Foreign Language Instruction

Increasingly, the world is becoming a global society. That is the reason most two-year and four-year colleges require at least two years of high school foreign language classes for admission; and elite colleges require 3-4 years of foreign language. Learning a second language is an invaluable skill for many modern careers. It is imperative, then, that Heritage provides high-quality foreign language as part of our instructional program.

To accomplish the school’s foreign language goals, Heritage students in grades 5-8 utilize Rosetta Stone several times each week. Rosetta Stone is the leading language-learning software in the world, used by over 20,000 schools and by millions of people in over 150 countries. Heritage chose it for our foreign language instruction for several reasons:

• It allows for students to choose which language to study rather than forcing all students to study the same language.

• It allows for coursework both in school and at home.

• It allows for individualized instruction for each student, letting students’ mastery of skills dictate the pace of the program.

For more information about Rosetta Stone, you can visit their website at http://www.rosettastone.com.