¡Bienvenidos a la clase de Español 4!
Profesora Christie Dunkley ~ [email protected] ~ (320) 629-4142
Office Hours: 7:30-8:00; 3:00-3:30; 5th Hour (Prep)
I. WORLD LANGUAGE STANDARDS
Goal 1: Communicate In Languages Other Than English
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Goal 2: Gain Knowledge And Understanding Of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Goal 3: Connect With Other Disciplines And Acquire Information
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
Goal 4: Gain Insight Into The Nature Of Language And Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Goal 5: Participate In Multilingual Communities At Home And Around The World.
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
II. STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE: INTEGRATED SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Course Descriptions
SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish 1 is a grammatical approach to intermediate level reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Readings deal with social and cultural topics of Spanish-speaking countries with emphasis on vocabulary building. MTC goal area: (8) Global Perspective.
SPAN 2020: Intermediate Spanish 2 is an intensified study of the Spanish language through listening, speaking, and composition. MTC goal area: (8) Global Perspective.
All materials provide students with authentic language with the focus on communicating at a more advanced level of Spanish. Students should expect to have frequent opportunities to integrate the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) through the use of authentic materials. I use various Internet resources. Students will be guided to develop competency in listening and reading comprehension using authentic sources from journals, news, literature, interviews, Podcasts, music, and more. They will also be required to produce Spanish orally and in writing, both in informal and formal communications.
Listening: I distribute a list of authentic resources for listening and viewing at the beginning of the school year. Students are required to use these resources outside of class for assignments, enrichment and personal enjoyment. This needs to be a priority if students truly want to improve their ability to understand Spanish speakers from various cultures. Students are expected to use a variety of materials including: textbooks, Spanish videos, Spanish audios, Spanish podcasts, and Spanish music.
Reading: I encourage students to be able to read as they do in English--all types of written authentic language. Students will use a wide range of instructional materials including: newspaper articles, magazine articles, literary texts, and other nontechnical writings.
Speaking: Students will be presented with simulated and authentic conversational topics with which to refine their speaking skills. Students will have regular opportunities in class to develop their speaking skills including: use of Spanish in class, daily question and answer practice, speeches on topics of interest, and class discussion of personal opinions and reactions to authentic readings and audio sources.
Writing: Students will receive instruction on and have frequent opportunities to write a variety of compositions in Spanish including: film reviews, literary analysis, narrations about world events, reactions and personal commentaries about topics assigned in their journals, and guided compositions.
III. CURRICULUM
IV. PREREQUISITES: Spanish 1, 2, & 3.
V. COURSE OUTLINE
Topics that you will review/learn in this course include the following:
Goal 1: Communicate In Languages Other Than English
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversation, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Goal 2: Gain Knowledge And Understanding Of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
Goal 3: Connect With Other Disciplines And Acquire Information
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
Goal 4: Gain Insight Into The Nature Of Language And Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Goal 5: Participate In Multilingual Communities At Home And Around The World.
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting.
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
II. STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE: INTEGRATED SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Course Descriptions
SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish 1 is a grammatical approach to intermediate level reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Readings deal with social and cultural topics of Spanish-speaking countries with emphasis on vocabulary building. MTC goal area: (8) Global Perspective.
SPAN 2020: Intermediate Spanish 2 is an intensified study of the Spanish language through listening, speaking, and composition. MTC goal area: (8) Global Perspective.
All materials provide students with authentic language with the focus on communicating at a more advanced level of Spanish. Students should expect to have frequent opportunities to integrate the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) through the use of authentic materials. I use various Internet resources. Students will be guided to develop competency in listening and reading comprehension using authentic sources from journals, news, literature, interviews, Podcasts, music, and more. They will also be required to produce Spanish orally and in writing, both in informal and formal communications.
Listening: I distribute a list of authentic resources for listening and viewing at the beginning of the school year. Students are required to use these resources outside of class for assignments, enrichment and personal enjoyment. This needs to be a priority if students truly want to improve their ability to understand Spanish speakers from various cultures. Students are expected to use a variety of materials including: textbooks, Spanish videos, Spanish audios, Spanish podcasts, and Spanish music.
Reading: I encourage students to be able to read as they do in English--all types of written authentic language. Students will use a wide range of instructional materials including: newspaper articles, magazine articles, literary texts, and other nontechnical writings.
Speaking: Students will be presented with simulated and authentic conversational topics with which to refine their speaking skills. Students will have regular opportunities in class to develop their speaking skills including: use of Spanish in class, daily question and answer practice, speeches on topics of interest, and class discussion of personal opinions and reactions to authentic readings and audio sources.
Writing: Students will receive instruction on and have frequent opportunities to write a variety of compositions in Spanish including: film reviews, literary analysis, narrations about world events, reactions and personal commentaries about topics assigned in their journals, and guided compositions.
III. CURRICULUM
- Breaking the Spanish Barrier Advanced: This is a text, workbook and reference all-in-one.
- El Internado (The Boarding School): Also know as El Internado Laguna Negra (The Black Lagoon Boarding School) is a Spanish television drama-thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts of which macabre events occur.
- Online Resources
IV. PREREQUISITES: Spanish 1, 2, & 3.
V. COURSE OUTLINE
Topics that you will review/learn in this course include the following:
VOCABULARY
Nouns Adjectives Idiomatic Expressions Expressions with hacer/llevar Expressions of Doubt Cardinal & Ordinal Numbers Emotions Impersonal Expressions Verbs Expressions of Influence |
GRAMMAR
Present Indicative & Present Perfect Preterite Imperfect & Pluperfect Future & Future Perfect Conditional & Conditional Perfect Present Subjunctive & Present Perfect Subjunctive Imperfect Subjunctive & Pluperfect Subjunctive Commands Pronouns: Direct, Indirect, Reflexive, lo “Si” Clauses |
VI. LEARNRING OUTCOMES
SPAN 2010: Students will be able to understand, respond to, and converse in Spanish with increased ease and an intermediate-level of vocabulary. Students will also discuss cultural aspects through analysis of literature in Spanish. The selected literature and discussion points will focus on the diversity of human conditions and cultures and their effects on societal changes both domestically and internationally.
SPAN 2020: Students will be able to understand, respond to, and converse in Spanish in 14 tenses at an intermediate level.
VII. REQUIRED MATERIALS
Supplies include textbook, 3-ring binder, tab dividers, writing utensils, a highlighter, verb sheets and a pocket folder.
SPAN 2010: Students will be able to understand, respond to, and converse in Spanish with increased ease and an intermediate-level of vocabulary. Students will also discuss cultural aspects through analysis of literature in Spanish. The selected literature and discussion points will focus on the diversity of human conditions and cultures and their effects on societal changes both domestically and internationally.
SPAN 2020: Students will be able to understand, respond to, and converse in Spanish in 14 tenses at an intermediate level.
VII. REQUIRED MATERIALS
Supplies include textbook, 3-ring binder, tab dividers, writing utensils, a highlighter, verb sheets and a pocket folder.