Abington Junior High School Course Selection Guide 2012-2013 ...

on themes for daily communication. Cultural information is integrated for the beginning of exploration into the lives ofthe people who speak Spanish.SPANISH I PART 2Prerequisite: successful completion of Spanish 1 pt. 1This course is for 8 th grade students who completed Spanish 1 Part 1 successfully. Spanish 1 Part 2 continues thedevelopment of the 3 modes of communication in Spanish: interpretive (listening and reading), interpersonal (two-waycommunication- listening and speaking, reading and writing) and presentational (speaking and writing to an audience).Students will expand on their ability to communicate about personal information, such as: self, family, friends,likes/dislikes, school, pastimes, as well as the basics like, numbers, alphabet, weather, etc. Students will quickly beimmersed in an all-Spanish classroom. The class progresses at a moderate pace to keep the students’ comfort level highin their attempts to communicate in a new language. A student at this level is expected to perform at the low to midnovice level: understanding and producing language in familiar and rehearsed situations. Texts and other ancillarymaterials focus on themes for daily communication.HONORS SPANISH I PART 2Prerequisite: successful completion of Spanish 1 pt. 1 with teacher recommendationThis course is for 8 th grade students who completed Spanish 1 Part 1 with a high level of language comprehension andproduction. Spanish 1 Part 2 Honors continues the development of the 3 modes of communication in Spanish:interpretive (listening and reading), interpersonal (two-way communication- listening and speaking, reading andwriting) and presentational (speaking and writing to an audience). Students will expand on their ability tocommunicate about personal information, such as: self, family, friends, likes/dislikes, school, pastimes, as well as thebasics like, numbers, alphabet, weather, etc. Students will quickly be immersed in an all-Spanish classroom andstudents are expected to communicate solely in Spanish in the classroom. A student at this level is expected to performat the mid novice level: understanding and producing language in familiar and rehearsed situations. Texts and otherancillary materials focus on themes for daily communication.SPANISH INo prerequisiteThis course is for 8 th grade students who are studying Spanish for the first time. This course begins the development ofthe 3 modes of communication in Spanish: interpretive (listening and reading), interpersonal (two-waycommunication- listening and speaking, reading and writing) and presentational (speaking and writing to an audience).Students will learn to communicate about personal information, such as: self, family, friends, likes/dislikes, school,pastimes, as well as the basics like, numbers, alphabet, weather, etc. Students will gradually and appropriately beimmersed in an all-Spanish classroom. The class progresses at a moderate pace to keep the students’ comfort level highin their attempts to communicate in a new language. A student at this level is expected to perform at the novice level:understanding and producing language in familiar and rehearsed situations. Texts and other ancillary materials focuson themes for daily communication. Cultural information is integrated for the beginning of exploration into the lives ofthe people who speak Spanish.24