PHS IB Spanish SL

Designed for students with 2-5 years of prior study of Spanish, this course offers students the continued process of learning to speak Spanish at an advanced level and with a deeper understanding of Spanish culture. With an emphasis is on interactive communications in Spanish, the course focuses high level of Spanish proficiency in Linquistic Skills

ü listening

ü speaking

ü reading

ü writing

These skills are developed through the study and use of a range of written and spoken texts .

Spanish B comprises three fully integrated parts:

ü Language: development of the four linguistic skills (listed above) and handling the language systems (grammar, syntax, etc) accurately

ü Texts: Use of a wide range of written and oral texts selected in view of communicative competence and reflective of the entire Hispanic world (i.e. Latin America and Castilla)

ü Cultural awareness: materials studied reflect the various Spanish speaking cultures designed to increase cultural, social, political understanding and greater global perspective. (The large base of Spanish speakers from all over the world that live in our community provide a valuable supplemental resource)

Juniors and seniors in this course should be of serious intent to pursue the IB Spanish. The proficiencies of comprehending, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish will be demonstrated through the rigors of the IB examination.

(HL contains more literary texts and activities, and demands a higher level of sophistication than the SL.)

Internationalism is inherent in this course. It begins with the wide variety of cultures and societies of the Spanish speaking world and then goes beyond. It goes beyond the 45 countries in which Spanish is an official or major language. Internationalism even reaches beyond the fact that Spanish is an official language of the United Nations, and is the fourth most spoken language. Internationalism in this course reaches beyond the barriers of a language, it reaches out to its sister languages of Portuguese and Italian and beyond. This is because in order to become an effective Spanish speaker, students will be exposed to the ways in which languages shapes thinking processes and view points. The way that an event processed and described in English is a different perception than how the same event may be processed and described in Spanish. By forming different perceptions to think and communicate in Spanish, students will practice different perceptions which can lead to greater international awareness and understanding.

Topics:

Topics

Thematic vocabulary, grammatical concepts, reading selections, and cultural explanations align with the Spanish IB curriculum, Students pursue these skills taught by means of a variety of learning strategies: dialoging, role playing, reading and responding, written composition, listening comprehension activities, and oral interviews. Student activities include reading of novels, International newspapers, and magazines, listening to live Spanish television, writing essays (diaries, newspaper articles, writing texts in various formats, and projects), exchange of discussions, oral presentations, use of target language in class (with the teacher and amongst peers), debates, and projects (audio, video).

Objectives: Using the target language, students will be expected to…..

ü acquire listening comprehension skills with vocabulary introduced

ü execute Spanish written proficiency with provided prompts

ü demonstrate accurate pronunciation of the target language

ü comprehend with understanding reading selections provided in the text

ü respond orally in interview situations

ü develop global awareness and tolerance of the diversity of Hispanic culture

ü relate Hispanic culture and loan words to history and literature studied in Pre-IB

courses

ü apply correct grammatical usage in speaking and writing situations

Foreign Language Learning Strategies

Comparing cultures

Analyzing all types of literary genres

Studying in depth the cultures of the Hispanic world

Connecting the foreign language to other disciplines such as English, social studies, and art

Listening

Communicating through speaking and pronunciation

Expressing ideas in discussions

Reading of all types of available realia

Writing both to perfect structures and to express ideas

Writing to evaluate material studied

Formal and informal written composition in the language

Formal and informal oral composition in the language

Evaluating

Classifying

Debating

Interviewing

Analyzing

Synthesizing

Memorizing

Sequencing structures, events, and stories

Creating in the language conversations and explications

Using context clues

Taking notes

Interacting in conversation both formulated and not formulated

Using authentic material

Recognizing presented outstanding works and people of the Hispanic culture

Thematic Vocabulary

Vocabulary begins with the student himself and continues in an ever-expanding concentric circle to include depth in the vocabulary needed.

Vocabulary is consistent with literary terms needed for literary analysis.

Vocabulary is amplified through reading, listening, and conversations of advanced concepts.

Vocabulary is based on Pan American Spanish; however, multiple Spanish equivalents are provided as appropriate

Vocabulary is relevant to the study of Hispanic literature and drama.

Vocabulary is adequate to encompass history, current events, and analyzing literature.

Cognates

Sample Grammatical Topics

Verb Tense: Present / Past Tense / Imperfect / Future / Perfect / Pluperfect / Future Perfect.

Verb Moods: Indicative / Subjunctive / Imperative / Conditional

Verb Voices: Active / Passive.

Adjective Uses: Formation / Irregular / Comparative / Demonstrative / Interrogative / Indefinite.

Pronoun Uses: Personal / Reflexive / Interrogative / Indefinite / Possessive / Relative.

Evaluation Activities

ü dictations in Spanish

ü oral readings and recitations

ü written compositions/dialogues to various writing prompts

ü oral interviews conducted by the teacher

ü selecting appropriate listening rejoinders to scripts read aloud

ü quizzes on thematic vocabulary

ü exercises to show correct application of grammatical concepts

ü standardized tests generated from the text

ü paired and group presentations

ü writing letters to Hispanic pen pals

ü an exit test measuring the students listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills

Assessment:

External Assessment:

Written Component 70%

Paper 1: Text Handling 1½ hours 40%

Reading 30%

Questions based on a number of written texts

Written response 10%

A short writing exercise in response to a written text

Paper 2: Written Production 1½ hours 30%

One writing task from a choice of four

Internal Assessment:

Oral Component 30%

Two oral activities to be internally assessed by the teacher and

externally moderated by the IBO

Individual Oral 15%

Based on a stimulus chosen by the candidate

Interactive Oral Activity 15%

The mark of one interactive oral activity

School Based and classroom Monitoring

Students will compose in French daily in their journal, practicing grammatical structures being reviewed and learned. Students will complete the sections of the Individual Oral and the Interactive Oral Activity in accordance with the International Baccalaureate guidelines.

The internal assessment will be valued at 40% of student’s final grade as follows:

Journal 10%

Individual Oral 15%

Interactive Oral 15%

External Assessment:

Students will be required to translate passages, and answer relation questions. Students will be asked to write in-depth answers to questions related on the topics. Students will complete written productions in accordance with the International Baccalaureate guidelines.

The external assessment will be valued at 60% of student’s final grade as follows:

Translation 15%

Questions/Answers 15%

Written Productions 30%