COURSE NAME: Spanish 3

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Minerva

INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Stockman

FULL YEAR

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Spanish 1 and Spanish 2

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: This is a continuation from Spanish 2. Students' existing skills are
reviewed and reinforced, then the principles of the language and the cultures are expanded and added to.
The students will learn to listen, speak, read, and write in the simple future and conditional tenses, which are
then applied to the compound tenses, and the subjunctive mood, as well as increase their thematic
vocabulary in order to socialize, request and provide information, express their feelings about something, and
persuade others in various situations. At the end of the year there will be a final exam which will be based on
materials covered during this year. Students will also have to take a locally produced equivalent Foreign
Languange Regents Exam since New York State is no longer producing the Foreign Language Regents Exam
itself due to budget cuts. This test is designed to assess students' cumulative knowledge of everything they
have learned.

Since students have completed the basic graduation requirement of Spanish 1, they are in this course to
progress toward the Regents at the end of Spanish 3. Therefore, this course needs to be intense and fast
paced, and requires true and purposeful effort to learn, through understanding and practicing. Language
learning is cumulative, which means that language concepts build upon each other, where previously learned
material is used to introduce and practice new material, therefore true understanding and long-term
memorization of all vocabulary and grammar is an absolute necessity to successfully communicate in Spanish.
Consistent participation in classroom activities and daily independent study are key strategies to achieve
that skill and success!

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