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ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND CONVERSATION
(LEVEL 1) |
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CONTACT HOURS, DIVIDED INTO FIVE WEEKS |
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OVERVIEW |
For
advanced level students who already communicate
efficiently in Spanish. The purpose of the
course is to refine the language through:
grammatical analysis, vocabulary, sayings
and colloquial expressions. Lecture and
composition of complex texts are also included.
The course enriches the study of the Spanish
language, through themes of history, literature
and ecology. This course emphasizes practice,
communication, and uses more complex syntactic
and morphologic aspects. The correct usage
of oral and written Spanish is emphasized.
At the successful completion of this course,
the student will be able to express his/her
ideas and opinions fluently in Spanish,
orally as well as in writing. |
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CONTENTS |
Week
1:
1. Synopsis of the Subjunctive Mode The division
of syllables, and the rules of basic accentuation
2. Analysis of the influence of "with"
verbs and impersonal expressions
3. Accentuation of diphthongs and tripthongs
4. Accentuation of compound words and the
monosyllables
Activities:
1. Practice of vocabulary in relation to.
• means of transportation
•
cars and mechanics
• Customs and
immigration
• Bank transactions
• The body: organs, parts, diseases,
etc.
2. Critical readings of newspapers articles
and / or magazines
Week 2:
1. Past Perfect Subjunctive. Form and usage
of Ordinal numbers
2. Use of the conditional and Imperfect Subjunctive
for courtesy
3. Conditional for probability and conjecture
4. Process of writing a description
5. Review of imperative (in order to better
understand the subjunctive)
6. Explanation of the usage of “vos”
Activities:
1. Analysis of literature and journalistic
texts
2. Work with popular sayings and idioms
3. Discussion of traditional social relationships
4. Game: If you were a color, which color
would you be?
5. Game: What do you want for this article?
I ask that you dance, sing
Week
3:
1. Use of the adjective clauses: "que",
"quien", "quienes"
2. Writing: uses of the comma, period, colon,
ellipsis, sei colon, and quotation marks
3. Relative pronouns in non-restrictive clauses
The Pluperfect Subjunctive The Perfect Conditional:
Unreal Past / Juan had come, he would have
brought the child
Activities:
1. Discussion of economic characteristics
about some countries
2. Write a presentation letter
3. Songs for listening practice
4. Practice of the conditional and the imperfect
subjunctive with different games
5. Discussion about stereotypes
6. Expression: como si+imperfect subjunctive+adjective
(ex. as if it were easy)
Week
4:
1. Position of quantitative and descriptive
adjectives
2. Periphrases: A) with gerund B) with prepositions
C) adverbs
3. The Future Perfect
4. Practice of the passive voice
Activities
1. Famous hispanic people
2. Capital of hispanic countries
3. Discussion of political themes, definitions
of political terms
4. Birthrate and overpopulation
Week
5:
1. Review of demonstratives Difference between:
porque, porqué, por que, por qué
2. The conditional Perfect
3. Basic orthographic rules
Activities
1. Writing practices
2. Situations
3. Debates
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