ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
Learn, improve, and practice the morph-syntax of the Spanish language.
PARTICULAR OBJECTIVES:
A) That the student acquires basic elements for communication in Spanish as a second language, through reading, writing, understanding and speaking
B) Correct existing poor linguistic habits as well as derivates of the interaction processes of communication
C) Express opinions, ideas, concerns and personal needs involved in acquisition of the language
D) Incorporate written composition as part of the course
METHODOLOGY:
The methodology applied in the Language School through the Spanish Department includes a combination of various methods:
•The Communicative (which emphasizes the interactive processes of communication)
•The Situational (where the student acquires the necessary tools to be able to function comfortably in daily situations)
•Personalized Instruction (which bases itself on the needs and objectives of each student in order to enrich their language acquisition and production)
•The Interactive (where the student interacts directly with the language and constructs his/her own way of learning, organizing and applying concepts
CONTENT:
Indicative, simple tenses: present, future and conditional
Indicative, perfect tenses
Pronouns: personal, direct and indirect objects, prepositions and neutrals
Progressive constructions
Indicative, past simple tenses: preterit and imperfect
Pronouns: reflexives and reflexive constructions
The infinitive, gerunds and past participles
Relative pronouns
Interrogatives and exclamatory
Subjunctive: correspondence with indicative tenses
Subjunctive and indicative in nominal clauses
Subjunctive and indicative in conditional and independent clauses
Numbers
Adjectives
Ser y estar
Articles: defined, undefined and neutral
Possessives and demonstratives
Prepositions and conjunctions
Comparatives and adverbs
Indefinites and negatives