SPANISH TWO

 

 

The work text, Spanish Now! Level 2, is a continuation of the program developed in Spanish Now level 1.  It contains a variety of exercises about topics on practical situations for proficiency in the four skills; speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  The stories and dialogues in the book tell of the adventures of an imaginary Spanish family.  Units are comprised of a dialogs, a pertinent vocabulary list, a detailed grammar or structure presentation, a series of modeled speaking and writing exercises, a word game, exercises on structures.  The final element of each unit is an example of Spanish art that is edified with phrases highlighting the artistic elements that encourage the student to compare and contrast for art appreciation.

 

Spanish 2 includes topics such as:

 

• Review of topics presented in level 1:  nouns, articles, present and past tenses of  regular   irregular verbs, uses of ser & estar,  present participles, negative word structure,  math expressions
• Hace & time & que…, desde… formulas for, “how long…”
• Acabar de & infinitive = “to have just”
• Idiomatic expressions: a, a la, al, con, cuanto, dar, de
• Imperfect indicative verb tense
• Present Participle and Past Progressive tense
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Possessive Adjectives
• Past tense for Irregular and Stem Changing Verbs
• Future Tense
• Reflexive Verbs
• Idiomatic expressions: hasta, lo, mañana, mismo, no, para, poco
• Conditional verb tense
• Introduction to simple letter writing
• Double Object Pronoun placement
• Present Subjunctive
• Possessive Pronouns
• Relative Pronouns
• Imperfect Subjunctive
• Past Participle
• “Haber” as an auxiliary verb, haber de, & inf., and tener
• Proverbs
• Past perfect tense
• Conocer vs Saber
• Deber de and tener que & infinitive
• Preterit Perfect tense
• Passive Voice