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Why is learning another language important?

We live in a world with a rapidly developing global economy where communication with partners and clients from other countries is becoming a daily routine. A business may look for opportunities to expand its clientele beyond its own country. After graduating from college, individuals face a global job market full of more experienced specialists and professionals with various skill sets. The modern employer will likely prefer a bilingual worker to a monolingual prospect. Health care, journalism, the military, marketing, communication, and social services all need bilingual workers.

What are the other benefits of learning another language?

Learning a foreign language has cognitive benefits. Students who spend time learning another language can quickly improve their grades in other subjects. Research has shown that learning another language in the early elementary years improves cognitive abilities, positively influences achievement in other disciplines, and results in higher achieving test scores in reading and math. Regular memory training when learning new words, developing new brain connections and so forth may result in scoring higher on tests. 

Another advantage of learning a foreign language can be developing problem-solving skills. When a student learns to find the necessary verb form or to conjugate it correctly in different tenses, the student is performing many micro problem-solving steps on the way to the final goal – to make up a sentence that will sound correct in a foreign language. Learning another language can be challenging, but as a result, it will increase your student’s chances of developing the skills necessary for a successful career and life.

Seal of Biliteracy

Enlightium offers the Seal of Biliteracy to Enlightium seniors who have attained an advanced level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in another language in addition to English.

The Seal of Biliteracy is placed on Enlightium’s graduate diploma and high school transcript indicating that the student has earned the seal.

World Languages at Enlightium Academy

Ignitia World Language Courses

Ignitia is the platform we use for all of our curriculum at Enlightium Academy, and for High School students we offer two World Languages on the Ignitia platform: French, Greek, and Spanish. The benefits of taking a Spanish or French course through Ignitia is that your student’s World Language course is included on the same platform as the rest of their courses, so there is no need to access a separate platform for their World Language course. Also, there is no additional cost for these Spanish or French courses as it is included within standard tuition. 

The French and Spanish courses offered in Ignitia are primarily reading and writing based. Students also learn about different cultures in the Spanish speaking world as they learn the language itself.

If you are looking for a World Language course for your Elementary or Middle School student, looking for more World Language options, or looking for a World Language course with more conversational elements that incorporate speaking and listening components as well as more multimedia instruction and practice, then one of our Premium World Language courses may be the perfect fit for your student!

For students in grades 9-12, we offer the following World Language Courses in Ignitia (note: 8th graders may take level one courses per counselor’s approval).


Premium World Language Courses

Our Premium World Language Program allows us to give students the option to learn a World Language in elementary school, middle school and high school. It also allows us to offer more languages across grade levels. Also, each Premium World Language course focuses on developing all 4 areas of communication by balancing speaking, listening, reading and writing elements. There is also more multimedia instruction in the coursework as well as several types of practice activities to prepare students for the graded coursework.

However, these Premium World Language Courses are offered on a separate platform apart from Ignitia. Elementary school students will use the Middlebury Interactive platform while middle school and high school students will use the Peak platform. Students will be assigned a placeholder course in Ignitia for their Middlebury World Language Course that includes an Orientation to walk them through everything that they need to know about their World Language course’s platform. The placeholder course in Ignitia will also assign students lessons to complete in their Middlebury World Language course so that all of their daily assignments appear together in Ignitia. This helps students stay on track even though the course is on a separate platform.

 

Sapphire Live and Diamond Students

Elementary
School

Students in grades 3-5 can take up to 1.5 electives, including 1.0 premium electives, at no extra cost

Middle
School

Students in grades 6-8 can take up to 1.5 electives, including 1.0 premium electives, at no extra cost

High
School

Students in grades 9-12 can take up to 7.0 credits, including 2.0 premium electives, at no extra cost. Diamond only.

World Language Course Catalog

Elementary School Pricing

  • World Language Courses Ignitia
    (No Elementary School World Languages Available)
    Premium Course with Enlightium teacher - Available at an Additional Cost Premium Course with FuelEd teacher - Available at an Additional Cost
    Elementary School Chinese I
       
    Elementary School French I
    Elementary School French II
       
    Elementary School German I
       
    Elementary School Spanish I
    Elementary School Spanish II
       
  • Elementary School Premium World Language courses are not available through Ignitia, but instead are offered through Fueled on the Peak platform. Premium courses are either:

    • Taught by an Enlightium teacher; standard teacher response and grading times occur
    • Taught by a Fueled instructor; grading and response times will vary, but instructors will respond within 24 hours during office hours.
    Please also note that there is an additional cost for Premium World Language courses because they are offered through a third party and because some courses include outside instruction; there is no additional fee for students enrolled in the Diamond Program. View add-on fee details for any Premium World Language Course below.

      Ignitia
    (No Elementary School World Languages Available)
    Premium Course with Enlightium teacher - Available at an Additional Cost* Premium Course with FuelEd teacher - Available at an Additional Cost*
    Available within Ignitia (No Separate Platform Needed)  ✔    
    Additional Cost for Most Support Levels**    $ $$
    Reading and Writing Based    
    Focuses on all Four Areas of Communication: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking    ✔
    Includes Speaking- and Listening-Rich Components and More Multimedia elements such as Videos and Practice Activities    ✔

    **Diamond students in grades 3-5 can take up to 0.5 of premium electives each year at no additional cost.

Middle School Pricing

    World Language Courses Ignitia
    (No Middle School World Languages Available)
    Premium Course with Enlightium teacher - Available at an Additional Cost Premium Course with FuelEd teacher - Available at an Additional Cost
    Middle School Chinese I

    Middle School Chinese II

       
    Middle School French I

    Middle School French II

       
    Middle School German I

    Middle School German II

     
    Middle School Latin I

    Middle School Latin II

     
    Middle School Spanish I

    Middle School Spanish II

       
  • Middle School Premium World Language courses are not available through Ignitia, but instead are offered through Fueled on the Peak platform. Premium courses are either:

    • Taught by an Enlightium teacher; standard teacher response and grading times occur
    • Taught by a Fueled instructor; grading and response times will vary, but instructors will respond within 24 hours during office hours.
    Please also note that there is an additional cost for Premium World Language courses because they are offered through a third party and because some courses include outside instruction; there is no additional fee for students enrolled in the Diamond Program. View add-on fee details for any Premium World Language Course below.

      Ignitia
    (No Middle School World Languages Available)
    Premium Course with Enlightium teacher - Available at an Additional Cost* Premium Course with FuelEd teacher - Available at an Additional Cost*
    Available within Ignitia (No Separate Platform Needed)  ✔    
    Additional Cost for Most Support Levels**    $ $$
    Reading and Writing Based    
    Focuses on all Four Areas of Communication: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking    ✔
    Includes Speaking- and Listening-Rich Components and More Multimedia elements such as Videos and Practice Activities    ✔

    **Premium World Language courses are available to middle school students enrolled in the Diamond Program at no additional cost as long as the total course load does not surpass 6 credits.

High School Pricing

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