Immersion (Chinese and Spanish)

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With the state’s largest Language Immersion program, Minnetonka is uniquely prepared to support the goals of Chinese and Spanish Immersion students. Here are some ways students can make the most of their immersion experience at the high school level.

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Chinese Film and Culture

Course: #IM140
Grades Offered: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
Prerequisites: K-8 enrollment in Chinese Immersion

This course will offer the opportunity for students to further develop their language skills by studying, watching and analyzing films from the Chinese-speaking world.

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IB Language and Literature SL, Language A (Chinese Immersion)

Course: #IM116, Year 1, S1
Course: #IM117, Year 1, S2
Course: #IM118, Year 2, S1
Course: #IM119, Year 2, S2
Grade(s) offered: grade 11 (year 1); grade 12 (year 2)
Credits: 0.5 (per semester, two-year course)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Chinese Immersion AP Language and Culture and Chinese Humanities Honors

This two-year course represents a new way of looking at the Chinese language, examining how language develops in specific cultural contexts and how it impacts the world.

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IB Language and Literature SL, Language A (Spanish Immersion)

Course: #IM216, Year 1, S1
Course: #IM217, Year 1, S2
Course: #IM218, Year 2, S1
Course: #IM219, Year 2, S2

Grade(s) offered: grade 11, grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (per semester, two-year course)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Spanish Immersion AP Language and Culture and Hispanic Humanities Honors

This course represents a new way of looking at the Spanish language, examining how language develops in specific cultural contexts and how it impacts the world.

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Language Arts 9 (Spanish Immersion)

Course: #IM200, S1
Course: #IM202, S2
Grade(s) offered: grade 9, grade 10   
Credits: 0.5 (per semester, full-year course)
Prerequisites: K-8 enrollment in Spanish Immersion OR Teacher approval to join/rejoin immersion (for Heritage Speakers and former immersion students)

This course will explore a variety of topics and prepare students to be successful in the AP Language and Culture course the following year.

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Spanish Film and Culture

Course: #IM240
Grades Offered: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
Prerequisites: K-8 enrollment in Spanish Immersion

This course will offer help students further develop their language skills by studying, watching and analyzing films from the Spanish-speaking world.

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TO Immersion Abroad: Chile

Course: #T5490
Grades Offered: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (second-semester course, summer travel abroad and project)
Prerequisites: K-10 Spanish Immersion

This study abroad course is for immersion students who will be traveling to Chile with the school group*.  The online course offers students the opportunity to continue their immersion program experience in the spring semester, and then explore Chilean culture in depth when we travel to our sister school in Concepción, Chile.

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