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Gr 9 - 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
Gr 9 - 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
This is an introductory course in Spanish designed to develop language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening at a slower pace. Like all courses in the department, the course stresses a proficiency approach, with primary emphasis on communication through the three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational language. After completing Introduction to Spanish ACP, students continue with Advanced Introduction to Spanish ACP.
Performance Target: Novice-High on the ACTFL scale.
Essnetial Skills:
(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.
Success Criteria:
ACP:
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.
Students wishing to register for this course must contact their school counselor or the department head for approval. Students who successfully completed 8th grade Spanish may not register for this course.
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