Philosophy Statement / Overview
High School Spanish courses are designed to be rigorous, college preparatory classes. Students are expected to perform at a high level so that they are able to test into intermediate Spanish courses at the college of their choosing.
Students will learn basic vocabulary and grammar essential to building a solid foundation for use in upper level classes. Bible verses and books of the Bible are memorized in Spanish. Basic cultural awareness of the Spanish-speaking world is introduced.
Students will participate in a comprehensive review of basic first-year material, while offering more vocabulary, commands and the preterit and imperfect tenses. Students will translate, write and perform Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Students will acquire additional Spanish language and cultural awareness skills. Students will be taught more advanced grammar and vocabulary, and then use their language skills to study Spain and Latin America, in Spanish. They will initiate, respond to and sustain face-to-face communication in Spanish. Students will also translate, write and perform original drama to strengthen the link between the written word and expressive communication.
In Spanish 4, the level of grammar and vocabulary taught is further advanced. Students will identify main ideas and significant details in discussion, presentations, and written texts and will interpret authentic material. Further study of Spain and Latin America is conducted predominantly in Spanish. Students will communicate God's plan of salvation and their testimonies orally and in writing in hopes of using this skill on one of our mission trips to a Latin American country.
