It is a most enjoyable and rewarding class for using the language in speaking as well as reading and writing. Students learn basic classroom expressions and vcoabulary. Culture activities focus on youths in Spanish-speaking countries. Students learn all Spanish-speaking countries and their capitals. Vocabulary includes colors, numbers, clothing, body parts, school activities, days of the week, seasons and months of the year and telling time.
Correct grammar is stressed with emphasis on verbs.
Spanish 2 is a continuation of Spanish 1 emphasizing the development of basic communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. These skills will be developed through active class partcipation in speaking and listening, role-playing, reading, writing activities and cultural presentations. Students will also be introduced to different Spanish speaking contries and cultures through research projects and presentations. The first semester will concentrate on the present tense. The second semester will introduce the preterit, imperfect, future and conditional tenses among other grammatical concepts.