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¡HOLA Y BIENVENIDO!
Hola and Welcome to Spanish I I am so excited to get this year started.
Realidades I Practice Workbook and Writing
Spanish I is a course that is based on the belief that the purpose of learning Spanish is to communicate with the people who speak it and to understand their culture.
Spanish 1 covers
(1) Communication: To communicate in languages other than English
(2) Culture: To gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures
(3) Connections: To connect with other disciplines and acquire information
(4) Comparisons: To gain insight into the nature of language and culture
(5) Communities: To participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. Students will gain practice with new vocabulary, speaking and listening, reading and grammar basic to a first year language class.
Methods of Evaluations:
Students can be evaluated through tests, quizzes, class work, homework, oral testing, projects, semester exams and / or any other forms of evaluation instruments the instructor finds applicable to the
course.Pace of Instruction:
First Semester: Chapters: Para Empezar – 4A
Second Semester: Chapters 4B-8B
Course Objectives:At the end of Spanish I, the student should know:
1. greetings, numbers, telling time, body parts, asking for help, weather phrases and seasons
2. infinitives, making negative statements, adjectives, definite and indefinite articles, and word order
3. present tense of –ar, --er, and –ir verbs
4. ser and estar
5. making nouns plural
6. the verb ir and ir + a + an infinitive
7. –GO verbs: tener, venir, salir, hacer, etc.
8. possessive adjectives and demonstrative adjectives
9. interrogative words
10. stem-changing verbs in the present tense(e_ie, o_ue)
11. affirmative tú commands
12. present progressive tense
13. direct and indirect object pronounsHelpful Links and Sites:
To study vocab: https://quizlet.com/judy_mitre/classes
