Spanish II

Objectives

6. Understand short, simple texts on familiar topics of interest
7. Use frequent vocabulary
8. Use simple expressions to describe their immediate surroundings
9. Communicate properly when performing routine tasks
10. Write short notes and messages describing their immediate needs.

Program

Grammatical Content:

-        Review of Regular and Irregular Present

-        Present Perfect

-        Simple Past

-        Comparison between Present Perfect and Simple Past

-        Spanish verbs "to be"

-        Adjectives that change meaning with ‘ser’ and ‘estar’

-        Imperfect Past

-        Comparison between Simple Past and Imperfect

-        Comparison between Simple Past, Imperfect, and Perfect

-        Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

-        Future

-        Conditional

-        Affirmative and Negative Imperative

-        Present Continuous

Lexical Content:

-        Biographies

-        Travel and vacations

-        Narrating and relating past events

-        Talking about the beginning and duration of an action

-        Requesting things, actions, and favors

-        Asking for and granting permission

-        Giving excuses and justifying

-        Talking about leisure activities

-        Discussing schedules

-        Narrating past experiences

-        Describing places

-        Talking about intentions and projects

-        Discussing tastes and dietary habits

Teaching Methodologies

Classes are based on a selection of texts in different thematic blocks and have the following structure: presentation of a theoretical part whose content has to do with grammar topics, written exercises, listening exercises, exercises aimed at interaction between students or between students/teacher, reading of short texts and comprehension questions about the text.

Bibliography

- Corpas, J., Garmendia, A., Garcia, E. Soriano, C. (2020). Aula Internacional Plus 2. Barcelona: Difusión.
O manual para as aulas serão Aula Internacional Plus 2, tanto o livro do aluno quanto o livro do professor.

Material complementar
- Actividades para el MCER A1 y A2 + audio (nueva edición). En Clave ELE, 2018.
- Castro, Francisca. Uso de la gramática elemental. Ed. Edelsa, 2010.
- Concha Moreno, Gretel Eres Fernández. Gramática contrastiva del español para brasileños, SGEL, Madrid, 2007.
- Gramática básica del estudiante de español - A1-B2 (Nueva edición revisada). Difusión, Barcelona, 2021.
- Gramática de uso del español. Ed. SM, Madrid, 2009.
- Las claves del DELE A2 (Edición actualizada). Difusión, Barcelona, 2020.
- Palacios, Rosa. Vocabulario activo e ilustrado del español. SGEL, Madrid, 2010.

Material de consulta
- Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (www.rae.es)
- Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas de la Real Academia (www.rae.es)
- Vademécum Grupo Efe (www.efe.com)