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Spanish I
  

Spanish I:                                                                                           

Recommended Prerequisite: None

Grades Offered:  7-12

Credit:  ½ - 1

State Code: 3020

MNPS Course Code: FLA1180

 

Course Description:

Spanish I is the introductory course.  Students enrolled in this course have basically no proficiency in the language.  During this course students develop the basis on which to build proficiency through the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  The course is based on the National Foreign Language Standards.  The adopted text and supplementary materials present skills and provide developmental practice.  In order for students to be prepared for the proficiency test at the end of the year, teachers must complete through Unidad 4, Etapa 3 and add 1st conjugation regular preterite verbs.  At the time of the End of Course testing, teachers must have completed Unidad 4, Etapa 1 leaving the rest of Unidad 4 and preterit tense of 1st conjugation regular verbs to cover after the End of Course test. Also, the items noted may be specific answers on the test; however, other forms may be included in the text although they do not appear as the answer to a specific question.

 

 

Course of Study

Grammatical Concepts: Students are expected to use and understand…

·        Present tense of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd conjugation regular verbs

·        Commonly used irregular verbs in the present to include but not limited to

o       Ser and estar

o       Tener (Including tener que and hay que)

o       Hacer

o       Decir

o       Saber

o       Ir

o       Yo form “go” verbs  (The test will include forms of oír and  venir)

o       Conocer

·        Gustar and encantar

·        Commonly used orthographic stem changing verbs  (Forms of these stem changing verbs may be answers on the test:  pedir, servir, preferir, querer, pensar, empezar, jugar)

·        Preterit tense of 1st conjugation regular verbs

·        Yes/no questions

·        Information questions, using interrogative words

·        Plural of nouns and use of the articles

·        Combination of “a and el” and “de and el”

·        Subject pronouns

·        Direct object and indirect object pronouns (tested when used before the conjugated verb)

·        Object of preposition pronouns

·        Descriptive and possessive adjectives, agreement and location

·        Comparison of adjectives

·        Familiar affirmative commands including using object pronouns  (will not be tested)

·        Apocryphal or immediate future with ir a

·        Acabar de + infinitive

·        Present progressive

·        Negation and negative words

 

Objectives: The student is capable of performing the following tasks:

·        Greetings

·        Introducing themselves and others

·        Discussing likes and dislikes

·        Answering and asking questions within the vocabulary range

·        Discussing school including the items and activities in the classroom and courses

·        Telling time

·        Dates, months and days

·        Describing and responding to weather

·        Counting and using numbers between 1-1000

·        Discussing shopping and making purchases

·        Describing themselves and others

·        Identifying members of the family

·        Identifying, describing and comparing clothing

·        Extending and responding to invitations (including phone etiquette) 

·        Identifying establishments in a city and modes of transportation

·        Giving and understanding directions

·        Giving instructions

·        Identifying and ordering food (basic vocabulary)

·        Discussing leisure activities and sports

·        Making predictions

·        Evaluating

·        Making comparisons

·        Identifying and locating Spanish speaking countries

 

Foreign Language Learning Strategies

  • Comparing cultures
  • Exploring the Hispanic speaking world
  • Connecting the foreign language to other disciplines such as English and Social Studies
  • Selective listening
  • Communicating through speaking and pronunciation
  • Selective reading
  • Writing both to perfect structures and to express ideas
  • Evaluating
  • Classifying
  • Interviewing
  • Analyzing
  • Synthesizing
  • Memorizing
  • Sequencing events and stories
  • Creating in the language from sentences to projects
  • Using context clues
  • Taking notes
  • Interacting in conversation both formulated and not formulated
  • Using authentic material
  • Recognizing limited outstanding works and people of the Hispanic culture  (will not be tested)

 

Thematic Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary begins with the student himself and continues in an ever-expanding concentric circle to include the rest of the vocabulary needed.
  • Vocabulary is based on Pan American Spanish; however, multiple Spanish equivalents are provided as appropriate
  • Vocabulary is relevant to daily life functions as categorized in the functions section
  • Cognates

 

Standards

Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) standards and the Tennessee standards.

ACTFL standards:

http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards

Tennessee standards:

 http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflmodern1.htm

 

 

Textbooks

The adopted textbook is En Español I published by McDougal Littell. 

 

Recommended and/or required resources

Ancillary materials to accompany the adopted text

Spanish periodicals on the internet at http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews

The Fact Book about all world countries on the internet at www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Spanish museums on the internet such as at www.spanisharts.com

Other internet sites such as www.sispain.com

Spanish Amsco workbook First year

Mayan Safari a beginning Spanish reader by Aubrey Smith, published by Longman

Así Escribimos a workbook for remediation

Verb conjugations at www.conjuguemos.com

Travel and cultural information at www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations