After+Intermediate+Spanish

There are two areas on this page: things you should know, and things you should be able to do. For each of the intermediate classes, there is an individual list of this knowledge and skills set.

After Advanced Grammar --Be able to tell a story set in the past so that the audience has complete comprehension --Be able to use the subjunctive mood correctly in communication --Be able to proficiently write in the tenses of the indicative mood --Know correct grammatical structure of sentences with more than one clause

After Conversation --Be able to hold a conversation on a topic from the newspaper --Be able to explain a poem you have written --Be able to read a story and talk about it --Be able to write and present about any topic --Be able to communicate with a native speaker outside the classroom --Be able to manage an oral discussion Grammar: Subjunctive in noun clauses, subjunctive in Adjective clauses, subjunctive in adverbial clauses, future and conditional tenses, if clauses. --Know all the Spanish speaking countries in the Americas --Know all the states of Mexico

After Composition --Be able to write a well-organized essay --Know how to do research for a research paper using sources in Spanish --Be able to read a newspaper article and write a concise, complex summary of it --Be able to write an aesthetically pleasing, audience appealing presentation --Be able to write a personal and a professional letter --Be able to communicate ideas to another person in another country and complete a joint project with them --Be able to write a consistent blog --Be able to convince somebody of your point of view in writing Grammar: Subjunctive in noun clauses, subjunctive in Adjective clauses, subjunctive in averbial clauses, future and conditional tenses, if clauses. --Know all the Spanish speaking countries in the Americas --Know all the states of Mexico

After Reading --Be able to read a newspaper article and understand the context and content --Be able to read a short story and identify the main ideas, the shape of the action, and the themes --Be able to read and understand a short poem in Spanish --Be able to read and edit a colleague's written work --Be able to maintain a reading diary --Be able to write a succinct and complete summary of a reading Grammar: Subjunctive in noun clauses, subjunctive in Adjective clauses, subjunctive in averbial clauses, future and conditional tenses, if clauses. --Know the Spanish speaking countries in the Americas