Spanish II

The following learning targets represent the major concepts studied and assessed in this course. 

Semester 1

Unit 1: Repaso

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Days of the week (M)
  • Months and seasons of the year (R)
  • Greetings (M)
  • Asking and giving names (M) 
  • Expressions of courtesy (M) 
  • Classroom objects and people (M)
  • Academic subjects (M) 

• Grammar Topics:

  • Definite and indefinite articles (R)
  • The use of the word, “hay” (R/M)
  • Subject pronouns (R/M)
  • Asking yes / no questions (R) 1
  • Adjective agreement and position with nouns (R) 

Unit 2: En casa

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Furniture, rooms, and parts of a house (I)
  • Prepositions of location (I/R)
  • Interrogatives (R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • Gender and number of Spanish nouns (R/M)
  • Regular conjugation of the present tense (R/M)
  • Stress and written accent marks ®
  • The present tense conjugation of the following verbs: querer, preferir, ir, venir and poder

Unit 3: A comer

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Additional idiomatic expressions with tener (R)
  • Food and meals (I/R)
  • Expressions related to giving the time and at what time events occur (R)
  • Tag phrases (¿no? ¿verdad?) (I/R)
  • Emotions (R)
  • Interrogatives (R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • Use of adjectives plus por (I)
  • The personal “a” (I)
  • The verb gustar (I/R) 
  • Gender and number of Spanish nouns (R/M)
  • Negation (R)
  • Idiomatic expressions with the verb “tener” (R)
  • The present tense of stem-changing verbs (I/R)
  • The present tense conjugation of the following verbs: querer, preferir, ir, venir and poder (I/R)
  • The present tense of hacer, oír, poner, salir, traer, and ver (I)
  • Ir + a + infinitive to express a future action (R)
  • The verb “gustar” to express likes and dislikes (no grammatical explanation of indirect object pronouns) ®

 

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Semester 2

Unit 4: La salud

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Body parts and basic illnesses (I/R)
  • Interrogatives ®
  • Daily Routines (I)

• Grammar Topics:

  • Present progressive tense (I)
  • Summary of uses of ser and estar (I/R)  
  • The verbs dar / decir (I)
  • The verb ser (R/M)
  • The verb estar ®
  • The use of the word, “hay” (R/M) 
  • Uses of verb tener/doler with illness and symptoms (I/R)

Unit 5: De compras

• Vocabulary Topics:

  • Weather conditions(I/R) 
  • Months and seasons (R) 
  • Numbers 1 to 100.000 (I/R)
  • Clothing items (I/R)
  • Expressions related to giving the time and at what time events occur (R) 
  • Tag phrases (¿no? ¿verdad?) (I/R)
  • Interrogatives (R)

• Grammar Topics:

  • The present tense of llevar, hacer, oír, poner, salir, traer, and ver (I)
  • The present tense of stem-changing verbs (I/R)   
  • Present progressive tense (I)
  • Idiomatic expressions with the verb “tener” (R)
  • The present tense conjugation of the following verbs: querer, preferir, ir, venir and poder (R)
  • The verb “gustar” to express likes and dislikes (no grammatical explanation of indirect object pronouns) (R)
  • Demonstrative adjectives

Unit 6: Aplicar los conceptos en la literatura de masas

• Grammar Topics:

  • The present tense of stem-changing verbs (I/R)   
  • Reflexive pronouns in the present tense (I)
  • The personal “a” (I) 
  • Preterite tense of regular verbs  (I) 
  • Negation (R)
  • Regular conjugation of the present tense (R/M)
  • Stress and written accent marks (R)
  • Expression possession (I/R)  
  • Demonstrative adjectives (I)