From the start, powerspeaK¹²’s mission has been to revolutionize the way students learn foreign languages. We offer students, teachers and schools the ability to meet their foreign language needs with a flexible and differentiated offering.

Supplemental courses designed to meet your needs
Whether you’re responsible for world language learning in a district, or one or more public, independent, or charter schools, we offer solutions for many of the challenges you face as a school administrator.

• Popular Languages and AP® Courses
  A comprehensive set of 29 courses and a broad selection of the most popular languages enable you to fill gaps or expand your curriculum offering at the elementary, middle, and high school levels (grades 3-12). powerspeaK¹² AP® language courses allow you to cost-effectively meet the needs of students seeking college prep courses.

• National Standards
  powerspeaK¹² courses meet the national standards outlined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the nation’s preeminent organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of language instruction and learning. 

• Academic Credit
  powerspeaK¹²’s accreditation by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools (NAAS) ensures quality learning while facilitating the granting and transfer of credit to other accredited educational institutions.

• Independent Study or Teacher-supported
  powerspeaK¹²’s flexibility supports delivery as self-paced, independent study or as teacher-supported courses. Fully certified teachers are available through powerspeaK¹², allowing you to easily expand the range of courses you offer without additional staffing concerns.

• Classrooms, Labs, or Home
  The online delivery format allows courses to be taught or taken in a classroom, computer lab, or student's home, providing flexibility to meet teachers’ and students’ scheduling and pacing needs.

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Developed specifically for kids means effective for kids
Some language learning programs marketed for children and teens are really adult programs that have essentially been repackaged and re-marketed for students. Not powerspeaK¹². powerspeaK¹² courses were designed from the start for kids, whose young minds are still open to learning a language as a native speaker. This is important, because by the time we are adults, the language “compartments” in our brains have narrowed, diminishing our ability to comfortably learn a language like a native speaker. powerspeaK¹² taps into, and capitalizes on, the innate ability that kids possess to learn languages quickly and easily. 

Distinguishing features help students succeed
The powerspeaK¹² world language courses have numerous distinguishing features that set them apart and help to ensure a successful learning experience for your students in grades 3-12. powerspeaK¹² courses:

• Simulate natural language immersion, enabling students to pick up the new language in much the same way they picked up their primary language.
• Leverage multiple methods of teaching, encouraging multi-sensory learning and reinforcing connections through the use of rich graphics, audio, video, and music.
• Include engaging, age-appropriate content, games, and culturally relevant activities, helping students to enjoy their studies and remain highly motivated. 
• Include tests and the option of enabling students to receive full academic credit, ensuring that students receive the ongoing practice, feedback, and academic recognition they require.
• Reward students as they learn, allowing them to accumulate points through an integrated, avatar-based reward system. Points can be redeemed for online prizes, keeping students engaged and eager to progress.
• Guide students toward proficiency, reinforcing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with increasing emphasis as students progress through course levels.
• Support teacher-led delivery or independent study, enabling you to choose what works best for your district and your students. Fully certified powerspeaK¹² teachers are available to fill gaps or augment your teaching staff, as needed.

powerspeaK¹² program offerings
The powerspeaK¹² world language programs enable students to start as beginning language learners from three distinct periods in their education—elementary, middle, and high school.

Elementary School Levels 1-2 are geared for younger minds. Highly visual and amusing stories and activities encourage these students to begin telling stories themselves. Emphasis is placed on acquisition of listening and reading skills, while providing a foundation for building students’ capacity for speaking and writing.

Middle School Levels 1-2 turn adventures and activities into productive lessons in grammar and vocabulary. Listening comprehension, oral production, reading, writing, and cultural awareness are all emphasized in accordance with standards formulated by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

High School Levels I, II, III, IV, and AP® take students through a rigorous, yet captivating, journey of language learning with continuing emphasis on listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Vocabulary and grammar topics are introduced and reinforced in an ongoing adventure story and supporting activities. Cultural lessons and activities are included as well.

Leaders Choose powerspeaK¹²
	Apex Learning, the nation's leading provider of Advanced Placement curriculum, is an online company founded by Microsoft's Paul Allen. In 2001, they chose powerspeaK¹² as their sole foreign language provider for AP studies, and expanded their offerings to include powerspeaK¹² for non-AP high school students as well. During the 2001-2002 school year, of all Apex students who began a powerspeaK¹² Foreign Language online course, 98% received a final grade.
	powerspeaK¹² created the foreign language courses for Thomson Learning Direct, formerly Harcourt Learning Direct, a division of Harcourt and Brace Company.
	powerspeaK¹² became, in early 2002, the foreign language curriculum provider for Alpha-Omega Publications, the largest supplier of complete curriculum packages for the homeschool marketplace, with book-based, CD-ROM, and online products.
	In 2003, powerspeaK¹² and Aventa Learning teamed up to offer schools and students an engaging online foreign language offering. Aventa Learning is the leading education technology company for schools looking to deploy programs of virtual learning, technology supplements in the classroom, and credit recovery. Aventa specializes in the distribution of technology based K-12 Online Courses, Classroom Resources, Independent Study Courses, Credit Recovery and Test Preparation Supplements for students.
	powerspeaK¹² is proud to be an official partner with Genie U, a unique web resource center and community for parents and kids seeking to develop the genius in each child. powerspeaK¹² has been a partner with Genie U since 2003.
	Partners since 2000, powerspeaK¹² and Homeschool.com have partnered to offer Homeschool.com users a rich and comprehensive foreign language center. Homeschool.com is the leading web resource center for families interested in educating at home.