Spanish III
Recommended Prerequisites: Spanish I and II
Grades Offered: 9-12
Credit: ½ to 1
State Code: 3023
MNPS Course Code: FLA1340
Course Description
Spanish III is an advanced course. Students enrolled in this course have completed the first two years of language study and have acquired a basic understanding of structures and limited proficiency. During this course students refine structures that lead to fluency and develop 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 continue studying Spanish, it is imperative to finish at least four units in the text and preferably five. This course is not designed as a terminal course rather a liaison course for advanced study.
Course of Study: Students are expected to use and understand…
Structures found in levels one and two and…
· Complex uses of ser and estar
· Further usage of these tenses
o Present tense
o Preterit
o Imperfect
o Future
o Conditional tense
o Progressive tenses
· All compound tenses with haber
· Subjunctive mood: Formation of…
o Present
o Imperfect
o Present Perfect
o Pluperfect
· Subjunctive mood: Structures using subjunctive such as…
o Commands
o Noun Clauses
o Adjectival Clauses
o Adverbial Clauses
o Relative pronouns
o Adverbial conjunctions
o Sequence of tenses
· Personal pronouns
o Review of…
§ Demonstrative
§ Stressing and Accenting Verbs with Pronouns
§ Prepositional Pronouns
§ Object Pronouns
o Use of object pronouns throughout the course with all verb tenses and structures.
The student is capable of performing the following tasks:
- Polite conversations to include discussing current events
- Giving and requesting information
- Description
- Concepts
- Responsibility: Household chores
- Community involvement
- Education, occupations, careers
- Environmental issues
§ Traditions
§ Myths and legends
- Historical
- Economy
- Arts
- Medias of communicatio
- Presentation of ideas and concepts
- Communication of researched material through projects
Foreign Language Learning Strategies
- Comparing cultures
- Studying in depth cultures of the Hispanic world
- Connecting the foreign language to other disciplines such as English and Social Studies
- Selective listening
- Communicating through speaking and pronunciation
- Reading of all types of available realia
- Reading and analyzing Hispanic literature
- Writing both to perfect structures and to express ideas
- Evaluating
- Classifying
- Interviewing
- Analyzing
- Synthesizing
- Memorizing
- Sequencing structures, events, and stories
- Creating in the language from conversations to projects
- 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 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 daily life functions as categorized in the functions section
- Vocabulary is adequate to encompass history, current events, and literature.
- Cognates
Standards
Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards and 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 text is En Español 3 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, www.artcyclopedia.com, etc.
Other internet sites such as www.sispain.com
Spanish Amsco workbook Third year
Espejos/Espejos, Donald A. Yates, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: an intermediate reader.
Verb conjugations at www.conjuguemos.com
Travel and cultural information at www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/