Albany Senior High School/Coursebook/1SPA

What is this course about?


This is the communication's age and languages are the heart of communication. With over 400 millions speakers in 28 countries, Spanish is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world. If you want to learn a cool language, experience meeting and speaking to different people, taste and make yummy Spanish food, listen to popular Spanish music, travel overseas for your OE, then Spanish is the subject for you. This course will appeal to students who want to become competent speakers in Spanish. We will focus on the language, the culture, the history, the geography and customs of Spain though keeping an e-portfolio, visual presentations, connecting with other Spanish-speaking students in the community and guest visitors as well as having our own language assistant from Spain.

Students interested in going to Spain will also have the opportunity to get involved organising a trip to Spain.

What will I learn?
You will learn how:


 * to talk about daily routines and compare trends between New Zealand and Spain.
 * to describe food, how to read and create a Spanish recipe and make a traditional paella.




 * to describe past holidays and plan a holiday in Spain
 * to talk about ideal jobs and how to apply for jobs in Spain
 * compare school systems in Spain and New Zealand
 * to plan a holiday and Spain by planning a detailed itinerary
 * describe how the Spanish autonomous regions work and what they are famous for

What sorts of things will I do?


You will:


 * spend time with our Spanish assisstant, doing interviews, creating role plays and presenting them to the class
 * spend a day at the Spanish club learning salsa, seeing an Argentinian movie and tasting Spanish food [[Image:Salsaeating.jpg|thumb]]
 * make a Spanish traditional dish, called 'paella' as part of your food unit
 * research Spanish autonomias and create a website to promote a region
 * design posters promoting Spanish as a foreign language
 * keep a diary about your life

What standards can I enter?
Assessment:

You will be in charge of your learning and assessments. You will keep a logbook which will record evidence of your learning. It is your responsibility to keep and add evidence to your porfolio and also to show it to your teacher on a regular basis. Milestones for collections of evidence will be negotiated with your teacher and advertised in theAssessment Calendar 2012.

No further assessment opportunites will be offered for this course, as evidence of your learning will be collected throughout the year in your portfolios.