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AP Spanish Literature and Culture
AP Spanish Literature is an advanced Spanish class that surveys Peninsular and Latin American literature from the Middle Ages to today. It is the equivalent of an upper-division college course and serves as an introduction to literary analysis and discussion of Spanish-language literature. Beyond developing reading comprehension, students will actively engage with text, understand the context in which it was written, think critically about its themes and greater message, and analyze the author’s craft.
Course Objectives
- Provide students with ongoing and varied opportunities to develop proficiency in Spanish across a full range of skills, with emphasis on critical reading and analytical writing.
- Encourage students to reflect on the many voices and cultures included in a rich and diverse body of literature written in Spanish.
- As there are fewer selections to read, encourage students to study the required works in more depth.
- Integrate the three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretive and presentational).
- Integrate Communications, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities goal areas of the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century.
- Emphasize contextual analysis, relating the readings to literary, historical, socio-cultural and geopolitical contexts.
- Incorporate media as an aid in teaching Spanish literature, including artistic representations, audio and audiovisual resources.
- Incorporate graphic organizers, and concept maps to enable students to process new information, and organize ideas.
- Develop proficiency in interpretive listening by providing students with opportunities to hear audio texts related to course content.
- Make contextual connections across genres and time periods.
- Address the six required themes: Las sociedades en contacto, La construcción del género, El tiempo y el espacio, Las relaciones interpersonales, La dualidad del ser, and La creación literaria. Organizing concepts will be incorporated for making contextual connections among works.
- Use essential questions in order to enable the students to investigate and express different views on issues, make connections to other disciplines and compare products, practices and perspectives of target cultures to their own.
AP Spanish Language and Culture
The Advanced Placement course aims to develop overall fluency in the language. Students will continue to expand and refine their skills with college level coursework. The course prepares students to demonstrate their advanced level of proficiency across three communicative modes: interpersonal (interactive communication), interpretive (receptive communication) and presentational (productive communication). Students will hone their ability to respond to written material, both fiction and non-‐fiction, as well as a variety of multimedia. One of the goals of the course is to prepare students for the AP Language Exam. A student may receive college credit by earning a passing grade on this national exam.
The instructional philosophy of this course includes the integration of the four required language skills that are critical to the successful usage of Spanish: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The general flow of each week’s work comprises of vocabulary, grammar structure, literary analysis, application of passive and active vocabulary, supplementary reading, and finally, writing assignments and tests. Students should be able to achieve the following objectives:
- To continue to develop communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
- To be able to understand the textbook lessons and supplementary materials and participate in discussions using the Spanish language.
- To be able to use the knowledge gained through course materials to develop critical thinking and writing skills to compose essays in Spanish on given topics.
- To be able to use the Spanish language to communicate effectively both in the school setting and in real-life situations.
- To be able to use Spanish as they seek clarifications through the use of communication and language learning strategies that are running elements of the course.
- To be able to carry on a conversation or a discussion with other students in class.
Recommended: C or better in Level 1, or language skills check. The primary goal continues to be the development of communicative competence. Students will use the target language to reinforce and expand their knowledge and to acquire new information about the target language and culture. They continue to build their language skills through more advanced reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities.
Note: This course will be offered if interest and availability allows.
Recommended: C or better in Level 3, or language skills check. The course includes advanced grammar and vocabulary. The goal will continue to be communicative competence, with an emphasis on understanding and using more complex and precise language. The students read and respond to a variety of texts in the target language to reinforce and expand their language skills. There is a focus on writing well-‐structured responses to a variety of prompts. The study of culture continues to be an integral part of the course. Level 4 Honors is conducted entirely in the target language.
Note: This course will be offered if interest and availability allows.