Middle Spanish 2 *
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Number of Credits
1
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Estimated Completion Time
2 Semesters
Pre Requisites
Spanish I
Description
In Spanish II, students travel virtually through Central America and the Caribbean, spending time in museums, traffic jams, and even the hospital. In this course, students broaden their Spanish vocabulary and their knowledge of grammar. They meet people from many different countries and cultures. While waiting for the plane ride home, students also meet some Spanish-speaking people from different parts of the United States.
The purpose of this course is to strengthen Spanish listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students also experience the beauty and expressiveness of a language that is shared by different people and cultures throughout the world.
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Course description: http://www.cpalms.org/Courses/PublicPreviewCourse1286.aspx
Segment 1
Miami and the Hispanic Influence in Florida
Cuban Culture influence in Miami
Table setting
Food
Furniture
Clothing
Colors
Ordinal Numbers
Entertaiment
Sports and Recreation
Weather Expressions
Library and Classroom objects
Family Members
Cognates
Accent marks
Subject pronouns
Present tense
–ar,-er, & -ir verbs
Verb: hay
Present tense Irregular verbs: Hacer, Poner, Salir, Tener, Traer, Ir, Ser,Estar, Tener, Venir
Nouns and Adjectives: gender, number, and agreement
Verb: Gustar
Present tense Stem-Changing verbs: e-ie, o-ue
Present tense Irregular verb: Dar
Indirect Object Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives
·Questions Words
The Coast of Mexico
Yucatan
Mayans
The Body
Toiletries
Time telling vs. time of activities (son las vs. a las)
Present tense Regular Reflexive verbs and Pronouns
Present tense stem-changing reflexive verbs
·Irregular Present tense verbs: Ser &Estar
The Interior of Mexico
Tenochtitlan
·Aztecs
Hotel & Vacation
Preterite tense of Regular –ar verbs
Preterite tense of verbs with spelling changes: -car,-zar, -gar
Preterite verbs
Making payments vocabulary
Cleaning vocabulary
Irregular preterite verbs
The culture of Guatemala
The superlative adjectives
Post office vocabulary
Computer vocabulary
Telephone vocabulary
Conocer y Saber
Negative Expressions
Nobel Peace Prize winners, Asturias and Menchú
The Culture of Costa Rica
Animal vocabulary
The imperfect tense
Irregular imperfect verbs
Comparisons with adjectives
Comparisons with adverbs
·Demonstrative adjectives
Segment 2
The culture of Panama
Car/traffic/driving vocabulary
Comparisons
Superlatives
Preterite vs Imperfect
The culture of Colombia and Venezuela
Body part/hospital/illness vocabulary
Imperatives
Dolerse
Direct/indirect/double object pronouns
The culture of Puerto Rico/Cuba/La República Dominicana
Famous Hispanic artists
Art/movie vocabulary
Gustar and gustar like verbs
Future tense
Irregular future tense verbs
Places in the US with Spanish names
English words with Spanish origins
Currency of other countries
Famous Hispanic Americans
Airport vocabulary
Phrases indicating time
Hace/que in present and preterite
Acabar de
Present progressive
·Past progressive
Microphone and speaker, or headset.
Courses subject to availability.
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