AP Spanish Language

Spanish Language - Advanced Placement

Recommended Prerequisites: Spanish I, II and III

Grades Offered: 10-12

Credit: ½ to 1

State Code: 3025

MNPS Course Code: FLA1590

Course Description

AP Spanish Language follows the guidelines of the College Board AP Spanish Language course and is considered the equivalent of a third-year college course in advanced Spanish writing and conversation. This course emphasizes the use of Spanish for active communication including aural/oral skills, reading comprehension, use of grammar and composition. This course incorporates the study of a variety of literature using authentic language in context. All four basic language skills are combined with cultural perspectives and connections to the students’ communities. An integral part of the program is the training for organizing and writing compositions.

Course of Study

Grammatical Concepts: The student is expected to use and understand all structures found in previous levels such as…

Regular and irregular verbs

In the present tense
In the preterit and imperfect tenses
Reflexive verbs
Present perfect tense
Future tense
Conditional tenses
Forms and uses of the subjunctive
Imperfect subjunctive

Double-object pronouns
Informal commands
Formal commands

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

Polite conversations to include discussing current events
Giving and requesting information
Describing
Demonstrating Knowledge of Concepts
Regular and irregular verbs

Responsibility: Household chores
Community involvement
Education, occupations, careers
Environmental issues
Traditions § Myths and legends § Historical

Demonstrating awareness of

Economy
Arts
Medias of communicatio

Presenting ideas and concepts
Communicating 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.

ACTFL: http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/TheACTFLGuidelines.htm

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

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

Textbooks

Adopted text is ¡Ven conmigo! Nuevas Vistas, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Recommended Resources

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

Triángulo: Aplicaciones, Prácticas de La Lengua Española published by Wayside Publishing

AP Spanish: A Guide for the Language Course published by Longman Publishing

How to Prepare for the AP Spanish published by Barron’s Educational Series

Gramática para la composición published by Georgetown University Press

Selecciones magazines published by Reader’s Digest (see www.selecciones.com)

Verb conjugations at www.conjuguemos.com

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

Newspaper articles at www.elpais.es