More than 100 World Languages students were inducted into a language National Honor Society at a special ceremony at Episcopal School of Jacksonville on Tuesday, April 15.
Each student received a certificate marking their induction into the society for Spanish, French, Chinese, American Sign Language and Latin as well as the Global Seal of Biliteracy awards.
“The ceremony celebrates our students’ achievements in studying a world language,” said Episcopal School of Jacksonville World Languages Department Chair Josephine Sanchez. “It is a special time in the academic year when we recognize the hard work and dedication of our students and our faculty. Each year we are excited to welcome so many students into these honor societies.”
Students must have reached Level 3 in order to be accepted into the Honor Society, along with other requirements specified by each language. Students had to take four language acquisition exams to assess writing, reading, speaking and listening comprehension to achieve the Global Seal of Biliteracy. Functional Fluency and Working Fluency, recognizing learners at the intermediate-mid proficiency level and advanced-low proficiency level, respectively, on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages scale is attainable for upper school students.
