560B Beginning Spanish B ACP
Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle | *PREREQUISITE: 560A Beginning Spanish A ACP
NOT OFFERED IN 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
This is the second year of study of the Beginning sequence, and is designed to facilitate foreign language learning for those who find the experience more challenging. Students will review all of the basic material presented in Beginning Spanish A and continue to build on this knowledge base. . The course is conducted in Spanish, and is open to seniors only.
Performance Target: Novice High /Intermediate-Low on the ACTFL scale.
Goal Areas (From the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for World Languages):
Interpretive Communication - Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
Interpersonal Communication - Interact and negotiate meaning in spontaneous spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives
Presentational Communication - Present information, concepts, ideas, feelings, opinions, and perspectives to inform, explain, persuade and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media, and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.
Intercultural Communication - Interact appropriately with others in and from another culture.
Cultures - Gain cultural competence and understanding.
Comparisons - Develop insight into the nature of language and culture to interact with cultural competence.
Essential Skills:
I can independently create a spoken or written message or participate in a conversation using novice-mid language.
I can mostly be understood by someone used to a language learner.
I use highly practiced words and expressions and can add simple details.
I use sentences, and simple questions. I begin to combine words and phrases to create original sentences.
I convey my knowledge of a few basic cultural products and practices.
My errors with targeted structures and/or word order do not interfere with communication.