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Thank you
for your interest in SVS High School Spanish! Chuck Thorpe, our instructor,
along with the staff of the Kansas Regents Educational Communications
Center (ECC) invite you to explore the strengths and flexibility of our
program, now in its second decade! Since 1989, SVS has grown to meet the needs of its participating schools. It's in that tradition that we announce the following significant changes.
COURSE DELIVERY - SVS videolessons will be provided only on DVD. Schools no longer need satellite equipment, just a DVD player hooked to the monitor. INTERACTION - All SVS class sections will have regularly scheduled phone lessons with Spanish-speaking staff.
On this website you’ll find
essential information describing the course and its objectives, along
with a copy of the Participation
Agreement*,
School Enrollment
Form*.
You have
everything you need to make your decision right now about putting SVS High School Spanish
into your curriculum this Fall.
SVS
Course Format
Spanish I and II are full-year, five-day per week courses for high school
credit. Videolessons are provided and are typically watched on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the school's assigned Teaching Partner conducting class on MWF using the training, lesson plans, activities, and support provided by SVS.
SVS High School Spanish works to meet individual state requirements, so that participating
schools can offer Spanish I & II as full year courses for high school
credit.
The SVS learning
experience is enhanced through a variety of instructional media.
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textbooks and workbooks |
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audio
listening activities |
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DVD videolessons |
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interactive
phone lessons |
SVS course
content is comparable to traditional beginning Spanish courses. Students
learn to communicate with people of the Spanish-speaking world through
instruction and practice in the four basic skills of speaking, listening,
reading, and writing. Both Spanish I and II emphasize cultural awareness.
Two
45-minute videolessons, provided on DVD, are presented each
Tuesday and Thursday.
Students
and instructors interact
During
each semester, regularly scheduled phone lessons provide interaction and practice
between students and SVS staff. On non-videolesson
days, a classroom Teaching Partner conducts learning activities developed
and provided by the SVS instructor. In addition, a toll-free telephone number is provided
to make it easy for the SVS instructor and staff to interact first-hand
with the Teaching Partner and students at anytime during the day, M-F, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CST.
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