It is the goal of the Kent Island High School foreign language department to prepare students to enter a rapidly changing world, marketplace, and nation in which they will need to deal with different languages and cultures at home and abroad. Foreign language skills can enhance one's quality of life, and prepare the student for more advanced study leading to careers in education, business, world trade, travel, national security, and diplomacy, among others. Our instruction has changed over the last decade. The emphasis in all areas of the foreign language classroom is on real-life communication.
Culture is an integral component of foreign language instruction.
Cultural awareness is viewed in the context of assisting students to communicate within another culture, and to acquire knowledge of the arts, history, and geography of the target culture.