 3000 Level University Class Bridge Program

12th Grade 3000 Level University Class Bridge Program 3000 Level University Class Bridge Program

The Timpview World Language Department welcomes our DLI students and is excited to help them continue to progress as language learners. We hope that many of you will choose to become tri-lingual during your time at Timpview.