watertribe Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 After homeschooling my now 14yo all but 1 year of school, we decided to enroll him in a classical high school this year. Unfortunately, I did not keep up with the Latin and he cannot catch up to the freshmen who are in Latin 3. I have the option of enrolling him in an outside foreign language course as long as we can track progress, grades, etc. and they will help me include it in his transcript to get a foreign language credit. He is restricted to taking it at the same time that he would normally be in the Latin class. I've begun looking into Rosetta Stone Homeschool (we are going to do Spanish) which some other kids have done. I just want to find out what else is out there that has a good reputation and will be relatively easy to track for credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Dual enrollment at a college? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertribe Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 He is in school and will be allowed to take a course during what is normally the Latin class time (and only about 50" long). I am hoping to find an online course that he can take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I'd look at TTUISD or one of the other colleges that offer high school distance learning classes. TTUISD is primarily used (and was originally developed for) small high schools that don't have enough students to offer X class, so they're set up for exactly your son's section. I believe BYU has a similar program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I wouldn't do Rosetta Stone. It's more of a (very expensive) supplement. How about Homeschool Spanish Academy or Spanish 121? They offer live Skype classes and will probably be able to do something at a time you specify (since the classes are 1:1). They are also fairly reasonably priced. You'd just need him to have an internet connection, but that would be true of any online class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertribe Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I did check BYU and they do not offer what we need this semester. I will check out TTUISD, Homeschool Spanish Academy and Spanish 121- they look like possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 http://prep.uiw.edu/ UIW Prep offers Spanish and French. We have not used it personally, but have had friends who have liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 My son did Oak Meadow Latin. I wouldn't call it rigorous, but OM is accredited and he was awarded credit for two years of foreign language. I did find OM to be much easier to deal with logistically than any online provider I've worked with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Rosetta Stone will probably not give you the results you're looking for in a high school level course. Oklahoma State University has a good German Online program designed for this type of situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertribe Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 Unfortunately, OSU has discontinued the online Spanish course, but, I am still looking at the other options listed above. I agree about Rosetta Stone. In fact my son had taken the regular Rosetta Stone Spanish (2 or 3 levels) a couple of years back and I'm not sure how much he retained. I definitely want something high quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 If you choose Rosetta, I'd look into the guide that MFW publishes for making it a credit. If my kids had been willing to continue Spanish, I would have used the online high school class by the teacher who does La Clase Divertida: http://www.funclase.com/High-School-Spanish-p/hs.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 He is in school and will be allowed to take a course during what is normally the Latin class time (and only about 50" long). I am hoping to find an online course that he can take. I would find a course that meets your needs and then have him work on the class *homework* during the school's Latin class time. Surely the school would accommodate that. Limiting to classes that meet at 10:10am (or whatever) is going to be very restrictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Unfortunately, OSU has discontinued the online Spanish course, but, I am still looking at the other options listed above. I agree about Rosetta Stone. In fact my son had taken the regular Rosetta Stone Spanish (2 or 3 levels) a couple of years back and I'm not sure how much he retained. I definitely want something high quality. Sorry missed that you specifically wanted Spanish. Does your state have a state recognized virtual school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertribe Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Cosmos, you're right. I think they would be open to doing that. Julie, what is MFW ? Have you used La Clase Divertida? If so, how was it? Any feedback or comments would be appreciated. Sebastian - I need to look into that too. We just moved and I am not yet familiar with what is offered here. Lots to do this weekend! I want to choose something soon since the school year has already been going for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in MN Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Julie, what is MFW ? Have you used La Clase Divertida? If so, how was it? Any feedback or comments would be appreciated. MFW is My Father's World, their Rosetta guide here, if you click on the underlined portion you should get a sample page: http://www.mfwbooks.com/products/M50/100/0/0/1#plans I used the elementary Divertida program and liked it. It was well thought out, with the vowels first, and grammar in year 3. However, none of my kids chose Spanish for high school. I've heard several posts on this board about how well it went, though. He uses a textbook but seems to have his same enthusiasm, knowledge, and good relation with the kids. Try searching the board for "Gamache" - for instance, this post: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/512426-spanish-at-home-vs-in-a-class/?hl=%2Bgamache&do=findComment&comment=5698293 HTH, Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 My son is in Sr. Gamache's Spanish 3 (after taking 1 and 2 with him as well), He's doing very well and enjoying the class more than he admits (since he didn't want a foreign language at all). I don't think a class goes by where he's not laughing and smiling about something. He also recently had a multi day e-mail conversation going with one of his classmates conversing in Spanish for fun. All that said, he knows far more spanish than I did after 3 years of high school spanish and a semester of college spanish. I do plan to have all my kids take this class assuming Sr. Gamache is still teaching that long (I have a 1 year old so that's a long time away yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 We outsourced for foreign language. Even during periods when some of my kids were taking other courses at the high school, they still mostly used other outsourcing programs because our local high school is very small and doesn't offer much. The high school would allow our kids to go to a computer room in the library during a class session and do their foreign language work there. We did it through a state virtual high school. (In our state it's called IQ Academy, and I know they are in different states as well. Actually, they may have changed their name.) My kids were able to do that for free. I was really impressed with what they could accomplish in an online foreign language class. IQ offered Spanish, French, and German at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MME3 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Homeschool Spanish Academy is great. I have three kids enrolled and they all love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 http://allinonehighschool.com/full-curriculum/spanish/spanish-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen the RD Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Have you looked at the Potter's School? They have excellent foreign language courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Our eldest studied his high school language requirement with a bilingual teacher whom we paid monthly. They used a college level Russian textbook because there really were no suitable high school level materials. From the textbook author I obtained access to the corresponding online audio and video files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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