IB Spanish - A2 (Language/Literature)

Course Description

Grade(s): 11-12                        Level: IB SL or HL                        Credit(s): 2 in Spanish

Prerequisite(s):  Teacher Recommendation and successful completion of Spanish 10 with a minimum B Average

This course is designed for first language speakers of Spanish, or those students who have reached proficiency, despite the fact that Spanish is not their first language.
Spanish A1 is designed to promote the richness and subtleties of the Spanish language in order to develop linguistic competence and foster clear and concise oral discourse and effective writing skills. The course will also
highlight the values of literature, as well as its contribution to knowledge about other cultures and societies. Students will read, analyze and report on a variety of literary texts which will provide practice in perceiving a wider
scope of human thought. The International Baccalaureate Spanish Language A1 course offers students the opportunity to read and analyze literature critically in every genre, from a variety of cultures and periods in literary
history. Students who take this course must be interested in reading, as the the course syllabus is comprised of fifteen different works of literature, each of which must be interpreted critically. Two major formal writing
assignments, the literary commentary and the comparative essay, will be assessed by external IB examiners. Students are also required to complete five oral assignments, which will be assessed by the instructor and
moderated by external IB examiners. To receive the IB certificate the IB diploma, students will be required to write a four hour IB examination at the end of the second year. All IB exams are evaluated by external examiners.