¡Bienvenidos/as a la clase de Español AP Lenguaje y Cultura!  

En la clase de español AP, vamos a aprender cosas interesantes, muchas cosas nuevas y más que todo nos divertiremos aprendiendo juntos. Algunas veces te sentirás cansado o distraido pero es muy importante que no te pierdas la clase. Todos somos capaces de aprender y divertirnos con el español asi que debes de estar listo para un año de aventuras y nuevas cosas. Vamos a hablar mucho, discutiremos tus ideas y escucharemos las opiniones de otros. Al final del año seras un hablador o habladora de primer nivel. Además, podras disfrutar de la belleza de una nueva lengua y usarla en el mundo real. Estoy seguro que la vamos a pasar chevere.

Overview of the Course

AP Spanish Language and Culture is a course for students who have completed the Spanish 3 Honors or the Spanish 4 course and/or have been recommended by his/her teacher for the AP level. The class will focus on both grammatical accuracy and communicative fluency. Grammatical knowledge and vocabulary will be refined and expanded so that, as a student, you can more readily comprehend written and spoken Spanish and more easily express your ideas when writing and speaking. This class will allow you to continue to build proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking through various interactive and non-interactive activities such as compositions, essays, oral presentations, skits, and in-depth studies of Spanish and Latin American literature, history, and geography. 

Our AP Spanish Language and Culture curriculum comprises 6 thematic units established by College Board. The units cover a variety of societal and cultural issues that are important to our global community. The end desire of teaching these units is to nurture the students' growth as they become Global Citizens and help them make cultural connections when comparing their communities to those of the Spanish Speaking world. The 6 Thematic Units are Personal and Public Identity; Families and Communities; Science and Technology; Beauty and Aesthetics; Contemporary Life; and Global Challenges.

Students will be able to appreciate the similarities and differences between the target culture and their own culture. This experience also exposes them to the culture of the language with the vision that they will learn to appreciate the language, understand its relevance in the world and develop skills that will enable them to become lifelong learners and producers of Spanish. Explicit AP Exam test skills instruction will also be included to support their ability on the exam. The class is conducted exclusively in Spanish.

Acesso a Clase - Class access

We will use Google Classroom as our main form of communication, to post and submit electronic assignments. Each student will be added to their period class automatically. The access codes to enter the class will be sent to your student email address. If you have any questions or difficulties, contact me.