World Languages at Skyland

Skyland Community High School

 

Introduction: All DPS students (starting with the class of 2011) must complete two years (2.0 units of credit) of one World Language.  At Skyland, we maximize possibilities and personalization by giving students a choice of 30 different languages from which to choose.  To do this, we use a Computer Language Lab and software made by

Rosetta Stone.  Below is some information about Rosetta Stone.

 

• Rosetta Stone is the world’s #1 language-learning software program, used successfully by thousands of students in schools around the globe. It works.

• Rosetta Stone provides individualized learning to students of differing abilities.

• Rosetta Stone’s award-winning Dynamic Immersion method (which combines immersion with interactive multimedia technology) taps the same skills your students used to learn their first language, making language learning easier than they thought possible.

• Rosetta Stone is available in 30 languages—including three levels of English and Spanish, spoken by more than half the world’s population.

• Students work one-on-one with the computer, receiving the immediate feedback that’s so essential to developing effective listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and listening skills. And because students learn by progressing through easily recognizable images of everyday situations, Rosetta Stone can be used by students of all ages.