Course Description: Reviews all phases of communication skills with practice in understanding, speaking, and writing grammatically correct Spanish. Teaches specific components of Spanish grammar: the Spanish verbal system, the subjunctive, ser versus estar, and other problematic aspects of grammar.
Course Narrative: This course was a basic overview of Spanish grammar and after each overview we would dive deeper into each grammar rule and try to fine tune some of the common mistakes. After we practiced each lesson and grasped the concept, we would learn the most common mistakes Spanish/Spanish Heritage speakers make and how to correct these mistakes and teach them. After we went through the mistakes Spanish speakers made we would go over the mistakes Spanish learners make and how to describe the grammar rules in English. The concepts we reviewed were the indicative verb conjugations; this section was a quick review and we focused mainly on how to teach this to English speakers. We also learned how to use the imperfect and preterite tense interchangeably in narratives. We spent a majority of the time working on the subjunctive verb conjugations and clarifying the instances in which the different tenses of the subjunctive are used. We spent a substantial amount of time working on the conditional sentences and proper verb conjugations. The conditional was one of my favorites portions of the class because we were able to make up funny stories and ultimatums. The most effective way for learning the conditional tense seems to be creativity. Beside verbs tenses and conjugations, we spent time learning connectors when it comes to writing. This lesson was interesting because we read multiple types of essays and short stories and analyzed the plot, but on a more technical side, the grammar and connectors used. An example of the topics we worked on can be found in this homework assignment. MLO 1 and MLO 2 were met with this course.
Course Narrative: This course was a basic overview of Spanish grammar and after each overview we would dive deeper into each grammar rule and try to fine tune some of the common mistakes. After we practiced each lesson and grasped the concept, we would learn the most common mistakes Spanish/Spanish Heritage speakers make and how to correct these mistakes and teach them. After we went through the mistakes Spanish speakers made we would go over the mistakes Spanish learners make and how to describe the grammar rules in English. The concepts we reviewed were the indicative verb conjugations; this section was a quick review and we focused mainly on how to teach this to English speakers. We also learned how to use the imperfect and preterite tense interchangeably in narratives. We spent a majority of the time working on the subjunctive verb conjugations and clarifying the instances in which the different tenses of the subjunctive are used. We spent a substantial amount of time working on the conditional sentences and proper verb conjugations. The conditional was one of my favorites portions of the class because we were able to make up funny stories and ultimatums. The most effective way for learning the conditional tense seems to be creativity. Beside verbs tenses and conjugations, we spent time learning connectors when it comes to writing. This lesson was interesting because we read multiple types of essays and short stories and analyzed the plot, but on a more technical side, the grammar and connectors used. An example of the topics we worked on can be found in this homework assignment. MLO 1 and MLO 2 were met with this course.