Spanish 1 / Course 260
This course emphasizes the development of the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It also presents the great cultural variety of the Hispanic world. Students will use simple words, expressions and structures in order to be able to give information about themselves, their family, their daily life and their immediate environment, and to understand native Spanish speaking people giving such information.
Text: Buen Viaje 1
Spanish II / Course 261
The basic grammar points will be revised and expanded and the students will work to improve pronunciation and intonation. Students will continue exploring the Hispanic culture. Students will use appropriate vocabulary and structures in order to be able to give and search for information about travel, eating out, shopping, past times, medial problems, professions, and to understand Spanish speaking people giving such information.
Text: Buen Viaje 2
Spanish III / Course 263
In this course, students increase their command of vocabulary through more advanced grammatical structures. The goal is to increase oral proficiency in conversation and to further develop reading, writing and listening skills. Students are expected to communicate mostly in Spanish in and out of the class. Cultural studies are continued. The students will also read short readers, which focus on the Hispanic culture and support the vocabulary and the grammatical structures taught in Spanish III.
IB Spanish Ab Initio SL I (and Accelerated) / Course 266
and IB Spanish Ab Initio SL II / Course 267
This AB Initio program is for students who have no previous experience of the target language. As in the past, the program is open to Juniors (SL) and Seniors (SL II) but is now open to Freshmen who want to complete the Accelerated IB Language B program at standard level
It has been especially developed for those who have had little or no opportunity for foreign language study and are therefore unable to fulfill the IB Diploma language requirements. The course stresses communication and is taught mostly in Spanish.
Topics prescribed by the IB Board include: education and work, town and services, food and drink, leisure and travel, the environment, health and emergencies.
For seniors, the IB assessment takes place only during the second year of the course. While the reading and writing component is assessed externally, the listening and oral skills are marked internally and represent 30% of the final exam. Students will be expected to compile a dossier of all their work as a source for oral exams.
Texts: (Year I) Dime1, (Year II) Dime 2, Vocabulario Activo del Español.
IB Spanish B SL I / Course 268
After taking the Accelerated program (courses 266 and 267), this is a continuation course designed for foreign language learners to strengthen fluency and knowledge in the oral and written language. The students are expected to communicate mostly in Spanish in and out of the class. A wide range of texts is studied to develop a variety of communicative skills as prescribed by the IB board. The study of grammar and structure is integrated in the course work. Students will be expected to compile a dossier of their work as a source for their oral exams. This course will be connected next school year to IB Spanish B SL II which will lead to the examination in May 2007.
Text: Dime: Pasaporte al mundo 21.
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