SY 2013-14
COURSE TITLE:
Spanish I
PREREQUISITE:
None
DESCRIPTION:
Students communicate in Spanish through the sequential development of
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. A firm foundation in
grammatical principles and structures is built simultaneously. In
development of these areas, the student also gains information regarding
daily life of the Spanish-speaking world. The students’ common
assessments will be parallel to the AP Exam in content and format.
The common assessments as well as the curriculum will incorporate
the six AP Global Themes: Global Challenges, Personal and Public
Identities, Science and Technology, Families and Communities,
Contemporary Life, and Beauty and Aesthetics.
MAIN TOPICS:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
CREDIT INFO:
The students will develop listening comprehension skills through exposure to
various listening activities from fluent speakers as well as their teachers, and
peers. The students will listen to and interpret a variety of texts on various
topics in Spanish. The students will have the ability to recognize the variations
that exist among Spanish speakers throughout the world.
The students will develop confidence and take risk s using Spanish to
communicate in situations such as: expressing feelings, responding to basic
questions, greeting others, expressing ideas and opinions, talking freely in the
target language, asking/giving directions, describing their daily life and
surrounding s in a variety of situations.
The students will develop reading comprehension skills through exposure to
sight vocabulary, pictures as clue to meaning, a variety of reading strategies
(silent, group, pairs), cognates, decoding words and the use of a glossary and
dictionary. In addition the students will be exposed to cultural reading,
inclusive of authentic materials.
The students will develop writing skills through exposure to a new alphabet,
spelling, and phonemic awareness. The students will write basic sentences,
dialogues, compositions, creative writing, personal letters, responses to
questions and directed statements on a variety of topics.
The students will learn to use appropriate formal and informal speech. In
addition, the student will become aware of the daily life and customs of the
Spanish speaking countries as well as their respective geography and history.
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language
requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one language or
two years each of two languages. Students who receive credit for Spanish I in
middle school may count this course in meeting both credit and subject area
graduation requirements.
SY 2013-14
COURSE TITLE:
Spanish II
PREREQUISITE:
Spanish I
DESCRIPTION:
Students review, strengthen, and amplify the basic principles of Level I.
Spanish II continues to emphasis on the four skills (listening, speaking,
reading, & writing) and it is designed to facilitate the use of Spanish in the
classroom. Daily life and familiarization with geography and history form
the basis for this year’s cultural study. The students’ common
assessments will be parallel to the AP Exam in content and format.
The common assessments as well as the curriculum will incorporate
the six AP Global Themes: Global Challenges, Personal and Public
Identities, Science and Technology, Families and Communities,
Contemporary Life, and Beauty and Aesthetics.
MAIN TOPICS:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
CREDIT INFO:
Students will practice listening to and comprehending more complicated
thoughts and ideas expressed by their teacher, peers, and multimedia.
Students will understand advice, orders, directions, longer and more
complex statements, questions and discourse. They will be able to
differentiate ideas and actions expressed in the present, past, or future.
Students will refine pronunciation, intonation and fluency; express
actions and ideas in present, past and future time; describe people, places
and things; make comparisons; express negative ideas.
Students will read and comprehend ideas expressed in more sophisticated
contexts.
Students will progressively expand and refine basic sentence structures,
write responses to questions and directed statements, identify problems
and formulate multiple solutions, and write a well-constructed paragraph.
Students will become aware of activities pertaining to daily life,
geography, and history of Spanish-speaking countries.
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language
requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one
language or two years each of two languages.
SY 2013-14
COURSE TITLE:
Spanish III
PREREQUISITE:
Spanish II
DESCRIPTION:
Students increase proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
This course provides review and amplification of structures previously
taught and introduction to more advanced grammatical concepts. The
students’ common assessments will be parallel to the AP Exam in
content and format. The common assessments as well as the
curriculum will incorporate the six AP Global Themes: Global
Challenges, Personal and Public Identities, Science and Technology,
Families and Communities, Contemporary Life, and Beauty and
Aesthetics.
MAIN TOPICS:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
CREDIT INFO:
Students will further refine listening skills through teacher
presentations, peer conversations and presentations, and multimedia.
Students will sustain dialogue on selected topics; communicate ideas
in extemporaneous presentations, classroom discussions and roleplaying. Students will continue to refine pronunciation,
rhythm/intonation, and exhibit predominant use of Spanish in
classroom communication.
Students will comprehend varied reading materials taken from
literature, articles from the Web, or periodicals.
Students will communicate information and ideas on given topics with
increased accuracy and depth, and develop a variety of writing
products such as letters and essays.
Students will gain increased knowledge of Hispanic/Spanish customs.
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language
requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one
language or two years each of two languages.
SY 2013-14
COURSE TITLE:
Spanish IV
PREREQUISITE:
Spanish III
DESCRIPTION:
Students polish the four basic language skills. Major grammar points are
reviewed and the subjunctive is completed. Different global themes are
studied each quarter with relevant applications using these four basic
language skills. The students’ common assessments will be parallel to
the AP Exam in content and format. The common assessments as well
as the curriculum will incorporate the six AP Global Themes: Global
Challenges, Personal and Public Identities, Science and Technology,
Families and Communities, Contemporary Life, and Beauty and
Aesthetics.
MAIN TOPICS:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Culture
Students will utilize listening skills interpret spoken information, draw
inferences and formulate opinions.
Students will narrate and describe with detail, express preferences,
support opinions and be able to maintain a discussion where responses
may be unpredictable.
Students will read, be able to summarize and comprehend authentic
Hispanic materials, taken from literature, articles from the Web, or
periodicals.
Students will create coherent, well articulated writings on a variety of
topics with critical analysis.
Students will gain knowledge of Hispanic/Spanish art, global
challenges, and immigration issues, facing the Spanish speaking
world.
CREDIT INFO:
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language
requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one language or two years
each of two languages. Spanish IV is considered an Honors class and the student will
receive a weight of 0.5 as he/she completes the class. The students move at an
accelerated pace, cover a greater breadth and depth of textual study and require
more independent work.
SY 2013-14
COURSE TITLE:
Spanish V Honors
PREREQUISITE:
Spanish IV Honors or SFS III
DESCRIPTION:
Students will refine the four basic language skills with the aid of authentic
materials. Advanced grammar structures are introduced for mastery while
basic grammar points are reinforced to prepare for the Advanced Placement
course. Each quarter a Spanish Speaking region is examined with a focus on
history, geography, culture, literature, politics, current events, and global
issues pertinent to the area. Focus will be placed on the students’ ability to
understand, apply, analyze, synthesize, evaluate, create, and compare and
contrast topics using the language. The students’ common assessments
will be parallel to the AP Exam in content and format. The common
assessments as well as the curriculum will incorporate the six AP
Global Themes: Global Challenges, Personal and Public Identities,
Science and Technology, Families and Communities, Contemporary
Life, and Beauty and Aesthetics.
MAIN TOPICS:
Listening Students will continue to develop listening skills in order to interpret longer stretches of
connected discourse on a variety of topics from authentic Spanish-speaking sources.
Speaking Students will continue to develop oral skills through presentational communication and
interpersonal communication tasks which will be related to various areas of study.
Reading Students will read authentic Spanish materials from literature, modern media, and
periodicals. Students will gain skills to move from concrete understanding to abstract inferences.
Writing Students will continue to develop advanced writing skills utilizing more complex syntax,
cohesive devices and specific contextual vocabulary. Writing tasks will include interpersonal and
presentational communications based on a variety of authentic sources.
Culture Students will be immersed in culture as the main focus of this course. For each unit,
students will learn the shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize each region.
CREDIT INFO: This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language requirements
for an Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one language or two years each of two languages).
Spanish V is considered an Honors class and the student will receive a weight of 0.5 as
he/she completes the class. The students move at an accelerated pace, cover a greater
breadth and depth of textual study and require more independent work.
SY 2013-14
Advanced Placement ®
Spanish Language and Culture
Syllabus 2013-2014
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Placement ® Spanish Language and Culture
The Advanced Placement  (AP) Spanish Language and Culture course is holistically designed
to offer students proficiency based, rigorous college level experience to maximize their potential
in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational skills in Spanish. The following graphic displays
the six global, overlapping course themes of instruction and their related sub-themes:
SY 2013-14
Advanced Placement ®
Spanish Language and Culture
Syllabus 2013-2014
The Loudoun County Public Schools Advanced Placement ® Spanish Language and Culture course
actually begins in the FLES program (Foreign Language Elementary School), where students
gradually develop the essential listening, and speaking skills. The students t hen advance to the
development of reading and writing skills in t he SAMS program (Spanish at the Middle School,
6th grade). Embedded in culturally authentic, meaningful contexts the students continue
developing their skills in the high school program beginning in 7th grade. This enables students
to function at more advanced cognitive, analytical, and communicative levels as the pre-AP ®
sequence begins in Level IV Honors.
Students build confidence in Spanish by continually developing comprehension and
comprehensibility, a rich breadth of vocabulary, language control, communication strategies, and
cultural awareness throughout the curricula of study from the FLES program through AP. In
order to connect the course with the ACTFL National Standards of Foreign Language of
Learning for the 21st Century, students are expected to communicate entirely in the target
language in AP ® Spanish Language and Culture as they compare and contrast Spanishspeaking cultures with their personal communities and connect their studies with other
disciplines in their high school curricula.
SY 2013-14
Advanced Placement ®
Spanish Language and Culture
Syllabus 2013-2014
CREDIT INFORMATION
This course provides one credit toward fulfilling the foreign language requirement for an
Advanced Studies Diploma (three years of one language or two year each of two languages). In
addition, the student’s transcript will reflect the AP designation independent of the student’s
election to take the AP exam. All final grades are ‘weighted” by 1.0 if the student passes the
course and takes the related AP examination. Students who elect to take an AP exam
without taking the course may have their scores sent to the colleges to which they may
apply. However, units of credit will be awarded only to those students who complete the course
and take the related AP exam.