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Spanish II
Course Units: 1.0
In Spanish II the students begin with a review of tenses and contexts learned in level I and continue to hone the four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and expand their vocabulary. They also learn yet more about the diverse Hispanic cultures. The text material for practicing these skills is contextual and follows a unifying theme: cities and their inhabitants, the home, the professions, etc. Grammar is presented toward the beginning of each unit, practiced via a variety of written and oral exercises and then reviewed again toward the end of the unit before the exam. Besides extensive work with contrasting tenses in the past tense and review of present and future, grammar in Spanish II includes extensive work with the complete gamut of command forms (including those with double object pronouns) to prepare students for advanced work with the subjunctive in Spanish III. Students read two short novels, view at least two full-length films and make oral presentations about the films. There is a second semester project in which student pairs conduct an interview with a native Spanish speaker.
Victoria Parraga
