SPANISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

SPANISH B1

Course Number: 5150 Grade level: 9-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Placement Test Spanish B1 (Beginning Spanish) is an introduction to the pronunciation, and functional vocabulary for everyday communication. The four language skills of listening-understanding, speaking, reading and writing are emphasized. Students are made aware of the cultural aspects of the language, and the particular culture of Spanish speaking societies. Students will be able to follow and participate in simple interactions.

SPANISH B2

Course Number: 5151 Grade level: 9-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish B1 or Placement Test This course emphasizes the four language skills, grammar, and vocabulary in order to develop communication with a good command of the mechanism of the language. Cultural aspects of the language and the particular culture of Spanish speaking societies are studied. The student will be able to read and write comprehensively and use the languages interactively.

SPANISH B3

Course Number: 5152 Grade level: 9-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish B2 or Placement Test This course focuses on the development of the linguistic potential of students, enabling them to use Spanish as a means for oral and written communication. Students should have a good command of verbal and grammatical patterns and apply them in their conversations and writing. There will be challenges to use Spanish to solve real problems by using their language reception and production skills. Students will interpret feelings, values, and ideas that are characteristic of Spanish culture. A variety of authentic texts are read, discussed and used as a support for the language structures being studied. This class is a prerequisite to go to IB Spanish SLI.

SPANISH B4

Course Number: 5153 Grade level: 9-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish B3 or placement test This course focuses on the development of the linguistic potential of students, enabling them to use Spanish as a means for oral and written communication. Students should have a good command of the whole spectrum of grammatical patterns in order to apply them in their conversations and writing. There will be challenges to use Spanish to solve real problems by using their language reception and production skills. Students will interpret feelings, values, and ideas, which are characteristic of Spanish culture. A variety of authentic cultural themes and texts will be studied as a preparation for the IB Spanish SL I or HLI classes.

IB SPANISH AB INITIO SLI

Course Number: 5202 Grade level: 11-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Placement test This course is a Spanish learning course for beginners, designed to be followed over two years by students who have almost no previous experience of learning Spanish. The main focus of the course is on acquisition of language required for purposes and situations usual in everyday social interactions. The IB Spanish ab initio aims to develop a variety of linguistic skills, and a basic awareness of the cultures using the language, through the study of a core syllabus.

IB SPANISH B SLI

Course Number: 5205 Grade level: 11

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish B3, B4, or departmental recommendation This course is the first year of a two-year sequence which fulfills the requirements of the International Baccalaureate (Syllabus B) in Spanish, Standard level examination. It is designed for International students whose native language is not Spanish and who do not have complete fluency in the language. Students must, however, demonstrate adequate use of Spanish in order to exercise their language reception and production skills by exploring authentic Spanish language materials.

IB SPANISH B HLI

Course Number: 5200 Grade level: 11

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: IB Spanish B SLI / Spanish B4 or departmental recommendation This course is the first year of a two-year sequence, which fulfills the requirements of the International Baccalaureate (syllabus B) in Spanish, Higher-level examination. It is designed for International students whose native language is not Spanish but have a high fluency in the language. Students are required to exercise their reception and production skills throughout the entire course as they comply with the core syllabus plus the options offered by the program.

IB SPANISH A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SLI

Course Number: 5042 Grade level: 11

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish 10/ Spanish B-4, and teacher recommendation. En este curso se leen y estudian cuatro obras literarias y una serie de textos no literarios pertinentes al programa. Al examinar las diversas formas literarias y tipos textuales junto con lecturas secundarias adecuadas, los alumnos investigan la naturaleza de la lengua y cómo esta influye en la identidad y en la cultura hispanoamericana. Los enfoques de este programa son amplios; se desafía a los alumnos a pensar en la importancia de los siete conceptos fundamentales —identidad, cultura, creatividad, comunicación, perspectiva, transformación y representación— y en qué medida los alumno, a través de una lectura personal, logran reflexionar sobre dichas temáticas.

IB SPANISH AB INITIO SLII

Course Number: 5203 Grade level: 12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: IB Spanish Ab Initio SLI This course is the second year of a two-year sequence, which fulfills the requirements of the International Baccalaureate (syllabus Ab Initio) in Spanish, Standard Level examination. See above.

IB SPANISH B SL II

Course Number: 5206 Grade level: 11-12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: IB Spanish B SLI This course is the second year of a two-year sequence, which fulfills the requirements of the International Baccalaureate (syllabus B) in Spanish, Standard Level examination. During this second year, students complete the core syllabus of five thematic areas: Identidades, Experiencias, Ingenio Humano, Organización social y Cómo compartimos el planeta. At the completion of this course, the students achieve a level equivalent to B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

IB SPANISH B HL II

Course Number: 5201 Grade level: 12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: IB Spanish B HLI This course is the second year of a two-year sequence, which fulfills the requirements of the International Baccalaureate (syllabus B) in Spanish, higher level examination. During this second year, students complete the core syllabus of five thematic areas: Identidades, Experiencias, Ingenio humano, Organización social, Cómo compartimos el planeta. In addition, they read two works of literature. At the completion of this course, the students achieve a level equivalent to B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference.

IB SPANISH A: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SLII

Course Number: 5043 Grade level: 12

Credit Value: 1 Prerequisite: Spanish A: Language & Literature SLI Se examina y profundiza en torno a los enfoques desarrollados en el primer año del programa. Estos se centran en el estudio de los significados de los textos estrechamente vinculados con los contextos sociales y culturales en los que se producen y se consumen: estructuralismo, posestructuralismo, marxismo, psicoanálisis y teoría de la recepción, entre otros. En general, se revisan textos de diversa naturaleza pertinentes al programa y se comprenden a partir de teorías literarias del siglo XX: el neohistoricismo, el materialismo cultural, la teoría feminista, la teoría de género, el poscolonialismo, la teoría crítica de la raza, de la discapacidad y la ecocrítica.