A Curriculum Overview of Spanish 324: a second level honors course

Course objectives Grammar Complete study of simple indicative tenses Introduction to present subjunctive Review and expansion of adverbs, irregular adjectives, comparisons of equality and inequality; superlatives

More course objectives Vocabulary, expressions and idioms Oral fluency Idiomatic written expression Cultural enrichment: expanded knowledge of Spain

Activities to achieve objectives Tons of grammar practice: oral and written! Lists, lists, lists of vocabulary to memorize for weekly quizzes Oral dialogs (no reading!), impromptu question-and-answer, spontaneous discussions Cultural readings & short story Compositions Research paper

Goals of cultural enrichment Geography and history of Spain Important cities and places of interest: architecture Art and music Theme of honor: Don Quixote

Means of enrichment Analysis of “La suerte de un joven honrado,” readings on Spanish Civil War and Pablo Picasso and discussion of “Guernica.” Group presentation of the cultural highlights of a region A 2-3 page research paper in Spanish using Internet and text sources and written as a journal of a trip to a region of Spain

And the best for last… The following are presentations created by the students in Spanish in May, Enjoy the show. Señora Cisco