COURSE DESCRIPTION:

AP Spanish Language students practice perfecting their Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. They study vocabulary, grammar, and cultural aspects of the language, and then apply what they’ve learned in extensive written and spoken exercises. By the end of the course, students will have an expansive vocabulary and a solid, working knowledge of all verb forms and tenses. The equivalent of a college-level language course, AP Spanish Language prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study of Spanish language, culture, or literature.

PREREQUISITES:

Spanish III

COURSE LENGTH:

Two semesters

REQUIRED TEXT:

None

COURSE OUTLINE:

Semester 1

Vocabulary

• Nationalities of the world
• Family relationships
• Customs and traditions of the family
• Most common cognates (for the AP Exam)

Grammar

• Accentuation, punctuation and structure of correct sentences
• Regular verbs in the present and how to use them
• Stem-changing verbs in the present and how to write them
• Subject pronouns
• Irregular verbs in the present
• Agreement of nouns and adjectives, gender and number

Vocabulary

• Primary and secondary schools; universities
• School subjects and academia disciplines
• Professions
• In and out of the classroom vocabulary
• Student life

Grammar

• Conjugate and use regular verbs in the preterit
• Recognize grammatical errors
• Conjugate and use irregular verbs in the preterit
• Use adjectives correctly
• Recognize Latin and Greek roots in words
• Conjugate and use stem-changing verbs in the preterit
• Use reflexive verbs

Vocabulary

• the human body
• Sicknesses and deficiencieas
• Foods
• Hygiene
• Nutrition and physical fitness

Grammar

• Conjugate and use verbs in the imperfect
• Use correct subject-verb agreement
• Know when to use the preterit and imperfect
• To use pronouns and possessive adjectives

Vocabulary

• Sports
• Travel and tourism
• Pasttimes

Grammar

• The use of the past participle
• Uses of pronouns and interrogative adjectives
• The use of prefixes and suffixes
• The use of the present perfect
• The use of the verb gustar and other similar verbs
• The use of verbals and adjective phrases in the present perfect
• The correct use of saber and conocer

Semester 2

Vocabulary

• Art
• Literatura
• Music

Grammar

• The use of the progressive tense
• The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases
• The use of the future tense
• The use of verb infinitives and gerunds
• The use of the conditional tense
• The use of direct and indirect object pronouns

Vocabulary

• Shopping
• Fashion
• Money

Grammar

• The use of the subjective and indicative moods
• The use of comparisons
• The us of superlatives
• The use of the subjunctive mood in noun clauses, adjective clauses and adverbial clauses
• The passive voice

Vocabulary

• Technology
• Communication
• Transportation

Grammar

• The conjugation of the subjunctive in the past
• Prepositions, simple and compound
• The use of the prepositions por and para
• The use of the imperfect subjunctive
• “If” clause sentences and the use of the subjunctive with them
• Prepositional pronouns and prepositions with verbs

Vocabulary

• Politics and government
• Community activities
• Social consciente

Grammar

• Commands, formal and familiar
• Relative pronouns
• Moods and tenses of verbs
• Negative and indefinite expressions
• Sequence of tenses
• Expressions related to time and weather