Spanish I Foreign Language Curriculum Framework

1 Spanish I Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Spanish I Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education 1 Course Title: Spanish I Course/Unit Credit: 1 Course Number: 440000 Teacher Licensure: Please refer to the Course Code Management System ( ) for the most current licensure codes. Grades: 9-12 Spanish I Spanish I provides basic instruction in pronunciation, aural comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar necessary to master limited speaking and reading skills. Hispanic culture, traditions, and current events are introduced on the appropriate level through selected readings, audio/video recordings, and other authentic materials. Listening, speaking, writing, role-playing, and group activities are designed to instruct, reinforce, and connect Language skills.

2 The course is defined by the content standards of the Arkansas Foreign Language Curriculum Framework for Spanish I and includes applications, problem solving, higher-order thinking skills, and performance-based, open-ended assessments with rubrics. Two years of the same Foreign Language is required by the Standards for Accreditation to be taught in Arkansas public high schools. Spanish I may be used to partially fulfill this requirement. Arkansas Department of Education approval is not required. Strand Content Standard Communication 1. Students shall process oral, written, and/or visual messages in Spanish (interpretive). 2. Students shall interact verbally and/or in writing in Spanish (interpersonal). 3. Students shall present to an audience of listeners and/or readers in Spanish (presentational).

3 Culture 4. Students shall demonstrate understanding of the practices of the Spanish -speaking world (practices). 5. Students shall demonstrate understanding of the products of the Spanish -speaking world (products). 6. Students shall demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of the Spanish -speaking world (perspectives). Connections 7. Students shall apply the Spanish Language to reinforce and expand their knowledge of other subject areas (cross-curricular). 8. Students shall recognize the common and unique views and contributions of the Language and cultures of the Spanish -speaking world (global perspectives). Comparisons 9. Students shall demonstrate understanding of the similarities and differences between the Spanish Language and their own (languages). 10. Students shall demonstrate understanding of the similarities and differences between the cultures of the Spanish -speaking world and their own (cultures).

4 Communities 11. Students shall use Spanish in the classroom, school, and beyond (involvement). 12. Students shall demonstrate evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using Spanish for personal enjoyment and enrichment (ownership). 2 Spanish I: Communication Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Communication. Standard 1. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Communication Standard 1: Students shall process oral, written, and/or visual messages in Spanish (interpretive). Interpret the principal message of environmental print, gestures, and intonation ( , signs, advertisements, contextualized passages, body Language ) Use reading and listening strategies to enhance comprehension Obtain main ideas and specific information from a variety of simple texts, familiar topics, and visual clues Identify main ideas and specific information from a variety of auditory sources, with or without visual clues ( , CDs, radio, television, podcasts) Identify basic idiomatic expressions ( , tener que + infinitive, tener expressions, hay que + infinitive, hacer with weather)

5 Draw inferences based on oral, written, and/or visual messages Recognize pitch, rhythms, sounds, emotions, and patterns Follow simple directions ( , classroom commands, how-to projects) Recognize cognates, place names, and borrowings Recognize formal and informal register ( , usted versus t ) 3 Spanish I: Communication Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Communication. Standard 2. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Communication Standard 2: Students shall interact verbally and/or in writing in Spanish (interpersonal). Engage in simple conversations greetings and farewells courtesy phrases introductions basic questions ( , who, what, when, where, why, how, how much, how many) Communicate using the present tenses in context present indicative immediate future present progressive Exchange information about familiar topics daily life ( , home, school, work) family and friends pastimes ( , hobbies, sports) personal information likes and dislikes needs and wants feelings and emotions clothing parts of the body weather food Apply learned phrases in order to meet basic needs ( , finding necessary places, making purchases) Apply numeric concepts in context cardinal numbers 0-100 time age dates 4 Spanish I.

6 Communication Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Communication. Standard 3. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Communication Standard 3: Students shall present to an audience of listeners and/or readers in Spanish (presentational). Describe people, places, and possessions Write on a variety of topics lists notes correspondence short paragraphs Use graphic organizers Give brief, rehearsed presentations using learned vocabulary and grammar ( , skit, speech, interview) Produce level-appropriate visual or multimedia demonstrations ( , poster, brochure, slideshow, blog, podcast) Use syntax, orthography, and pronunciation effectively according to Language development level 5 Spanish I: Culture Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Culture.

7 Standard 4. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Culture Standard 4: Students shall demonstrate understanding of the practices of the Spanish -speaking world (practices). Identify culturally appropriate behaviors ( , verbal and nonverbal greetings, gestures, customs) Identify various aspects of universal cultural practices ( , customs, holidays, traditions) Identify differences in practices among cultures of the Spanish -speaking world ( , holiday traditions, wedding customs, national holidays) 6 Spanish I: Culture Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Culture. Standard 5. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Culture Standard 5: Students shall demonstrate understanding of the products of the Spanish -speaking world (products).

8 Identify tangible products ( , art, food, clothing, buildings, books, crafts) Identify intangible products ( , entertainment, educational systems, philosophies) Compare products from the different cultures of the Spanish -speaking world Recognize the relationship between environments and products of Spanish -speaking cultures ( , geography influences automobile design; climate influences clothing; natural resources influence food and medicine) Examine written, visual, and performing arts of Spanish -speaking cultures ( , music, plays, movies) 7 Spanish I: Culture Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Culture. Standard 6. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Culture Standard 6: Students shall demonstrate understanding of the perspectives of the Spanish -speaking world (perspectives).

9 Identify unique cultural perspectives reflected in products ( , pi ata, ojo de Dios, pan de muerto) Identify unique cultural perspectives reflected in practices ( , to break pi ata during las Posadas, Semana Santa, loter a, quincea era) Compare and contrast perspectives among Spanish -speaking communities as related to products and practices ( , celebrations, music, literature) Identify historical and current events and historical and current figures that shape cultural perspectives ( , Cinco de Mayo, Copa Am rica de F tbol, Shakira, Juanes) 8 Spanish I: Connections Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Connections. Standard 7. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Connections Standard 7: Students shall apply the Spanish Language to reinforce and expand their knowledge of other subject areas (cross-curricular).

10 Relate content learned from other disciplines to the Spanish -speaking world ( , rainforest, Galapagos tortoises, weather trends, geography, measurement, currency conversion, food, musical instruments) Recognize basic terms on familiar topics from other disciplines ( , mesa, sierra, Euro, mural, monuments) 9 Spanish I: Connections Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Connections. Standard 8. Spanish I. 1st Student Learning Expectation Strand: Connections Standard 8: Students shall recognize the common and unique views and contributions of the Language and cultures of the Spanish - speaking world (global perspectives). Recognize the existence of other worldviews ( , religion, politics, social customs, stereotyping, the arts) Recognize the influence of products on other cultures ( , pi ata, music, chocolate, coffee, sugar cane) Discuss authentic or adapted materials of the Spanish Language ( , songs, folk tales, short stories) 10 Spanish I: Comparisons Foreign Language Curriculum Framework Revised 2007 Arkansas Department of Education Key: = Comparisons.