Year 10 Spanish
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: D. Gemmell.
Do you like to travel? Do you want to travel? Do you want to learn about new and fascinating cultures? Do you want to sound smarter and be smarter? Then learn a language!
Stand out from the crowd and learn a language! Expand your horizons, learn about new cultures, and ways of life.
“One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.”
Frank Smith
Course Content:
The teaching of Spanish at this level is aimed at the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, and, with the aid of special topics, some understanding of the Hispanic way of life.
Students study the following topics: Family; describing oneself and others; Home; Leisure-time; Sports; TV/Films/Music; Food (eating out); Shopping/clothing/fashion parade.
Special topics: The Spanish World (geographical review); Spain and the Discovery and Conquest of America; Family in the Hispanic World; Hispanic Festivals and Music.
Special requirements or notes:
Students intending to participate in any future proposed Spanish Language trips must complete this Year 10 course.
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
Flora Lewis
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
No Charge
Stationery: 1B8 Exercise book.