Fayette County Students Bring Home State Foreign Language Awards

A total of 65 students representing all five of Fayette County’s high schools brought home awards from the annual Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG) Middle and High Spoken Language Contest.

Collectively, the students brought home 41 superior, 18 excellent and six notable ratings in various levels of French, German and Spanish.

Ratings by school are as follows: (Fayette County High) Eight superior in Spanish 1; French 2, 4 and 5; and German 1 and 3. Five excellent in Spanish 2 and 3 and French 3. Two notable in German 1 and 4. (McIntosh High) Four superior in Spanish 3 and French 1 and 2. Two excellent in French 1 and 2. (Sandy Creek High) Eight superior in Spanish 1, 2 and 3 and French 1, 3 and 4. Four excellent in Spanish 3 and French 1, 2 and 4. (Starr’s Mill High) Eleven superior in Spanish 1, 2 and 3; French 1, 3 and 4; and German 1, 2 and 3. Four excellent in Spanish 2 and 3; French 3 and 4; and German 1. One notable in Spanish 1. (Whitewater High) Ten superior in Spanish 1, 3 and 4; French 1 and 2; and German 1 and 2. Three excellent in Spanish 3 and 4 and French 3. Three notable in Spanish 2 and French 1.

Students from across the state participated in the competition to showcase their ability to communicate orally in their target language by conversation with an interviewer. Interviewers based their evaluation on the students’ ability to use the target language fluently in the level entered. Attention was given to comprehension, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar/syntax, fluency, and student initiative in conversing in the target language.

Students were awarded scores of 0-16. A score of 14-16 earned a superior rating, 11-13 an excellent rating and 8-10 a notable rating. Students who earned scores 0-7 received a certificate of participation.

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