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Please feel free to email me anytime! My email is meredithh.hall@cms.k12.nc.us

2009 Graduate of Duke University◦ Double-major in Sociology and Spanish with a

Markets & Management Certificate◦ Lived and Studied in Madrid, Spain

Second year at Piedmont

Ms. Hall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4K11o19YNvk

Video: How do we learn language?

Thematic Units Cover topics such as;

◦ Days, Months, Seasons◦ Colors◦ Weather◦ Numbers, Time◦ Question words◦ Classroom objects/ Useful classroom phrases◦ Things in the house◦ Parts of the body◦ Food◦ Clothing, Shopping

6th Grade Exploratory Spanish Curriculum

4 parts◦ Presentational Writing and Speaking◦ Interpretive Reading and Listening◦ Interpersonal Communication◦ Culture

6th Grade Exploratory Spanish Curriculum

For high-school credit Covers Spanish 1 (half each year) Final Exams count for 25% of grade

7th and 8th Grade Curriculum

NOVICE LOW

NOVICE LOW Speakers at the Novice-Low level have no real functional ability and, because of their pronunciation, they may be unintelligible. Given adequate time and familiar cues, they may be able to exchange

greetings, give their identity, and name a number of familiar objects from their immediate

environment. They are unable to perform functions or handle topics pertaining to the

Intermediate level, and cannot therefore participate in a true conversational exchange.

 Source: Language Testing International

NOVICE MIDNOVICE MID Speakers at the Novice-Mid level communicate minimally and with difficulty by

using a number of isolated words and memorized phrases limited by the particular

context in which the language has been learned. When responding to direct questions, they may utter

only two or three words at a time or an occasional stock answer. They pause frequently as they search for simple vocabulary or attempt to recycle their own and their interlocutor’s words. Because of hesitations, lack

of vocabulary, inaccuracy, or failure to respond appropriately, Novice-Mid speakers may be

understood with great difficulty even by sympathetic interlocutors accustomed to dealing with non-natives.

When called on to handle topics by performing functions associated with the Intermediate level, they frequently resort to repetition, words from their native

language, or silence.

It means that you should not expect that your child will be fluent by the end of the 8th grade.

However, it does mean that you should expect them to be proficient with the basics of the language in relation to the thematic units that have been covered during the year.

What does this mean for my child?

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Again, email me anytime! Meredithh.hall@cms.k12.nc.us

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