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Spanish 1 Spanish 3
Grades 9-12 Course Number 525 or SP525
Course Number 523 Full Year Course - 1 credit
Full Year Course - 1 credit Prerequisite: Spanish 2
Prerequisite: None Estimated Fee: $5.00
Estimated Fee: $19.00 Recommended For: College Bound
Recommended For: College Bound
Spanish 3 is designed to review and expand
Spanish 1 is a study of the basic structures grammatical elements and to develop
of Spanish which contribute to the conversation and self-expression through
development of listening, speaking, reading, written and oral exercises. Students
and writing abilities. Basic material is continue to study culture and civilization
presented and designed to develop the with special emphasis on the history and
student’s ability to understand the spoken geography of Spain. Additional
word. Speaking skills are developed by opportunities for reading comprehension,
imitating the teacher and through patterned self-expression, and cultural appreciation are
and free response drills in the text. Reading provided through readings, discussion, and
skills are developed through dialogues and oral and written assignments. (Honors
narratives. Specific reading lessons curriculum will be available. Please see
concentrate on grammar points and your counselor and/or your World
introduce new vocabulary. Successful study Language teacher for details.)
of foreign language can lead to varied career
opportunities, especially in business fields. Spanish 3 is also offered as a self-paced
It is suggested that students taking foreign course.
language should be doing satisfactorily in
English classes.
Spanish 2 Spanish 4 Honors
Grades 9-12 Grades 11-12
Course Number 529
Course Number 524 Full Year Course - 1 credit
Full Year Course - 1 credit Prerequisite: Spanish 3 and Recommendation
Prerequisite: Spanish 1 or 8 Spanish Estimated Fee: $55.00
Estimated Fee: $19.00 Recommended For: College Bound
Recommended For: College Bound
At this level, students have already learned
In the second year, emphasis is placed on the basics of Spanish grammar. Therefore,
increasing competence in the four basic it is necessary only to review major
language skills: listening, speaking, reading, problematic areas. The four skills – reading,
and writing. Each unit teaches vocabulary, writing, speaking, and listening – are now
grammar, and cultural material on the practiced through extended literary readings,
Spanish-speaking countries. Second-year discussions, essays, oral presentations, and
students should have successfully fulfilled listening activity exercises. Conversation
first-year requirements.
and composition are emphasized. All
classroom discussion is in the target
language.
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