Spanish I - IB/AP

Spanish I – IB/AP

Recommended Prerequisites: Spanish I

Grades Offered: 11-12

Credit: ½ to 1

SDE Course Code: 3029

MNPS Course Code: FLA3029

Course Description

This course offers students the continued process of learning to speak Spanish at an advanced level. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are refined so that students are able to comprehend and produce Spanish at a high level of proficiency. In addition, the culture of the Hispanic world is studied in greater detail. A pre-requisite for this course is that juniors and seniors be of serious intent to pursue the IB Spanish program their junior and senior years. These proficiencies are demonstrated through the rigors of the IB examination.

Course of Study

Thematic vocabulary, grammatical concepts, reading selections, and cultural explanations I alignment with the Spanish IB curriculum are presented to the students. Students will pursue these skills taught by means of a variety of learning strategies: dialoging, role playing, reading and responding, written composition, listening comprehension activities, and oral interviews. As students complete Spanish I – IB, they will be able to comprehend, speak, read, and write Spanish at a level conducive to preparation for the study of Spanish II-IB.

Objectives: Using the target language, students will be expected to…..

· acquire listening comprehension skills with vocabulary introduced

· execute Spanish written proficiency with provided prompts

· demonstrate accurate pronunciation of the target language

· comprehend with understanding reading selections provided in the text

· respond orally in interview situations

· develop global awareness and tolerance of the diversity of Hispanic culture

· relate Hispanic culture and loan words to history and literature studied in Pre-IB

courses

· apply correct grammatical usage in speaking and writing situations

Foreign Language Learning Strategies

Comparing cultures
Analyzing all types of literary genres
Studying in depth the cultures of the Hispanic world
Connecting the foreign language to other disciplines such as English, social studies, and art
Listening
Communicating through speaking and pronunciation
Expressing ideas in discussions
Reading of all types of available realia
Writing both to perfect structures and to express ideas
Writing to evaluate material studied
Formal and informal written composition in the language
Formal and informal oral composition in the language
Evaluating
Classifying
Debating
Interviewing
Analyzing
Synthesizing
Memorizing
Sequencing structures, events, and stories
Creating in the language conversations and explications
Using context clues
Taking notes
Interacting in conversation both formulated and not formulated
Using authentic material
Recognizing presented outstanding works and people of the Hispanic culture

Thematic Vocabulary

Vocabulary begins with the student himself and continues in an ever-expanding concentric circle to include depth in the vocabulary needed.
Vocabulary is consistent with literary terms needed for literary analysis.
Vocabulary is amplified through reading, listening, and conversations of advanced concepts.
Vocabulary is based on Pan American Spanish; however, multiple Spanish equivalents are provided as appropriate
Vocabulary is relevant to the study of Hispanic literature and drama.
Vocabulary is adequate to encompass history, current events, and analyzing literature.
Cognates

Assessments: Students will be evaluated by means of the following:

· dictations in Spanish

· oral readings and recitations

· written compositions/dialogues to various writing prompts

· oral interviews conducted by the teacher

· selecting appropriate listening rejoinders to scripts read aloud

· quizzes on thematic vocabulary

· exercises to show correct application of grammatical concepts

· standardized tests generated from the text

· paired and group presentations

· writing letters to Hispanic pen pals

· an exit test measuring the students listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills

Standards

Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards.

ACTFL:

http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/The ACTFLGuidelines.htm

College Board: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com

Tennessee Standards: www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlanguage .

Textbooks

Adopted text: En Español II and En Español III published by McDougal Littell

Recommended Resources

Nuevas Vistas: Curso Avanzado Uno, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Tesoro Literario, published by Glencoe.

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/

Abriendo Paso: Lectura, published by Prentice Hall

Abriendo puertas. Tomos I y II. Published by McDougal Littell

Spanish museums on the Internet such as at www.spanisharts.com, www.artcyclopedia.com, etc.

Other internet sites such as www.sispain.com

Amsco workbook Spanish Three years

Una Vez Más workbook published by Longman

Espejos/Espejos, Donald A. Yates, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: an intermediate reader

Verb conjugations at www.conjuguemos.com

Newspaper articles at www.elpais.es