CLEP Spanish (6 credits in 10 weeks) Online Class

Teacher: XIMENA

CLEP Spanish (6 credits in 10 weeks)

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Course description

This course should help students to demonstrate their level of Spanish proficiency across three communicative modes (Interpersonal [interactive communication], Interpretive [receptive communication], and Presentational [productive communication]), and the five goal areas outlined in the
Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century1 (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities).
This is a 6 credit class. We will meet twice a week (totaling 20, 90 min classes)
There is only 1 test for Spanish 1 and Spanish 2.The American Council on Education recommends that students get credit if they score 50 or above on the Level 1 exam, and 63 or above on the Level 2 exam.

Syllabus

Course description

This course should help students to demonstrate their level of Spanish proficiency across three communicative modes (Interpersonal [interactive communication], Interpretive [receptive communication], and Presentational [productive communication]), and the five goal areas outlined in the
Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century1 (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities).
This is a 6 credit class. We will meet twice a week (totaling 20, 90 min classes)
There is only 1 test for Spanish 1 and Spanish 2.The American Council on Education recommends that students get credit if they score 50 or above on the Level 1 exam, and 63 or above on the Level 2 exam.
Objective of the course

The objective of the Spanish Clep course is to develop skills in the areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the Spanish language. All four components will be weighted equally, with mastery of grammatical structures also highly emphasized for enhanced communication and comprehension in Spanish.
Reading and writing skills are reinforced through the inclusion of formal compositions, Latin American short stories and poetry. Videos and research are used to supplement the culture studies. There are class discussions in Spanish, and many class periods during which no English is spoken. The student will be reviewing articles on Hispanic culture, the purposes and values of the study of Spanish, and its influence on modern civilization.

Teacher bio

I am a native speaker of the language, born and raised in La Paz, Bolivia, South America. I got a law degree from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres. I also started teaching law subjects many years ago. That is when I fell in love with education.
I got married to an american gentleman on 1989 with whom I moved to NC where I started teaching middle school Spanish.
On 2004 I got a masters degree in Spanish literature from the university of TN in Knoxville. I continued teaching different levels of EFL and Spanish.
In August of 2008 I started teaching online with Edufire. It has been a wonderful experience beating all my expectations. I am one of the most popular Spanish tutors in Edufire. And my students feel that they are accomplishing their goals about learning a second language with me.

Requiered resources

1. CLEP College Spanish, by The Staff of Research & Education Association (Paperback – 2008/03/04)
2. CLEP College Spanish language Exam Guide – by collegeboard
Provided by the instructor:
3. The ultimate Spanish review and practice, by Passport books. (Gordon and Stillman)
4. Spanish for Mastery 3, Situations by DC Heath and Company
5. Cuentos de amor, locura y muerte de Horacio Quiroga.
6. Eva Luna de Isabel Allende

Session Name Materials Assignment
Session 1
Introducción y repaso, unidad 1
Sustantivos, adjetivos, artículos, Ser y estar. Cada estudiante se presentará a los demás para que el tutor
haga una evaluación de su nivel de la lengua

Session 2 Unidad 2
Verbos de cambio radical, reflexivos, construcción infinitiva, impersonal se, construcción progresiva Leer una hija singular y No hay que complicar la felicidad.
páginas 25 y 57.

Session 3 Unidad 3
Presente del subjuntivo, subjuntivo volitivo, subjuntivo después expresiones impersonales. Leer El arco de Balam Acab. página 84

Session 4 Unidad 4
El imperativo, usos de para y por, adverbios y preposiciones
de lugar. Leer las aventuras de Juan Bobo, página 114

Session 5 Unidad 5
Pretérito indefinido, uso del presente del indicativo con Desde y Desde hace. Leer Unas huellas misteriosas, página 92

Session 6 Unidades 6
Pretérito imperfecto, uso del imperfecto vs indefinido. Leer Leer Una carta a Dios, página 176.

Session 7 Unidad7
El uso del participio pasado y del preterito perfecto del indicativo Leer El cuadro mejor vendido, página 211

Session 8 Unidad 8
Uso del subjuntivo: emociones y sentimientos, expresiones de duda. Uso del subjuntivo después de pronombres relativos. Presente perfecto del subjuntivo. Leer El zorro que se hizo el muerto, página 238

Session 9 Unidad 9
El uso del artículo como sustantivo, el adjetivo y pronombre interrogativo Cual? Adjetivos y pronombres demostrativos, posesivos. Comparativos, superlativos. Leer El ratoncito, página 272

Session 10 Unidad 10
El futuro, el condicional, el pluscuamperfecto, el futuro perfecto.
Leer El abanico, página 306

Session 11 Unidad 11
Al – infinitivo, uso del infinitivo despues de ciertas preposiciones. Subjuntivo después de ciertas conjunciones. Subjuntivo o indicativo después de Cuando
Leer La abeja haragana, página 336

Session 12 Unidad 12
El imperfecto del subjuntivo, oraciones con Si. La voz pasiva, construcciones Ser y Estar con participio pasado, construcción Se mas verbo.
Leer El árbol de oro, página 439

Session 13 La voz pasiva, construcciones Ser y Estar con participio pasado, construcción Se mas verbo.
Leer El forastero gentil, página 402

Session 14 El pluscuamperfecto del subjuntivo, condicional perfecto, claúsulas condicionales en el pasado
Pronombres relativos Que, Quien, Cuyo. Leer El arbol de oro, página 439

Session 15 Uso de expresiones idiomáticas con tener, tomar, estar, echar, dar, hacer, ir, dar, llevar, quedar, meter, poner, ser… Leer: Diles que no me maten de Juan Rulfo

Session 16 Otras expresiones verbales, modismos, dichos y refranes. Leer: Poema 20 de Pablo Neruda

Session 17 Formación de palabras provenientes de verbos, sustantivos, adjetivos, sufijos, diminutivos y aumentativos. Leer: Dos palabras de Isabel Allende (Eva Luna)

Session 18 Errores comunes: dejar vs. salir, saber vs, conocer, oreja vs. oído, Expresiones con Quedar, break and tear, wrong, to miss. Leer: La gallina degollada de Horacio Quiroga (Cuentos de amor, locura y muerte)

Session 19 Dominio: locuciones adversativas: pero, sino, si no, sino que.
Tema de discusión: Donde empieza y acaba la libertad de uno. Audio: La sabiduría popular

Session 20 Signos de puntuación.
Discusión final sobre temas relacionados al examen.
Tema de discusión: Solos y solas pero contentos Leer: Signos de puntuación, página 146

Aditional resources

A list of videos, articles and other resources will be provided to registered students via personal email.

Aditional online resouces:

http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/

http://www.studyspanish.com/

http://wordreference.com/

http://www.todo-claro.com/English_advanced_grammar.php

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/siteindex.php

Prerequisites

Although there are no prerequisite requirements such as completion of a specific course, the student should have a college level proficiency of the Spanish language.
This course will help you refresh learned knowledge to be able to take the Spanish CLEP test.

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