SPANISH  IV

Spanish IV expands the skills acquired by the students in

Spanish III. Specific content includes, but is not limited to,

more advanced language structures in idiomatic expressions,

with emphasis on conversotional skills. There is additional

growth in vocabulary for practical purposes including writing.

The class is conducted in Spanish.

 

SYLLABUS AND OBJECTIVES FOR SPANISH IV

                                                b. Imperfect

              

               3.  Uses of Preterit and Imperfect

               4.  Ser  vs.  Estar

               5.  Subjunctive Mood:

                                                      a. subjunctive for hopes and wishes

                                                      b. subjunctive with expression of feelings

                                                      c. subjunctive with unknown/nonexistent

                                                      d. subjunctive with negation or denial

             

.  Present and Past Progressive

.  Present Perfect Indicative

.  Present Perfect Subjunctive

.  Comparisons and superlatives

.  Passive Voice

.  Indefinite expressions

.  Past Subjunctive

.  Conditional and Future Tense

.  Vocabulary to express/discuss several

    kind of events.

.  Culture of Hispanic countries.

After successful completion of this course, the student will: possess sufficient vocabulary and grammatical structure to read, write and converse about events, experiences, wishes, etc. Also, understand  written and spoken language.

SPANISH  4  LANGUAGE – Course Outline

Week  1:

Chapter  6

Objectives.  Books and practices.

Introduction: El suroeste y Mexico  p.180-185

Vocabulario: Medios de comunicacion  p. 267

Grammar:  Review: the subjunctive mood.

                     Indicative w/expressions of certainty   p.236

                     

                     

Week 2

Chapter  6

Readings

Grammar:  the subjunctive (II)

                     Subjunctive w/expressions of doubt  p.238

                     Uses of “haber”

Informal writing.

          

Week 3

Chapter 6

Vocabulario: los periodicos

 Informal writing

Grammar: Indefinite expressions  p.250

                    Gender of nouns  p.252

Novela en video  p. 256-257

Readings:  p. 258-259 ;  p.260-262

Review for the exam: p. 264-266 

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Week 4

Chapter  7

Introduction:  Los Andes p.270-275

Vocabulario:  Desafios y planes para el futuro.  P.315

Grammar:  Preterite and Imperfect  p.284

                     Grammatical Reflexives  p.286

                     

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Week  5

Chapter  7

Vocabulario: Las aspiraciones

Readings

Informal writing

Grammar: “lo” and “lo que”  p.288

                    Subjunctive w/adverbial conjunctions  p.298                  

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Week  6

Chapter 7

Grammar:  subjunctive  w/future actions  p. 300

                     Indicative w/ habitual or past actions  p.302

Novela en video (2) p. 304-305

Readings p. 306-307

Review for the exam p. 312-314

Formal writing

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Week  7

Chapter 8

Vocabulario: Las actividaes de la vida diaria  p.357

Grammar:  Verbs w/IOP  p.326

Informal writing

                    

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Week  8

Chapter 8 

Vocabulario: Actividades de los adultos

Grammar: Verbs to express “to become”  p.328

                    Uses of “se”  p. 330

Informal writing

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Week  9

Chapter  8

Grammar: Conditional mood  p.340

                  Past subjunctive   p.342-344

Novela en video (3) p. 346-347

Readings  p. 348-349 ; 350-351

Review for the exam  p. 354-356

Week 10

Chapter  9

Introduction:  El Cono Sur  p.360-365

Vocabulario: Las leyendas  p. 405

Grammar : Preterite and Imperfect in storytelling  p.374-376

Research: Leyendas latinoamericanas (1)

                    

                    

Week 11

Chapter  9

Vocabulario: Los hechos historicos

Grammar : Prepositions “por” and “para”  p. 378

                     Review subjunctive  p. 388

Research: Leyendas (2) and presentations.

                  

Week  12

Chapter  9

Grammar  :  Sequence of tenses  p. 390-392

 Readings p. p. 396-397

 Research (3) and presentations.

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Week  13

Chapter  9

Reading:  p. 396-397 ; 398-400

Novela en video  p. 394-395

Research: Paises latinoamericanos

Review for the exam  p. 402-404 

                   

Week  14

Chapter  10

Vocabulario: el mundo en que vivimos  p. 447

Grammar:  Present and Past progressive  p. 416

                     Uses of “haber”  p. 418 

Readings

Formal writing

Week  15

Chapter 10

Grammar :  expressions of time  p. 420

                      Future tense  p. 430

Readings

Formal writing

Week  16:

Chapter  10

Grammar: Subjunctive w/ doubt, denial,etc  p. 432

                    Subjunctive and Indicative w/ adverbial  p.434

Readings  p. 438-439 ; p.440-442

Novela en video  p.436-437

Review for the exam : p. 444-446