Spanish Summer School
Students who did not earn a C or better in Spanish will need to complete several units of independent study in order to enter 10th grade Spanish. These units are taken from the Foreign Service Institute (FSI)'s program designed to train diplomats and other foreign officials. This is a no-frills program that is designed to improve your competence in Spanish with maximal efficiency; hour-for-hour, I believe it's the best way you can use your time to get yourself onto a better footing for next year's Spanish class.
Here is the letter explaining the program to students and families.
Here is a checklist to help you track your work: Work Completion Checklist
Below are the files needed to complete the units of study. I recommend downloading the files to your computer for ease of use -- to download, right-click on the file and click "Save as...". You can then use the file directly from your computer. You can also print out the text and transfer the audio files to an MP3 Player, which will allow you to complete this work away from the computer.
- A brief how-to on how to follow these units
- Complete text of the units 7,10,11,12 & 15
- Unit 7
- Unit 07 Audio part A (begins on page 73 of text; page 6 of PDF)
- Unit 07 Audio part B (begins on page 85 of text; page 18 of PDF)
- Unit 07, Application section (homework)
- Unit 10
- Unit 10 Audio part A (begins on page 119 of text; page 24 of PDF)
- Unit 10 Audio part B (begins on page 132 of text; 37 of PDF)
- Unit 10, Application section (homework)
- Unit 11
- Unit 11 Audio part A (begins on page 139 of text; 44 of PDF)
- Unit 11 Audio part B (beings on page 150 of text; 55 of PDF)
- Unit 11, Application section (homework)
- Unit 12
- Unit 12 Audio part A (begins on page 155 of text; 60 of PDF)
- Unit 12 Audio part B (begins on page 167 of text; 72 of PDF)
- Unit 12, Application section (homework)
- Unit 15
- Unit 15 Audio part A (begins on page 213 of text; 78 of PDF)
- Unit 15 Audio part B (begins on page 226 of text; 91 of PDF)
- Unit 15, Application section (homework)
Here's a link to all of the units (these units are from the "Programmatic Spanish" course). You can continue your studies there, or backtrack and do earlier units if you find these units too difficult.


