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Spanish 3 B

In this course, students will continue to develop their ability in reading, writing, and understanding Spanish through a systematic review of its structure. Students will focus on applying vocabulary in a wider array of situations by learning about the future tense, adjectives, and the conditional tense.

Major topics include:

Future tense

Adjectives and adjective forms

Demonstrative pronouns

Conditional tense

Formal and irregular commands

Vocabulary related to amusement parks, leisure activities, zoos, travel, and jobs

Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Modules contain a variety of lessons, which conclude with a brief self-check and module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.

This paced course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. The course will include a variety of individual assignments and projects, as well as class discussions.

Acknowledgements

  • Successful completion of Spanish 1 and Spanish 2
  • Successful completion of Spanish 3A
  • This course contains an end-of-course proctored exam. Instructions for students to identify an appropriate adult proctor are included in the course lessons.

Course Objectives

  • Recognize, understand, and apply the correct verb endings to describe activities that will happen in the future.
  • Recognize, understand, and describe activities that may occur by using the correct verb endings for regular and irregular verbs in the conditional tense.
  • Recognize, understand, form, and use positive and negative commands in written and verbal expressions.
  • Understand and appropriately use preterit and imperfect tenses.
  • Ask and answer simple questions on familiar and everyday topics, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences.

Additional Requirements

  • Access to special characters specific to the language, including á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, ñ, ¡, ¿.
  • Access to a device with headphone, microphone, and camera.
  • Students will be expected to record and upload videos of themselves speaking in target language in order to exhibit proficiency in the speaking domain using a video tool within the course platform.
  • Students who require screen-reading tools may find accessibility challenges in some components of this course. Consider submitting a support request to learn more about accessibility in this course prior to registration.