Livia Manser and Lauren Turner

VL3: The Progress on Level A1 and A2 Spanish and English (June)

Spanish VL3 – June• Grammar charts for developers (A1 and A2 with the

exception of A1 C6)-the original chart only contained the following columns: competence, goal, rule user, user input, errors-for a more complete and detailed chart, the other columns were added-later, added “y tú” as possible user input

A1: Context 3: ¿Te gusta? A mí, me encanta.

COMPETENCE GOAL RULE ASSISTANT ASSISTANT INPUT RULE USER USER INPUT POSSIBLE ERRORS COMMENTS

Greeting HOWRU

intj noun Hola, name intj noun hola, name ola

Do we have a grammar for the greetings?

  ¿qué tal?  

bien, muy bien, más o menos, regular,

excelente estoy bueno, bueno

   

 

bien, muy bien, más o menos, regular, excelente, bien  

conj pron ¿y tú?  They should ask how the

avatar is doing.

Courtesy COURT int adv/ int verb¿qué tal?/ ¿cómo

estás? adj intj bien, gracias gracia  

Say what time it is WHATTIME

adj /adv verb noun/ int noun verb

Mal. No tengo reloj. ¿qué hora

es?verb art num prep

art nounson las tres de la

tarde

son la tres de la tarde, es las tres de la tarde, es la tres de la tarde, son la una, están las tres, tres en la tarde

Any time could be said as a response.

prep int noun verb noun

¿a qué hora tienes clase?

verb noun prep art num prep art noun

tengo clase a las ocho de la noche

tengo clase a ocho de la noche, tengo a las ocho de la noche clase, tengo

a la ocho clase de la noche, tengo clase es la una, tengo clase son las dos, tengo clase la una,

tengo clase las dos, tengo clase a nueve

treinta

Any time could be said as a response. Students are also

able to ask "y tú" with a possible response

being "tengo clases a las nueve de la

mañana"

Spanish VL3 – June• Revised scenarios for A1

-corrected spelling mistakes, added vocabulary to match scenario, revised scenario to match the vocabulary/grammar, revised “pop ups”

• All documents for A1(with exception of C6) are ready to be printed and put into binder

• A1 (with exception of C6) have been uploaded onto the administration system

• Non-copyrighted images have replaced the copyrighted ones for Glearning activities

• Scenarios for B1 have been started• Compared different textbooks (using the textbook analysis)

to see what concepts we had not included yet. TITLE AUTHOR YEAR/Ed.# OF

CHAPTERS Chapter TITLE VOCABULARY CONTEXTS EXAMPLES GRAMMAR EXAMPLES

Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca2003 (Third Ed.)

15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Actividades de la universidad

tomar apuntes, hacer preguntas, sacar buenas notas, usar el diccionario, leer muchos libros

Hacer descripciones: sustantivo y adjetivos

genero, artículo, número

Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca2003 (Third Ed.)

15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Días de la semana, hora y horarios ¿Qué día es hoy? ¿Qué hora es? Verbo estar ¿Dónde está la biblioteca?

Visión y Voz Calloway & Labarca2003 (Third Ed.)

15 1 ¡Hola! ¿Qué tal?¿Dónde estas? ¿Qué tienes que hacer? ¿Qué quieres hacer?

¿Dónde estás los lunes? Estoy en la oficina.

Verbo hayHay muchos alumnos en la clase, pero hay sólo un profesor.

English VL3 – June

• Pop-ups • Grammars• Goals • Added vocabulary using English Next and other sources• Spanish translations of pop-ups • Italian translations of pop-ups • New ideas for scenarios including:

In a clothing store; health and body; giving and receiving directions, grocery shopping; etc.

• Review of Canadian Concepts 1, 2 & 3 (1992-3) • Desk copies to be added to comparison on order from Cambridge University Press and Oxford

University Press: Interchange Touchstone Passages Voyager Ventures Let’s Go! New English File

• Currently working on: English Textbook Comparison

Level A1; Context 2: What do you have to do today?

Grammatical Category Rule ExampleS Adv verb noun Today is Wendesday. Tomorrow is Thursday.

S Art noun verb adv verb inf prep art adj noun The boys don’t want to go to the basketball game.S Art noun verb adv verb inf prep art noun The boys don’t want to go to the park.S Art noun verb inf adv prep posspron noun The boys want to hang out with their friends.S Art noun verb inf noun prep posspron noun

The boys want to play sports with their friends. The girls want to cook dinner for their families.

S Art noun verb inf prep art noun prep noun The girls want to go to a restaurant for dinner.

S Conj pron verb inf adj noun pron verb inf adv If you want to get good grades, you have to study hard.

CP Int noun verb adv What day is today? What day is tomorrow?CP Int noun verb pron adv What day is it today? What day is it tomorrow?CP Int verb posspron noun verb inf

What does your friend have to do? What does your friend want to do? What do your friends want to do?

CP Int verb pron gerund dempron noun What are you doing this weekend?CP Int verb pron gerund prep art noun What are you doing on the weekend?CP Int verb pron verb inf Where do they want to go?CP Int verb pron verb inf adv

What do you have to do tomorrow? What do you want to do today? Where do you want to go today?

CP Int verb pron verb inf dempron noun What do you have to do this weekend? CP Int verb pron verb inf prep art noun What do you have to do on the weekend?

English VL3 – June: Sample Grammar