Spanish 21S: Spanish Level II, First Semester Introduction Welcome to Spanish 21S: Spanish Level 2, First Semester! You now have one full year (11S and 12S) of Spanish behind you. ¡Felicitaciones! Spanish 21S continues to build upon what you have already learned. To start this course, you should review several sections in your textbook. Look at the overview of La telehistoria on pages xxviii–xxix. Do you remember Trini Salgado in all of the telehistorias from Spanish 11S and 12S? The video stories in this book all have something to do with a Hispanic youth short film contest. 1. Look at “Why Study Spanish?” on pages xxx–xxxi. Here are lots of reasons to study Spanish. 2. Look at “What is Vocabulary?” on pages xxxii–xxxiii. Here are some great ideas on how to study vocabulary. 3. Look at “What is Grammar?” on pages xxxiv–xxxv. This is the place to review your strategies for studying grammar. 4. Look at “What is Culture?” on pages xxxvi–xxxvii. Remember that culture is a part of each lesson, and a part of the exams. To know a language, you also have to know the culture. 5. Look at Mapas on pages xxxviii–xliii. Do you remember the names of common Spanish speaking countries? What are the people called (en español) that come from those countries? What is something well known about those countries? 6. Look at La música on pages C1–C25. This is a really fun part! Take a look at the Cultura interactiva part of ClassZone.com to hear the great variety of music from Spanish speaking countries, to see some of the music in action, and to learn about some of the great musical artists in the Latin genre of music. It doesn’t all sound the same. You will be amazed. 7. In this course, you are on your own to review in the Lección preliminar on pages 1–31. Lección preliminar contains most everything you should have learned in 11S and 12S. It is worth your time to review the following: o pages 1–3, identify people, review facts about Florida (what language does the word Florida come from?) o pages 4–5, definite and indefinite articles, subject pronouns, and ser o pages 6–7, describe people o pages 8–9, adjectives and the verb tener o pages10–13, talk about likes and dislikes (gustar) o pages 14–17, talk about where you go to do different activities (ir) o pages 18–21, talk about feelings, use tener, ser, and estar o pages 22–25 talk about what you and your friends do at home, use regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs, and stem-changing verbs (querer, poder, servir) o pages 26–28, talk about plans (ir a) o page 29, vocabulary
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After you have finished reviewing all of the above, do exercises 1–6 on pages 30–31. (Your online course will provide you with self-check answers for these exercises.) How did you do? This review will probably help pinpoint what grammar, vocabulary, culture, or phrases that you have forgotten and need to review. Then check your answers using the appendix of this learning guide. ¡Buen trabajo! Now it’s time to move forward with second year Spanish.
Course Objectives In this course you’ll continue speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. You’ll learn more basic phrases that you can use to communicate in Spanish. When you have successfully completed the course, you will be able to • • • • • • • •
talk about Costa Rica, and discuss travel preparations, talk about things you do at an airport, and ask how to get around town say where you went, what you did on vacation, ask information questions, and talk abut buying gifts and souvenirs talk about Argentina, talk about sporting events and athletes, discuss ways to stay healthy, point out specific people and things, and retell events from the past discuss your daily routine, clarify the sequence of events, and say what you and others are doing right now or intend to do talk about Puerto Rico, talk about clothing, shopping, and personal needs, say whom things are for, and express opinions describe past activities and events, ask for and talk about items at a marketplace, express yourself courteously talk about Mexico, describe continuing activities in the past, narrate past events and activities, describe people, places, and things describe early civilizations and their activities, describe the layout of a modern city, ask for and give directions
Required Materials and Technology Textbook For this course you need the DVD-ROM electronic edition (eEdition) of the textbook. •
¡Avancemos! Level 2 (Dos) eEdition DVDROM, 2007 edition, for Windows 2000/ME/XP or Macintosh 0S 10.1–10.4. (Evanston, Ill.: McDougal Littell, 2007, ISBN: 978‐0‐618‐72453‐6)
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Technology • Ability to download and listen to audio files (MP3, iPod, or computer with speakers or headphones) • Ability to record yourself speaking using your computer (computer with sound card, microphone, headphones or speakers, sound recording software). Read Creating Spoken Audio Files on Your Computer for details. • Internet access to use ClassZone.com • Adobe Reader to download PDFs (free download at Adobe.com) • Adobe Flash Player to view animations (free download at Adobe.com) • QuickTime to view videos (free download at Apple.com) To Install the ¡Avancemos! Level 2 DVD‐ROM 1. Make sure you have an Internet connection. 2. Install the Flash plug‐in to view the videos, if it’s not already on your computer. Download the free Adobe Flash Player at Adobe.com. 3. Follow the instructions provided with the DVD‐ROM to start it. 4. At the login screen, create an account. Choose a username and password. 5. Choose a file name and location if you’d like to make notes in or highlight the DVD‐ROM textbook. Example: In My Documents, create a folder called “Spanish 21S” and a file called “Textbook Notes.” To Access Audios, Videos, Animations, and Online Help With the DVD-ROM textbook: Click the video, audio, and animation icons on the pages of the textbook. The audio will play automatically. You may need to download the .mov file and find a program to view it, such as QuickTime. The animation icon takes you to ClassZone.com. Suggestions for Using ClassZone.com • Explore all the features of ClassZone.com. It’s a pretty cool site, for a textbook. • Check out @Home Tutor for games and practice. Can you move up the levels of practice, from beginner to challenge? Try the asteroid “Collision Course” games, the Word Factory games, or the crossword puzzles. • Use the online flashcards to improve your Spanish vocabulary. (But you should also make your own flashcards that you can carry around with you. You can never have too many flashcards!) • Take the self‐test quizzes to practice for the midterm and final exams. • Want to know more about culture? Watch the videos at Cultura interactiva. • How fast can you conjugate a verb correctly? Use ¡Conjuguemos! to find out.
How to Complete the Lessons For each lesson in this course: 1. Read the lesson’s objectives. They tell you what you’ll learn in the lesson.
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2. Note the page numbers for the reading assignment. They tell you which pages will be covered in the lesson. You are responsible for all the material in these pages. 3. Do the activities and exercises in the order in which they are presented in Study Session 1. 4. Do the same for Study Session 2, 3, and so on. (Usually there are six study sessions in a lesson.) 5. At the end of the lesson, you’ll find a written assignment and a speaking assignment. Follow the instructions to submit these assignments. Completing Speaking Assignments In order to complete your speaking assignments for this course, you will need to create audio files on a computer and submit them for grading. Please take some time now to read the instructions for Creating Spoken Audio Files on Your Computer found at the SCS Help Portal.
Some Important Words of Advice It’s very important that you do all activities and exercises. A very common mistake is to skip the lesson and all, or part, of the exercises and activities, and go directly to the assignments to be turned in for a grade. Assignments done this way (without sufficiently completing lesson exercises and activities) are usually returned to the student as incomplete, returned needing parts re-done, or returned with very poor grades. There is a reason for doing all of the exercises and activities in the lesson before attempting to do the assignments to be graded. These exercises and activities are how the material is learned, how you will learn Spanish. There is no way around it if you want to learn Spanish. You need lots of different kinds of practice with a language to learn it. You can’t cram a language; it takes time and practice. Fortunately, this course has a wide variety of listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises to give you the best possible chance of learning Spanish. The video and audio portions are very important in making this a real-life language for you to use, experience, and grow with. Language is communication, and communication requires time, practice, and effective strategies to learn how to do it. This course has very effective strategies for learning Spanish, and you will learn a great deal of Spanish from this course, but only if you do all of the exercises, activities, and follow the suggestions. If you skip the exercises and activities, and attempt to turn in the assignments without practice, you will do very poorly and possibly fail the course.
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Grading Your lesson grades (i.e., your grades on the written and speaking assignments for lessons 1–4, and 6–9) are worth 40% of your final course grade. Your exam grades are worth the other 60%. Lesson 1
100 total points
Lesson 2
100 total points
Lesson 3
100 total points
Lesson 4
100 total points
Lesson 5
Midterm Exam (100 points)
Lesson 6
100 total points
Lesson 7
100 total points
Lesson 8
100 total points
Lesson 9
100 total points
Lesson 10
Final Exam (100 points)
Written and Speaking Assignments
800 points total
Midterm Exam
100 points
Final Exam
100 points
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Lesson Outline Introduction Lesson 1: ¡A conocer nuevos lugares! Lesson 2: Cuéntame de tus vacaciones Lesson 3: La Copa Mundial Lesson 4: ¿Qué vamos a hacer? Lesson 5: Midterm Tips Lesson 6: ¿Cómo me queda? Lesson 7: ¿Filmamos en el mercado? Lesson 8: Una leyenda mexicana Lesson 9: México antiguo y moderno Lesson 10: Final Tips
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