Fin de año escolar

¡¡¡Felicidades!!! Aprendiste un montón de español en clase este año. Ojalá estés muy orgulloso/a (proud). Ve la lista a continuación para ver qué puedes hacer ahora después de solo un año. ¡Es impresionante!

I can....

• produce and understand nearly 800+ vocabulary words in Spanish! (2013 National Spanish Exam Level 1 Vocab./Grammar) (2014 NSE) (2015 NSE)
• read level-one/two Spanish at length! (National Spanish Exam Level 1 Reading Practice) (NSE Level 2 Reading Practice)
• listen to level-one/two Spanish at length! (National Spanish Exam Level 1 Listening Practice) (NSE Level 2 Listening Practice)
• write at length!
• speak in order to:
  • ask and respond to basic questions (time, weather, upcoming plans, past events, etc.)
  • identify places and objects and describe where they are located
  • describe my family and other people (personality, physical description, age, clothing, etc.)
  • tell a basic story in the present or past
  • express needs, wants, likes/dislikes, feelings, thoughts, obligations and abilities
• use the following grammar for more precise communication:
  • definite articles ("the") and indefinite articles ("a/an/some")
  • personal pronouns ("I, you, he, she....")
  • adjective endings that match gender and number
  • present tense verbs ("I talk" / "I'm talking")
    • regular -AR/-ER/-IR verbs
    • stem-changing verbs (o:ue, e:ie, e:i)
    • irregular "yo" verbs
    • irregular verbs (ser, estar, tener, venir, ir)
  • verbs that are similiar in English:
    • ser vs. estar
    • saber vs. conocer
    • preguntar vs. pedir
  • "backward" verbs like gustar
  • possessive adjectives ("my, your, his, her....")
  • "verb formulas"
    • IR + A + INF.
    • TENER + QUE + INF.
  • direct object pronouns ("me, you, him, it....")
  • estar + past participle to describe a condition (Ex. It is open/closed/broken/covered/dead/made....)
    • regular -AR ("-ado") and -ER/-IR ("-ido)
    • irregular past participles (RREVV MAC FIPS, PHD.)
  • indirect object pronouns ("TO/FOR me, you, him, it....")
  • demonstrative adjectives ("this/these/that/those")
    • demonstrative pronouns "(this one, that one....")
  • preterite tense verbs ("I talked")
    • regular -AR/-ER/-IR verbs
  • imperfect tense verbs ("I used to talk" / "I was talking" / "I (always) would talk")
    • regular -AR/-ER/-IR verbs
    • 3 irregular verbs (ser, ir, ver)
  • present progressive verbs : estar + present participle (gerund) [to talk about what is happening at this precise moment]
    • regular gerunds -AR ("-ando") and -ER/-IR ("-iendo")