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TITLE
Spanish 1
TEXTBOOK
Bienvenidos, Student Text, Schmitt & Woodford, Glencoe, 1995, ISBN 0-02-646044-0
Bienvenidos, Student Workbook, Schmitt & Woodford, Glencoe, 1995, ISBN
0-02-646046-7
DESCRIPTION
This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and cultures. It provides
the basic vocabulary, grammar, and broadened cultural perspective fundamental to
all future studies of the language and its people. Spanish 1 is the first of
four sequentially arranged courses.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The following goals of the Nebraska Foreign Language Frameworks document are the
basis of our course objectives.
1. Students will learn to communicate in Spanish.
Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information,
express feelings and emotions.
Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken Spanish.
Standard 1.3 Students convey information in Spanish.
2. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
Standard 2.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
between the practices of their culture and those of some Hispanic cultures.
Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspective of the
cultures studied.
3. Students will connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
Standard 3.1 Students reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines
through foreign languages.
Standard 3.2 Students acquire information and perspectives through authentic
materials in Spanish.
4. Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture.
Standard 4.1 Students recognize that different languages use different pattern
to communicate and can apply this knowledge to their own language.
Standard 4.2 Students recognize that cultures use different patterns of
interaction and can apply this knowledge to their own culture.
In order to facilitate student accomplishment of these goals, students at the
Spanish 1 level will demonstrate novice-high proficiency with the following
linguistic and communication skills:
Linguistic concepts:
1. Spanish phonetic system
2. Salutations
3. Present tense (-ar verbs)
4. Expressing negation
5. Infinitive constructions
6. Question formation
7. Gustar (to like)
8. Pronouns with prepositions
9. Noun groups and definite articles
10. The verb ser
11. Descriptive adjectives
12. Present tense (-er and -ir)
13. The verb tener and its idiomatic uses
14. The relative pronoun que
15. The a personal
16. Contractions al and del
17. Indicating location
18. The verb estar
19. The ir a future
20. Direct object pronouns and their placement
21. The verb ver
22. Possessives, nouns, adjectives, and pronouns
23. The verb hacer
24. The verb decir
25. The indirect object pronouns
26. The verb dar
27. Body parts and clothing
28. Stem-changing verbs
29. Irregular verbs
30. Time expressions
Communication goals:
The student will demonstrate proficiency with:
1. Using greetings and introductions
2. Using numbers
3. Telling time
4. Stating date, year, weather, and seasons
5. Describing daily activities
6. Asking questions
7. Expressing wishes, hopes, and needs
8. Body
9. Clothes
10. House
11. Furniture
12. Describing likes and dislikes
13. Drawing conclusions
14. Identifying others by name, origin and profession
15. Describing oneself and others
16. Describing personal possessions
17. Asking age
18. Expressing wishes and obligations
19. Talking about going somewhere
20. Discussing future plans
21. Stating one's address
22. Talking about one's family
23. Describing possessions of others
24. Talking about money
25. Discussing leisure activities
26. Expressing how often one does something
WRITING ACTIVIES
1. Students will be able to communicate in letter form with peers.
2. Students will keep an accurate and legible notebook.
3. Students will write a story about family.
4. Students will write a description of themselves.
5. Students will write most exercises in complete sentences.
MULTICULTURE ACTIVITIES
The student will study about the following in Spanish, or through videos:
1. Famous Hispanic figures
2. El Día de Los Muertos
3. Cinco de Mayo with European and Mexican History
4. Hispanic family structure
5. Teenage life in Hispanic countries
