ELEMENTARY SPANISH II: Telecourse
"Destinos II"(chapters 14-26)
Summer 2002
at Camden County College
Prof. Howard
Syllabus and Test schedule
May 21: Chapter 14
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video lesson 14
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: La carne; otros comestibles
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grammar: The preterite tense of regular -ar, -er,
-ir verbs
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Direct object pronouns
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Prepositions
May 28: Chapter 15
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video lesson 15
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: las frutas
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grammar: The irregular preterite tense of: decir,
traer,andar, estar, tener
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Continue direct object pronouns
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Likes and dislikes, the verb gustar
June 4: Chapter
16
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video lesson 16
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Las legumbres y las verduras
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grammar: continue the irregular preterite tense:
querer, hacer, venir, poner, poder, saber
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Indirect object pronouns
Using direct and indirect object pronouns together
Week
of June 5-13-: TEST I ( chapters 14,15,16)
June 11: Chapter 17
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video lesson 17
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: El arte de escribir; las personas;los
medios de comunicación
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grammar: The preterite of -ir stem changing verbs
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Continue the use of direct and indirect object pronouns
June 18: Chapter 18
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video lesson 18
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review of chapter 14-17
June 25: Chapter 19
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video lesson 19
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Las instrucciones
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grammar: The Imperfect Tense
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The present progressive
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The difference between "por" and "para"
Week
of June 26- July 10 : TEST II (chapters 17,18,19) (Test Center is CLOSED
on July 4)
July 2: Chapter 20
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video lesson 20
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Los parientes
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grammar: relating 2 or more actions in the past
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using the indefinite affirmative and negative words
July 9: Chapter 21
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video lesson 21
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Qué tiempo hace?
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grammar: continue with the Imperfect tense
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idioms with tener and hacer
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compare and contrast
July 16: Chapter 22
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video lesson 22
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: cambios de estado
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grammar: use of Imperfect to express habitual actions
in the past
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summary of uses of the Imperfect Tense
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expressing emotions and state of being with estar and sentirse
Week
of July 17-25: TEST III (chapters 20,21,22)
July 23: Chapter 23
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video lesson 23
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Las partes de una casa, algunos aparatos
domésticos
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grammar: the past progressive
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the use of the Preterite and Imperfect Tense together
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talk about what just happened
July 30: Chapter 24
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video lesson 24
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cultural notes
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vocabulary: Para describir la personalidad
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grammar: the difference between the Preterite and
the Imperfect Tense
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how long something has happened
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other use of the infinitive
Week
of July 31-8 : TEST IV (Chapters 23 and 24)
August 6: Chapter 25
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video lesson 25
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review of the Imperfect and the Preterite
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review of additional verb forms and structures
August 13: Chapter 26
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video lesson 26
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Continue review
Week
of August 14-20 :TEST V (Chapters 25-26)
YOUR FINAL GRADE WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE 5 TESTS TAKEN