This course will continue to introduce complex grammatical components such as the preterite, imperfect, present perfect, and past perfect tenses; imperative and subjunctive forms; and idiomatic expressions unique to the Spanish language. Lessons will continue to provide themed sets of nouns, verbs, and adjectives that will be used to compose refined dialogue relating to travel as well as everyday scenarios. Building on an ever-growing lexicon, the student will incorporate concepts to tell stories; describe people, places, and locations; form commands and give suggestions; ask questions and give directions; and express preferences, intentions, and opinions.
It is recommended that students successfully complete Spanish II Part 1 or equivalent course work before enrolling in this course.

These courses include auditory comprehension assessments that require students to listen to audio files and to record themselves speaking. For these courses, it is essential that students have either a headset equipped with a microphone or access to an internal microphone within their computers.

Course Objectives

Unit 1: Essential Content and Skills

Utilize new vocabulary to discuss natural disasters.
Recall a series of events in chronological order.
Explore and practice the regular and irregular verb forms in the preterite and imperfect tenses.
Utilize new vocabulary to discuss personal health, including parts of the body.
Discuss accidents and injuries that require emergency medical attention.
Discover the roles of emergency personnel, such as firefighters and paramedics, in Spanish-speaking countries.

Unit 2: Essential Content and Skills

Utilize new vocabulary to discuss forms of entertainment, such as television, movies, and sporting events.
Use the verb gustar.
Demonstrate comprehension of the preterite of -ir stem-changing verbs as well as the present perfect tense.
Demonstrate an understanding of the preterite and imperfect tenses.
Utilize knowledge of reflexive verbs as well as verbs that use indirect object pronouns.
Discuss the Spanish filmmaking process, including Spanish actors and actresses.

Unit 3: Essential Content and Skills

Use new vocabulary to read and write about food, its preparation, picnics, and cookouts.
Utilize verbs with irregular yo forms.
Apply negative tú commands.
Identify traditional foods and recipes in Spanish-speaking countries.
Practice using usted and ustedes commands.
Apply the uses of por.
Discuss native Spanish-speakers Simón Silva and Carmen Lomas Garza.

Unit 4: Essential Content and Skills

Apply new vocabulary to discuss vacation plans, hotel accommodations, air travel, and travel to other countries.
Apply the infinitive in verbal expressions.
Utilize regular, irregular, and stem-changing verbs in the present subjunctive.
Identify how to use códices to tell a story about a voyage.
Identify the uses of the suffix -ero(a).
Discover the history behind Oaxacan artisan work and native Spanish-speaker Valencia García.

Course Materials

Prentice Hall Realidades 2 (textbook and workbooks)

*Available as an iText course

**NCAA approved

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