5th Grade

Spelling game in couples

 

Course description : This is a course designed for non-native speakers. It focuses on the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and integrates the culture of Spanish-speaking countries. This course emphasizes learning Spanish in a natural, personalized, enjoyable manner and integrates level appropriate grammar structures through games, songs, role playing, poster activities and small poems.

The class meets 3 times a week for forty minutes.

Objective : Students will understand and express themselves in Spanish within the range of their language experience. Students will gain understanding of the Spanish culture.

Themes : The following themes are introduced:


Greetings and farewell

Counting from 0 to 100

Places in the city

After-school activities/ Pastimes

The time

Likes and dislikes

Actions

Prepositions of place

Shapes and mathematical vocabulary

Describing objects and people


Methods and techniques : A communicative approach to language learning is adopted in this program. Concentration is on communicative functions and activities through the use of props, visuals, skits, games, software and special hands-on projects allowing the students opportunities for movement and physical activity.

Material : Lozano, Patty. ¡Viva el español! Workbook C. National Book Company.

Supplementary material :

Spanish Reading Books , Scholastic

The Language of Folk Art , Longman

Teach them Spanish! McGraw-Hill

Learn a Language , Spanish Elementary Level 1 and 2

Evaluation : Students are evaluated according to daily classroom participation, completion of oral and written homework, quizzes and standard based common assessments.