Objectives
- To strengthen students’ communicative competency by providing ongoing opportunities for oral practice in realistic contexts that lend themselves to sophisticated discourse strategies.
- To broaden students’ knowledge of the geography of the Hispanic World and increase their familiarity with the contemporary Hispanic world.
- To develop listening comprehension skills by exposing students to natural language as spoken by native speakers from a variety of Hispanic countries in real-life contexts.
- To improve writing skills by providing ongoing practice in contexts that reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical structures taught (listed in the objectives below.)
Texts: Avancemos 4, Continuemos, Abriendo Paso Lecturas and Spanish Four Years (Grammar -Extra practices).
Assessment: Grading is base on a combination of daily assignments, participation, Quizzes, Tests and projects.
Year you can read 2-3 Novelas “Rosa”, “Lazarillo de Tormes”, “Marianela” Abriendo paso “Lecturas”
Course Outline:
First Quarter
Opción Lectura: “Marianela”, “Rosa”, “Lazarillo de Tormes”, (Duración: una semana Prueba de vocabulariotest compresión)
Lesson One: Welcome to the Hispanic World! “España en el Corazón”
About: Relaciones familiares (Optional AP Voc. Familia Pág.198)
Grammar Structure
- Present indicative of stem-changing verbs
- Formas pronominales en función de complemento directo e indirecto
- Reflexive constructions
- Present Indicative of irregular verbs
- Present Progressive
- Personal “a” (AP Expresiones con “a” Pág. 207,210 y211)
Lectura Opcional Cap.23 La fiesta de San Fermín p. 316, La tomatina
Lesson Two: Sistemas educacionales p.38 (Opcional AP Voc. Escuela Pág. 198)
Mundo Hispánico: “México lindo y querido”
Grammar Structure:
- Present Progressive
- Direct and indirect object pr
- Uso de los verbos ser y estar
- Possessive adjectives
- Possessive pronouns
- Pronouns used together
- Uses and omission of the definite and indefinite articles
- Preterit
- Imperfect
Opcional: Lectura “El Décimo”
II Quarter
Lesson Three: Los deportes y las actividades al aire libre p.81
Mundo hispanico: ¡Viva Chile, Peru y Ecuador!
Grammar Structure:
- Verbs that require special construction
- The preterit contrasted with the imperfect
- Verbs that change in the preterit
- Los pronombres relativos
- Expressions of time with “hacer” (AP. Expresiones … p.206)
Opcional Lectura: Fernando Botero “El Espejo Convexo” p.327
Lesson Four: Costumbres y tradiciones p.107
Mundo hispánico: “En el corazón de Sudamérica: Paraguay y Bolivia
Grammar Structure:
- Comparisons of equality and inequality
- Uses of Por and Para
- The subjunctive mood
- The subjunctive with verbs of volition and desire
- The subjunctive with impersonal expressions
Opcional Lectura:
- Cesar A. Yunsan M.”Los indios Kunas” p.347
- José Bernardo Adolph “Nosotros no” p. 114
Lesson Five: Mente sana y cuerpo sano p.144
(AP. Cuerpo p.197 y Voc. Hortalizas y Legumbres. P. 200)
Mundo hispánico:“ Dos países sudamericanos” p.151
Grammar Structure
The imperative tenses Ud y Uds.
First person plural commands
The Subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief and negation
The subjunctive to express indefinite and nonexistent
Expressions that require the subjunctive and the indicative.
Lectura: Pablo Neruda “ Oda al tomate” p.309
III Third Quarter
Lesson Six: “Un estudiante Americano en Costa Rica” p.172
Mundo hispánico: La Suiza de América p.178
Grammar Structure (AP. Transportes y viajes Pág. 204)
The command or imperative of tú and vosostros
Participle
Present perfect and past perfect or Pluperfect
Adjectives have a specific position
Lectura:p.57 Continuidad en los parques (Use condicional)
Lesson Seven:! Buen provecho! P. 203
(AP. Frutos y legumbres p.199 opción Voc. Peces p.201)
Mundo hispánico: Centroamérica p.209
Grammar Structure
The future tense
The conditional tense
The future perfect tense
Special cases of nouns
Lectura: p.71 Cajas de cartón (Use futuro,condicional )
Lesson Eight: Nuestras grandes ciudades: problemas y soluciones
Mundo Hispanico:Los Estados Unidos hispanicos p.241
Grammar Structure
The imperfect subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive “if”conditional sentence
Present perfect subjunctive
The pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)
Lectura: Camilo Jose Cela “Jacinto contreras recibe una paga”p.94
IV Quarter
Lesson Nine: El mundo del espectáculo p.265
Mundo hispanico: De Uruguay a la tierra del tango p.271
Grammar Structure
The subjunctive a Summary
Prepositions
Special Uses of prepositions
The infinitive
Lesson Ten: El mundo del trabajo y la tecnología p.295
(AP Profesiones y oficios p.201)
Mundo hispánico: El caribe hispánico p.301
Grammar structure
The passive voice
Constructions with “se” (El se pasivo y el impersonal)
Special Uses “se” (The reflexive “se”)
Common idiomatic expressions (dar,tener,poner y hacer)
Others idiomatics expressions