¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!

Español 3• A class for intermediate speakers

• Honors credit

• Must stay organized!

• More reading: stories, articles, etc.

• More writing: projects, power point presentations, etc.

• Lots of verbal interaction at the intermediate level

• Lots more vocabulary!!!

• You must be in class all the time! Don’t ask to get out of class for ANY reason!

Español 2• A class for novice high speakers

• Students are expected to reach the intermediate level

• Must bring materials daily

• Practice, practice, practice!!!

• Must participate in all oral work!

• Must keep an organized notebook!

• Oral testing every six weeks and at end of each semester!

• Vocabulary must be memorized and into long-term memory.

• Students must be in class every day!!!

¡Bienvenidos a

la clase de español!

27 agosto, 2007Reglas de la clase de español

1. Bring your Spanish notebook and handouts EVERY DAY!!!!

2. Be Here! Attendance is critical to your success!!!!!

3. Participate actively! Practice makes perfect in Spanish class!

4. Be prompt in getting here and in turning in assignments!

5. Show kindness and respect for others! Not everyone is as perfect as you are!

mas reglas . . .

6. ¡Diviertense! (Have some fun, y’all!)

7. Choose a good attitude! It is a choice you can make! Don’t make everybody else suffer because you are grumpy!

8. Respect property. Most of this stuff is mine, not yours! Keep in mind how you would feel if someone walked off or trashed your stuff!

9. Don’t talk while the teacher is talking, or leave your seat without permission while anyone is in front of the class!

10.Bring supplies by Sept. 2!!!!

Go Bobcats!

Pack’s Pet Peeves• Writing or sitting on desktops, marking on maps

and posters, walls, or anything else of mine• Throwing paper and other stuff on the floor• Talking while I’m talking• Getting out of your seat without permission when

I am teaching• Doing other work during my class• Tardiness and absenteeism• Not getting make-up work done on time• Chewing gum while trying to learn to speak

Spanish• Coming to class without your notebook and other

supplies!!!!

School Supplies for Spanish1. NOTEBOOK: You will need a zipper binder with three rings

and a ziploc or zipper pouch inside for your pens,etc. The notebook should contain a package of notebook paper, some dividers, and a small spiral.

2. Bring me two pens, two pencils and a package of 100 index cards, either 3x5 or 4x6, colored or white.

3. Spanish 2 only: one set of 10 colored markers, or one box of tissues.

4. Spanish 3 only: One box of kleenex, or one glue stick.

Differences in Proficiency-based and Traditional FL Programs

Proficiency-based programs Traditional programs

Active learning Passive learning

Language spoken Language acquisition

Language appropriateness Structural accuracy

Learner Centered Teacher Focused

Open-ended tasks Closed Tasks

Textbook as an ancillary Textbook as the curriculum

Authentic materials Workbooks

Application is assessed Discrete points are assessed

Superior/Native proficiency

Advanced Plus

Advanced

Intermediate High

Intermediate Mid

Inter. LowNovice High

Novice Mid

Novice low

165 hours

In Spanish 2, you are expected to become an intermediate speaker!

In Spanish 3, you should already be an intermediate speaker, and should expect to make progress to the Intermediate-Mid level by the end of the year.

Intermediate ProficiencyWhat can an intermediate do?• Create with the language. You must

have enough language in your database (brain) to create with!

• Ask and answer questions.• Get through simple survival

situations.• Speak in sentences instead of words.

Span. 2: Using a sheet of notebook paper, try to write the Spanish words for the following list:

1. sister 11. mother 21. hair

2. dress 12. shoes 22. Where are you from?

3. to go 13. Friday 23. Hello

4. I have 14. January 24. food

5. I need 15. forty 25. tall

6. green 16. fourteen 26. head

7. hand 17. Spanish 27. My name is . . .

8. Where is . . . ? 18. white 28. day

9. beach 19. yellow 29. hat

10.school 20. the bathroom 30. eyes

Spanish 3: Using a sheet of notebook paper, write the following words in Spanish:

1. I have to 13. wrist 25. I want

2. wash the car 14. ankle 26. I would like

3. clean my room 15. bedroom 27. Can I ?

4. beach huts 16. swimming pool 28. try it on

5. I’m going to 17. stars 29. call my mom

6. belt buckle 18. storm 30. to go

7. handkerchief 19. high heels 31. to the b-room

8. three thousand 20. orange 32. to the office

9. dollars 21. Can you tell me . . .? 33. at the park

10.cents 22. Where is . . .? 34. How much do

11.How much does it cost? 23. Where are you from? I owe you?

12. I need to buy 24. a can of tuna 35. sand