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Spanish II

Grade 10-12 · Christian · NGSS/CCSS-aligned

Year one taught your child to speak. Year two teaches them to be worth listening to. The method has not changed and that is deliberate: Clara talks with them one-to-one, never explains grammar, and when they say something wrong she simply says it back correctly and keeps going — the way you learned your own first language from the adults around you. What changes is the demand. She speaks much more Spanish, she pushes for four sentences where one used to do, and she will disagree with your child on purpose so they have to defend a position. Progress is still judged by an independent examiner that only counts what they actually demonstrated in conversation, and this year that examiner is grading against B1 and B2 can-do statements.

What your child will learn

The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.

Saying More Than You Did Last Yearpeek inside ▸

Getting back into Spanish, then breaking the one-sentence-answer habit: longer turns, joined-up sentences, real description, and asking questions that keep someone talking.

  1. Get back into Spanish after a break

    Get back into Spanish after a break

  2. Answer with more than one sentence

    Answer with more than one sentence

  3. Link my sentences so they flow

    Link my sentences so they flow

  4. Describe someone so well you'd recognize them

    Describe someone so well you'd recognize them

  5. Say what I'm into and defend it

    Say what I'm into and defend it

  6. Ask questions that keep someone talking

    Ask questions that keep someone talking

  7. Talk for two minutes without stopping

    Talk for two minutes without stopping

Telling and Explainingpeek inside ▸

Stories that move around in time, explaining how things work and why they happened, giving instructions, and relaying what someone else said.

  1. Tell a story that jumps around in time

    Tell a story that jumps around in time

  2. Explain how something works

    Explain how something works

  3. Explain why something happened

    Explain why something happened

  4. Describe a routine that changed

    Describe a routine that changed

  5. Give instructions and warnings

    Give instructions and warnings

  6. Report what someone else said

    Report what someone else said

  7. Explain something complicated to someone who doesn't know it

    Explain something complicated to someone who doesn't know it

Opinions That Hold Uppeek inside ▸

Reasons, arguing both sides, polite disagreement, answering objections, hedging, complaining, and hypotheticals.

  1. Give an opinion with a real reason behind it

    Give an opinion with a real reason behind it

  2. Argue both sides of something

    Argue both sides of something

  3. Disagree without being rude

    Disagree without being rude

  4. Answer an objection to my own argument

    Answer an objection to my own argument

  5. Say something carefully when I'm not sure

    Say something carefully when I'm not sure

  6. Complain or push back about a problem

    Complain or push back about a problem

  7. Talk about what I would do if things were different

    Talk about what I would do if things were different

  8. Hold a position for a whole conversation

    Hold a position for a whole conversation

Other People's Worldspeek inside ▸

Regional differences, speaking differently to a stranger than a friend, awkward requests, news, films, places, and following speech that isn't slowed down for them.

  1. Understand that Spanish isn't one thing

    Understand that Spanish isn't one thing

  2. Speak differently to a stranger than to a friend

    Speak differently to a stranger than to a friend

  3. Ask for something awkward, politely

    Ask for something awkward, politely

  4. Talk about news or something happening in the world

    Talk about news or something happening in the world

  5. Discuss a film, show or song in Spanish

    Discuss a film, show or song in Spanish

  6. Talk about a place and the people who live there

    Talk about a place and the people who live there

  7. Follow a conversation that isn't aimed at me

    Follow a conversation that isn't aimed at me

Talking Like Yourselfpeek inside ▸

Humour, fixing your own mistakes mid-sentence, hopes and regrets, plans after school, explaining your own culture, and repairing a conversation that goes wrong.

  1. Say something funny on purpose

    Say something funny on purpose

  2. Fix my own mistakes mid-sentence

    Fix my own mistakes mid-sentence

  3. Say what I hope, fear and regret

    Say what I hope, fear and regret

  4. Talk about my future — study, work, plans

    Talk about my future — study, work, plans

  5. Explain my culture to someone who doesn't share it

    Explain my culture to someone who doesn't share it

  6. Handle a conversation that goes wrong

    Handle a conversation that goes wrong

  7. Talk for a long time about anything at all

    Talk for a long time about anything at all

From the parent guide

Year one taught your child to speak. Year two teaches them to be worth listening to. The method has not changed and that is deliberate: Clara talks with them one-to-one, never explains grammar, and when they say something wrong she simply says it back correctly and keeps going — the way you learned your own first language from the adults around you. What changes is the demand. She speaks much more Spanish, she pushes for four sentences where one used to do, and she will disagree with your child on purpose so they have to defend a position. Progress is still judged by an independent examiner that only counts what they actually demonstrated in conversation, and this year that examiner is grading against B1 and B2 can-do statements.

Unit 1 · what to expect

Getting back into Spanish, then breaking the one-sentence-answer habit: longer turns, joined-up sentences, real description, and asking questions that keep someone talking.

The full guide covers all 5 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.

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Spanish II, Grade 10-12 Homeschool Curriculum