Our language classes focus on meaningful, contextualized communication. In each of our German language classes, students build language proficiency in the four basic skills areas—speaking, writing, reading, and listening – by acquiring the linguistic tools to communicate in a foreign language. We also want them to develop the cultural literacy and sensitivity necessary in our increasingly diverse and global society. For this reason, our language acquisition curriculum presents language in cultural context, and activities are typically based on a realistic situation rather than grammar drills without a context.