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Preschool / Lower School

All students, beginning at age 5, participate in world language class.

Grades K4 through 4 take a "survey class" of four languages (Chinese, Spanish, & German).

Students can learn to hear and speak world languages with greater proficiency when they begin as young children. By the age of twelve, most people have lost their ability to speak a second language without an accent. Our students experience a sampling of language and culture (Spanish, Chinese, & German) at grades K5-3rd grade. Third and fourth graders choose one focus language (Spanish, Chinese, or German) and study it with enthusiasm. Currently, fifth graders choose from Spanish or German.

Middle School

Language studies for middle school begin to become more focused. Seventh graders move from a two-day class to a three-day class. In Lower School, their language studies were mostly oral. In middle school they begin to do more written work. They begin to use a book or workbook for the first time to reinforce the written language.

Students in middle school choose Spanish or German to study for the remainder of their stay at Oakbrook.

For more in-depth development, German I and Spanish I are offered for high school credit beginning in grade 8.

Second and third year Spanish and German are offered for further study. AP Spanish and AP German are also currently offered for possible college credit.

High School

2 units required for graduation
** College entrance will require at least two units of the same world language (Clemson University and other competitive schools require three.)

For more in-depth development, German I and Spanish I are offered for high school credit beginning in grade 8. Level 1 courses are taken over a 2-year span. Level 1A is generally taken in grade 8 and Level 1B is generally taken in grade 9. The unit of credit is given at the completion of Level 1B the end of the second year.

Second and third year Spanish and German are offered for further study. AP Spanish and AP German are also currently offered for possible college credit.

See High School Course Catalog (downloadable pdf file)

Other

The world language department also sponsors Oakbrook's annual International Festival. 

Oakbrook also offers an after-school German school, "Deutsche Schule," and Spanish school for students, as well as the community.

World language students in grades three through twelve participate in the World Language Litarary Meet.