Spanish Conversations

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Class teacher:  Nathaly Hernandez

 

Ages:  9-12

 

Homework:   Provided

 

Prerequisites:   Students should have prior Spanish skills to take this class.  There may be quick reviews of basics at the beginning of each unit.

Spanish Conversations continues to teach students the Spanish cultures and language using the four basic language
skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.  A primary goal of Spanish education is real-life communication, so we will be practicing having simple conversations in this class, along with learning the following skills:

• Pronunciation: basic pronunciation and intonation

• Sentence structure: word order, statements, questions and negatives

• Adjectives: placement and agreement

• Verbs: identification and basic conjugation

• Pronouns: identification and use with verbs

• Nouns and articles: number and gender

• Vocabulary: similarities and differences

Students will use and understand various parts of speech and idiomatic expressions including

• Singular and plural common nouns with their definite and indefinite articles

• Subject pronouns

• Verbs in the infinitive

• Cognates

• Descriptive adjectives and agreement

• Cognates

• Interrogative expressions

We will be learning to

• Recognize Spanish when heard

• Read and spell phonetically in Spanish

• Observe and identify everyday cultural practices

• Present cultural information

This class correlates to the Common Core Standards for Foreign Language Learning!