Spanish Intermediate 1 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: Spanish Novice 2
Spanish Intermediate 1 builds on the fundamental language elements taught in Spanish Novice 2 and continues to focus on the four language skills, which are reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the target language in the three communicative modes: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational and with continued emphasis on oral communication. Through this course, students broaden their knowledge of Spanish grammatical structures and vocabulary allowing them to communicate ideas more freely while beginning to manipulate time frames and solidifying and building on simple structures. The basic grammar and vocabulary taught is related to expressing things that matter most to “me and my community nearby”. The end of year ACTFL oral proficiency minimum target for an intermediate 1 student is to speak about familiar topics about his/her life by asking simple questions, and answering questions consistently in single sentences.
Spanish Intermediate 2 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: Spanish Intermediate 1
Spanish Intermediate 3 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: Spanish Intermediate 2
Spanish Intermediate 2 builds on the fundamental language elements taught in Spanish Novice 2 and continues to focus on the four language skills, which are reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the target language in the three communicative modes: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational and with continued emphasis on oral communication. Through this course, students broaden their knowledge of Spanish grammatical structures and vocabulary allowing them to communicate ideas more freely while beginning to manipulate time frames and solidifying and building on simple structures. The basic grammar and vocabulary taught is related to expressing things that matter most to “me and my community nearby”. The end of year ACTFL oral proficiency minimum target for an intermediate 2 student is to begin to maintain a conversation about his/her life. This is achieved by asking some questions and answering questions in a string of sentences and some connected sentences. Additionally, an intermediate 2 student begins to use past and future time frames, however, consistent accuracy is not evident. Finally, there is an increase in the quality of language and the use of expanded vocabulary.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to begin to expand their four language skills in the Spanish language as well as their intercultural communication skills by introducing higher levels of expression and by using more sophisticated vocabulary and advanced grammar that includes maneuvering present, past, and future, to discuss important future, past, and present events. The vocabulary taught is related to expressing things that matter most to “me and the world that surrounds us”. Students will be encouraged to use as much Spanish in the classroom as possible and elevate their level of expressions in order to reach a higher level of speaking proficiency. Students will engage in reading, writing, listening and speaking on a variety of topics and learn how to communicate within an increasingly global society. The end of the year ACTFL oral proficiency minimum for an intermediate 3 student is to maintain a conversation about his/her life. This is achieved by asking a variety of questions, and speaking consistently using connected sentences. An intermediate 3 student shows evidence of beginning to use past and future time frames with more consistent accuracy with the purpose of exchanging stories. There is an increase in the quality and quantity of description. Finally, circumlocution is more noticeable.
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