Spanish 1

Description:

Using interactive and conversation-driven learning, this course will lay the foundation for learning to speak Spanish fluently. Students will engage in a variety of activities beneficial for both new and experienced students together in the same class. Through dynamic classroom interactions, students learn how the language works—how language components can be put together in different ways to understand, speak, read, and write in everyday life.

In order to gain mastery and grow toward fluency, students will be expected to complete work outside of class each week such as listening to Spanish audio recordings, speaking practice, and completing assigned coursework. As an integral part of the learning process, students will be asked to record themselves speaking and to submit their recording to the teacher each week. Homework expectation is approximately 30 minutes per day, 3 days a week.

Learning Goals:

• Use general vocabulary in Spanish that helps students to communicate thoughts and daily needs. 
• Ask questions in Spanish. 
• Answer simple questions in Spanish. 
• Use proper grammar for writing and speaking. 
• Create stories in Spanish based on listening and reading. 
• Build reading comprehension in Spanish. 
• Utilize strategies for understanding unknown words (voice inflection, listening for general idea, asking clarifying questions). 
• Identify Spanish-speaking countries around the world. 
• Learn subject pronouns. 
• Learn to conjugate regular and irregular verbs in present tense. 
• Learn noun/adjective placement and agreement. 
• Learn two forms of “to be” (ser & estar).