Foreign Languages and Classical Education
The nature of our classical curriculum allows for foreign languages to be taught according to age appropriate learning strategies. The Pre-K child learns differently from the student in Rhetoric school. The primordial feature of classical education insists that both the subject matter and the manner of teaching align with the child’s stage of development. In the trivium the child in the grammar stage relies heavily on memorization, thus songs and repetition is encouraged. Logic phase students develop analytical skills. The study of Latin provides ample practice for honing this skill. Older students in the Rhetoric stage concentrate on communication in their target language. The content of study for third year Rhetoric students and AP courses offer sufficient opportunity to polish oral and written production.

Foreign Languages and Covenant Christian Academy’s Mission
In the context of a biblically–based school, CCA faculty emphasize biblical integration in the foreign language classroom. Students as young as eight and nine years old learn about the history of language and the anthropological/linguistic proof of Babel. They also learn Bible verses as part of the curriculum. Teachers reveal foreign culture in context of the universality of Christ, the fallen nature of Man, and redemption through Christ by faith alone. Third and fourth year Rhetoric students examine texts and history in the target language from a biblical worldview.