A beginner-level Mandarin sequence focused on functional listening skills for real-world scenarios. Students move from basic action verbs to navigating restaurants, directions, and markets through immersive simulations.
A Spanish I/II unit focused on Valentine's Day, covering vocabulary related to love, relationships, and emotions through interactive activities and communicative practice.
A four-part Spanish sequence for 3rd graders exploring 'el gerundio' through the lens of community, nature, and indigenous traditions. Students learn to describe the world around them in real-time.
A comprehensive 9th-grade TELPAS preparation sequence focused on Advanced High ELPS proficiency through five rigorous listening, speaking, and writing stations. Students engage with academic content including policy debates, scientific briefs, and data analysis to refine their linguistic precision.
A foundational grammar sequence for English Language Learners focusing on the use of definite and indefinite articles through visual storytelling and interactive games.
Students explore the vibrant world of celebrations in Spanish-speaking cultures, from piñatas to the Day of the Dead. Through comparative analysis, they discover how traditions foster community and honor history across Spain and Latin America.
A 5-lesson sequence exploring the culinary heritage of the Spanish-speaking world, focusing on key ingredients like corn and cacao, mealtime customs, and tropical fruits. Students conclude by creating a class cookbook.
A sensory exploration of Spanish culture across geography, architecture, music, food, and art. Students embark on a simulated travel journey to discover the diversity of Spanish-speaking countries through hands-on activities.
An immersive sequence where 8th-grade students master intermediate French professional vocabulary, formal communication strategies, and cultural workplace etiquette through simulated career scenarios.
This advanced Mandarin Chinese sequence for graduate students focuses on analyzing contemporary social issues through the lens of sophisticated rhetoric and four-character idioms (chengyu). Students explore urbanization, demographic shifts, and environmental policy to build a high-level academic vocabulary and persuasive argumentation skills.
This sequence immerses graduate students in the lexical and cultural nuances of professional Mandarin. Students will progress from mastering formal etiquette and financial reporting to navigating legal contracts and complex business negotiations.
This advanced Spanish sequence transitions 9th-grade students from intermediate proficiency to professional linguistic precision. It focuses on academic register, workplace vocabulary, logical connectors, and sociolinguistic etiquette through authentic simulations and analysis.
This sequence bridges the gap between classroom character learning and real-world application for graduate-level learners. By analyzing authentic artifacts like signage, menus, and business cards, students develop the 'environmental literacy' needed to navigate Mandarin-speaking urban and professional spaces.
A high-intensity sequence designed for graduate students to achieve functional literacy in Mandarin Chinese through the top 100 high-frequency characters, focusing on sentence construction, grammatical particles, and digital input methods.
A deep analytical dive into the etymology and structural logic of the Chinese writing system for graduate-level adult learners. The sequence moves from basic mechanics and stroke order to complex phono-semantic decoding and aesthetic synthesis through calligraphy.
An immersive intermediate French sequence where students navigate travel scenarios in Paris, Dakar, and Montreal, mastering future, past, and conditional tenses through simulated real-world interactions.
This sequence explores the diversity of the Spanish language through a sociolinguistic lens, focusing on how culture, geography, and class influence communication for intermediate learners at the graduate level. Students analyze registers, regional slang, humor, and digital communication to understand the link between identity and language.
A comprehensive exploration of classical morphology and technical etymology for undergraduate students, bridging the gap between ancient roots and modern technical, medical, and literary terminology.
This sequence immerses undergraduate students in the specific lexicon of Latin terminology frequently encountered in academic research, legal documents, and formal logic. Students progress from scholarly abbreviations to complex phrases used in argumentation and legal theory, emphasizing contextual application to enhance academic precision.
A linguistic and sociological exploration of how English absorbs and adapts words from diverse global sources, focusing on etymology, cultural exchange, and the evolution of language.
Students act as linguistic anthropologists creating a specialized 'Field Guide to Foreign Expressions' for a chosen professional or cultural domain. They investigate the etymology, usage, and visual representation of foreign terminology to explain their chosen field's linguistic history to a lay audience.
This sequence equips graduate students with high-efficiency strategies for reading and synthesizing academic French research. Students progress from rapid scanning techniques to deep syntactical analysis and precise translation of abstract theoretical concepts.
This sequence immerses graduate students in the landscape of contemporary French journalism, focusing on current events and social debates. Students move from identifying the structural components of news articles to analyzing complex opinion pieces and synthesizing multiple perspectives on sensitive topics like secularism.
A specialized sequence for graduate students to master the formal register of Chinese news media. The course covers headline syntax, economic reporting logic, passive structures in incident reports, bias in editorials, and cross-regional news synthesis.
A graduate-level sequence exploring contemporary Chinese literature, focusing on 'Sanwen' essays, Chengyu integration, sociolinguistic subtext, and thematic analysis to build advanced reading and interpretation skills.
A sequence for graduate students focusing on advanced Mandarin narrative techniques, rhetorical strategies, and descriptive mastery to bridge the gap between functional language and expressive fluency.
This sequence explores the deep connection between language and culture by focusing on idiomatic expressions (Chengyu) and the unwritten rules of social interaction for intermediate-advanced Mandarin learners. Students investigate historical contexts, social networking (Guanxi), dining etiquette, modesty norms, and generational slang to build sophisticated communication skills.
A comprehensive series for graduate students to master formal Mandarin communication within Chinese corporate environments. This sequence covers hierarchical protocol, negotiation tactics, the cultural nuances of 'face', formal written registers, and high-stakes meeting facilitation.
A 9th-grade advanced Spanish sequence focused on the nuances of agency and voice. Students explore the True Passive, Passive Se, and Accidental Se to understand how syntax influences tone and objectivity in formal writing and journalism.
A simulation-based sequence where 9th-grade students act as community leaders to master the subjunctive mood in Spanish. Students move from identifying reality versus desire to persuading and debating in a mock town hall, focusing on influence, doubt, and emotion.
This project-based workshop guides advanced Spanish students through compound tenses by constructing a multi-layered narrative. Students master the present perfect, pluperfect, conditional perfect, and future perfect to articulate complex temporal relationships.
An advanced exploration of Mandarin character structure for graduate students, focusing on the semantic and phonetic logic of HSK 3-4 vocabulary to facilitate rapid lexicon expansion and academic reading skills.
A graduate-level sequence focused on the mechanics of Mandarin character production, bridging the gap between traditional handwriting discipline and modern digital input efficiency. Students refine stroke order, spatial balance, and digital literacy through workshops and professional projects.
A comprehensive 10th-grade Spanish unit that moves students from basic subjunctive mechanics to advanced semantic nuances. Through simulation-based learning—including an advice column and a town hall debate—students explore how the subjunctive mood expresses influence, doubt, emotion, and uncertainty in high-stakes communication.
This advanced Spanish grammar unit empowers 10th-grade students to master compound tenses and the passive voice through a journalistic lens. Students assume the role of investigative reporters, learning to sequence complex events and shift narrative focus to achieve objectivity and precision in formal writing.