At Tantasqua, students have the option of studying French or Spanish.  Fifteen minutes of daily homework or review is required for mastering language skills.  Students who are planning on a college career should seriously consider beginning their language study at grade seven, and continuing this study throughout their high school years.  Students electing French or Spanish should remain with the same language while in junior high school.

Both French and Spanish are introduced through the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.  Students will become proficient in recognizing and responding to simple spoken French or Spanish with the imitation of native intonation emphasized.  The culture and way of life of the people of France, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking countries will be studied to widen the students' global perspective.

Students who do not start the study of a foreign language in grade 7 may do so in grade 9 at the senior high school.  French I and II and Spanish I and II are offered.