Grade 7 (Six-year Program)

Spanish Language and Culture

Applications

Language Competence

Global Citizenship

to receive and impart information

To express emotions and personal perspectives

To get things done

To form, maintain and change interpersonal relationships

To extend their knowledge of the world 

For imaginative purposes and personal enjoyment  

Attend to form 

Interpret and produce texts

Apply knowledge of the sociocultural context 

Apply knowledge of how text is organized, structured and sequenced in Spanish  

Historical and contemporary elements of Spanish-speaking cultures 

Affirming diversity 

Personal and career opportunities 

share factual information 

share ideas, thoughts, opinions, preferences

share emotions, feelings 

guide actions of others 

state personal actions 

manage group actions

manage personal relationships

Discover and explore 

Gather and organized information 

explore opinions and values

Humour/fun 

Creative/aesthetic purposes 

personal enjoyment  

Phonology

Orthography

Lexicon 

Grammatical elements 

aural interpretation 

written interpretation  

interactive fluency

visual interpretation  

oral production  

written production 

representation

register 

idiomatic expressions 

variations in language

social conventions 

nonverbal communication 

cohesion/ coherence 

text forms 

patterns of social interaction 

knowledge of Spanish-speaking cultures 

accessing/analyzing cultural knowledge 

applying cultural knowledge 

diversity of Spanish-speaking cultures 

valuing Spanish-speaking cultures

awareness of first language 

general language knowledge 

awareness of Canadian culture

general cultural knowledge

valuing diversity 

intercultural skills 

Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures 

cultural and linguistic diversity 

Share basic information 

Identify concrete people, places and things 

Express simple preferences; e.g., Me gusta la clase de Español. No me gusta la clase de matematicas  

Express a personal response; e.g., respomd to a song or story

Respond to and express emotions and feelings; e.g., pleasure, happiness (estar + adjective) 

Indicate basic needs and wants 

Give and respond to simple oral instructions or commands; e.g., Tienes un lapiz? 

Ask for permission

Respond to offers, invitations and instructions 

Ask or offer to do something 

Manage turn taking  

Encourage other group members to act appropriately

Exchange greetings and farewells 

Address a new acquaintance, and introduce themselves

Exchange some basic personal information 

Investigate the immediate environment; e.g., use kinesthetic, spatial and musical abilities 

Ask simple questions 

Gather simple information

Organize items in different way 

Listen attentibely to the opinions expressed 

Respond sensitively to the ideas and products of others

Experience problem-solving situations in the classroom; e.g., in stories 

 Identify words or situations that are personally humorous 

 Participate in creative and aesthetic language activities

Use the language for personal enjoyment; e.g., listen to a favourite song in Spanish 

Pronounce some common words and phrases comprehensibly 

Use intonation to express meaning 

Recognize that stress is important for meaning

Recognize and name the Spanish letters of the alphabet or characters 

Apply basic punctuation 

 use a repertoire of words and phrases in familiar contexts, within a variety of lexical fields, including:

use, in modelled situations the following grammatical elements

use, in structured situations the following grammatical elements:

Understand simple spoken sentences in guided situations

Understand simple written sentences in guided situations

Engage in simple interactions, using short, isolated lexical phrases

Derive meaning from visuals and other forms of nonverbal communication in guided situations

Produce simple words and phrases, orally, in guided situations

Write simple words and phrases in guided situations

Use visuals and other forms of nonverbal communication to express meaning in guided situations 

 Distinguish between formal and informal situations

Respond to tone of voice

Imitate age-appropriate idiomatic expressions

Identify variations in language; e.g., regional, age-related

Experience a variety of voices

 Use basic forms of politeness and social conventions; e.g., por favor, gracias

Understand the meaning of and imitate some common nonverbal behaviours used in the target culture; e.g., shrugging shoulders

Follow and imitate speech that uses simple linking words; e.g., pero, porque 

Recognize a variety of oral and print text forms; e.g., recipes, invitations, messages

Use some simple text forms in their own productions; e.g., maps, questionnaires

Respond using very simple social interaction patterns; e.g., question–answer, greeting–response, invitation–accept/decline

 Participate in activities and experiences that reflect elements of Spanishspeaking cultures

Ask questions, using their first language, about elements of Spanishspeaking cultures experienced in class

 Recognize elements of Spanish-speaking cultures in the local community

Experience diverse elements of Spanish-speaking cultures

Participate in cultural activities and experiences

Identify similarities between their first language and Spanish; e.g., basic word order 

Identify similarities and differences among writing systems from different languages within their personal experience

Describe ways languages can be taught and learned

Explore similarities between their own culture and other cultures

Participate in activities and experiences that reflect elements of different cultures; e.g., stories, art forms, crafts

 Interact with others who are different 

Adapt to new situations

Suggest some reasons for learning Spanish

 Suggest some reasons for learning an additional language

Suggest some reasons for participating in activities and experiences that reflect elements of different cultures

 people around me − greetings − personal information − family − people and their characteristics − the human body − clothing

Activities (daily, favourite, student, leisure) − celebrations (personal)

School − in the classroom − time and calendar − weather

Introduction to the Spanish-speaking world (geography)

Any other lexical fields that meet their needs and interests

• me/te/le gusta/an • commonly used verbs: ir, querer • regular –ir and –er verbs in the present tense • tener que + infinitive • ir + a + infinitive • definite and indefinite articles: el, la, lo, las, los, un, una, unas, unos • possessive adjectives: mi, tu, su, mis, tus, sus • demonstrative adjectives and pronouns: este/a, ese/a, aquel/la, estos/as, esos/as, aquellos/as

Subject pronouns: yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ustedes • affirmative/negative/ interrogative sentences in the present tense • regular –ar verbs in the present tense • gender and number of nouns, adjectives • commonly used verbs: ser, estar, tener