Spanish 1A Language and Culture

Course Catalog ID:

4614

Subject Categories:

Global Language

Description

This course is the first part of a two-year course covering the material for high school Spanish 1. This is a custom-designed program that integrates grammar, vocabulary, culture, pronunciation, and comprehension at a manageable pace. It is a highly-interactive, multifaceted, systematic approach to developing a solid foundation in spoken and written Spanish. The homework includes vocabulary activities, reading, cultural elements, grammar drills, audio comprehension, and pronunciation lessons to build a variety of necessary knowledge and skills. During class, the time is dedicated to growing comfortable and proficient in speaking and understanding the kind of practical Spanish that is useful in everyday situations. Students will be encouraged and evaluated during the live class time, and their graded work will include simple written compositions, quizzes, exams, and recorded spoken submissions.

Prerequisites

Grade Levels*:

7, 8

* Enrollment restricted based on Date of Birth and Grad Year (whichever is more limiting). Enrollment outside these levels requires written concurrence from TPS Support.

Readiness

• Students concurrently receiving academic support for English as a Foreign Language (e.g., TPS EFL-A Tutoring) require TPS Support approval to enroll this course. This course is taught assuming the student's primary language is English.

Notes and Conditions

Spanish Conversation: Do you feel that your TPS Spanish 1A student would benefit from more instruction of the material, more time to hone pronunciation, and more opportunity to practice conversational skills with the teacher and other students? Then don’t miss this opportunity to turn your one-session-a-week Spanish course into a two-session-a-week course by adding Spanish Conversations for Spanish 1A to your Spanish 1A course! This is offered for the spring semester only.

Transcript Planning: This course may be combined in series with Spanish 1B to provide the equivalent of HS Spanish 1 taken over two years for a more relaxed pace and stronger Spanish foundation. The course does not confer any credit without successful completion of Spanish 1B.

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Spanish Conversations for Spanish 1A

“This is a very appropriate course for a student if Spanish is their first foreign langauge. It is an excellent introduction to learning Spanish and provides a strong foundation. I was a beginner student with no previous knowledge of the Spanish language. Towards the end of the year my family and I went on a missions trip to Mexico, and I found that I could understand and speak a little to the people who lived there!”

Evangeline W

Student

“This was my first Spanish class and I loved it so much. Because it was my first, we signed up for the 1A class so I could get the hang of it and the pace it went at was awesome. The material we used was very easy to understand and easy to navigate. We reviewed the information throughout the year so we wouldn’t forget. We also had to participate in class a lot, which helped with memory and was super fun.”

Zoey F

Student

“I would recommend this course to others because the class is organized and interesting, and by the end I felt like I was a professional at conjugating! I loved the Spanish stories and cultural notes: they improved my learning so much and kept things interesting and fun.”

Grace C

Student

“My daughter has learned so much Spanish this year! The pace is very reasonable, yet the learning immense. I only wish I could go back and have my older children take Spanish 1A and 1B in middle school like she is doing. It will be so amazing for her to have this foundation before she hits high school.”

Lauren G

Parent

“I would recommend this course to others because it is a fun way of learning another language. The resources provided were very helpful for me. My teacher made it extra fun to learn even though learning a foreign language can be sometimes hard!”

Maddie J

Student

“I loved this class. My teacher was amazing! I have always wanted learn another language, and I like that TPS has provided a class where you do one lesson over two weeks. It has been SUPER helpful by giving me more time to learn and understand the content of that week’s lesson. TPS is a great Spanish experience!”

Lauren R

Student