World Languages: Miacademy’s Foreign Language Curriculum
Studying a foreign language has countless benefits. It helps children learn about the world and new cultures while also promoting higher-order thinking skills. With courses in languages ranging from Spanish to Attic Greek, Miacademy’s foreign language curriculum has lessons for elementary through middle school students!
Our World Languages curriculum is constantly expanding as we continue to update and add new lessons to ensure the best learning experience for your child. Check back often to see what’s new!
Benefits of Learning a New Language
Did you know that the best age to learn a new language is before age 18? To sound like a native speaker, it’s best to start practicing before age 10!
Learning foreign languages can be much easier for kids than for adults due to childrens’ natural pattern recognition abilities. In addition, the best way to learn a new language is to immerse yourself and practice constantly. Miacademy makes learning foreign languages for kids as easy as possible!
Foreign language electives are an important part of a well-rounded homeschool curriculum. Studying a foreign language can…
- Provide many opportunities for traveling, new friendships, jobs, and more!
- Help your student improve academically. Foreign language curriculum supports academic achievement.
- Provide student choice. You can let your student choose a topic that interests them by picking from our many different foreign language courses offered.
In all five languages we offer, Miacademy’s World Languages curriculum is structured around useful and important concepts. Our goal is to help your student succeed in navigating common conversations and situations in a new language. Core concepts we cover in each language include…
- The alphabet and numbers
- Greetings and basic expressions
- Common vocabulary
- Everyday conversations
Our World Languages courses are divided into meaningful and easy-to-follow lessons to ensure your student gets the most out of their learning. Our courses include videos that demonstrate correct pronunciation, accents, and grammar. In addition, our lessons provide opportunities for students to practice their target language through structured assignments. Plus, we design our courses with flexibility, accessibility, and inclusion in mind to accommodate as many different learners as possible.
Beginning Foreign Language Courses
My First Spanish Lessons (Revised 2023)
Suggested Grades: 1st-3rd
Our online Spanish classes for kids use fun games and videos to get kids interested in learning a new language. Our elementary Spanish curriculum provides students with an introduction to the language by teaching them greetings, emotions, body parts, and numbers.
Beginning Spanish
Suggested Grades: 3rd-8th
We make learning Spanish for kids fun and accessible for all ages! In our Beginning Spanish course, students will learn fundamental vocabulary, including colors, foods, and places, that will help them hold basic conversations.
American Sign Language
Suggested Grades: 3rd-8th
Our American Sign Language course makes learning ASL for kids fun and engaging! Students in this course will learn basic words and phrases, such as numbers, colors, emotions, family words, animals, and more.
Beginning French
Suggested Grades: 3rd-8th
In our Beginning French course, students will learn essential French words and phrases that will help them discuss a variety of topics. Students will learn vocabulary such as colors, numbers, food, and places that will help them have everyday conversations in their new language.
Beginning German
Suggested Grades: 3rd-8th
Students in our Beginning German course will learn useful German words and phrases to help them navigate everyday situations. Our German course includes vocabulary such as colors, numbers, food, and places.
Middle School Foreign Language Courses
Intro to Spanish
Suggested Grades: 6th-8th
Our middle school Spanish curriculum helps students learn more about vocabulary, grammar, and agreement. Students will study greetings, basic expressions, verbs, vowels and consonants.
Classical Languages
Suggested Grades: 6th-8th
Our Classical Languages course introduces students to Latin and Attic Greek, including vocabulary, verbs, phrases and greetings.
Additional Foreign Language Resources
In addition to our built-in curriculum, it can be beneficial to use outside complements to our lessons to create a well-rounded education. Check out these great free resources:
Miacademy’s World Languages Curriculum
Whether you’re just learning how to homeschool or looking to supplement a public school education, you’ll find that our curriculum is easy, flexible, and effective! Our homeschool foreign language curriculum focuses on cross-cultural communications, vocabulary, grammar, writing, reading, and speaking, so students can build fluency and confidence in their new language.
With our flexible curriculum, new language learners can benefit from using the homeschooling style that fits them best! We use videos, practice games, assessments, and PDFs with enriching extension activities to help your student engage and connect with the material. Our goal is to provide the best lesson materials possible, with the flexibility to adapt our lessons to your needs.
As your student grows and develops their skills, our World Languages program grows with them. For example, your student can begin taking Spanish in the earliest years of their education with My First Spanish Lessons and progress their skills all the way through middle school with our Intro to Spanish course. Be sure to also check out our full World Languages scope and sequence for more information on the courses we offer!
If you’re curious how Miacademy can make a difference for your child, feel free to reach out to one of our friendly customer service representatives! They’ll be happy to help with any questions you may have.
Updated 1/24/2024