Spanish II- IB/AP

Spanish II IB/AP

Recommended Prerequisites: Spanish I and II (Standard or Honors)

Grades Offered: 11 – 12

Credit: ½ to 1

State Code: 3029

MNPS Course Code: FLA3029

Course Description

Spanish II IB is a fourth year level course for seniors. It 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. These proficiencies are demonstrated through the rigors of the IB examination and/or the Advanced Placement Spanish Language examination.

Course of Study

Grammatical Concepts: The student is expected to use and understand simple to complex structures.

Spanish AP Literature reviews and refines grammar structures previously studied in depth. It provides an opportunity to use appropriate structures in real communicative situations, to analyze Hispanic literature, and to compare literary works.
Structures that students must use to communicate include…

All verb tenses in both indicative and subjunctive moods
Literary terms
Comparisons
All personal pronouns
Se impersonal and passive voice
Relative pronouns
Adverbial conjunctions
Sequence of tenses

Culture and Reading Topics: The student is capable of…..

The highest proficiency skills of prior levels
Reading and analyzing Hispanic cultures

o Literature selections on the list

o Short fiction

o Poetry

o Fiction

o Drama

Presentation of ideas and concepts through comparisons and debating.
Analyzing poetry, themes and literary texts with appropriate literary devices.
Communication of researched material through projects, journaling, and academic essays.
Communication of opinions, ideas, and creative products.

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

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

Recommended Resources

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