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(a)
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Employ vocabulary and phrasing such as:
- vocabulary in context, for various text types (p. ej., los hispanohablantes en Canadá, español, una historieta, un dibujo, un artículo, provincias y territorios);
- adjectives (p. ej., un viaje interesante, una película excelente);
- useful phrases for various contexts and text types (p. ej., “gira a la derecha”, “querido papá”, “para concluir”, “un intercambio cultural”);
- the interrogative form with inversion (p. ej., “¿cómo se llama? “, “¿te gusta la paella?”, “e informes”, “no, no me gusta”); and,
- expressions (p. ej., “me encanta”).
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(b)
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Practise the following verb conjugations:
- present tense of pronominal verbs (p. ej., “me peino”);
- present tense of imperative irregular verbs (p. ej., Ser: sé, Poner: pon, Tener: ten, Salir: sal, Venir: ven, Ir: ve, Decir: di, Hacer: haz);
- present conditional tense with regular, irregular and common verbs (p. ej., hacer, ir, tener, ser, estar);
- present tense of irregular, regular and common verbs (p. ej., dibujar, escuchar, terminar, hacer, ir, ser, estar); and,
- past tense (e.g., present perfect) with irregular and regular verbs (p. ej., dibujar, escuchar, terminar, hacer, ir, tener) and familiar verbs.
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(c)
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Apply knowledge of linguistic conventions, including:
- structure of the text;
- use of negation (p. ej., “No ha estado en España.”);
- placement of adjectives (p. ej., “Me gustan las flores rojas.”);
- comparative and superlative adjectives (p. ej., “bueno, mejor, el mejor, más bonita”);
- direct object pronouns (p. ej., me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las);
- indirect object pronouns (p. ej., me, te, le, nos, os, los);
- simple prepositions (p. ej., detrás (de), hasta, por, en, desde, para, con, sobre);
- conjunctions (p. ej., sin embargo, pero, más, no obstante); and,
- spelling and punctuation.
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Use appropriate conventions of informal and formal language:
- informal (p. ej., use informal language and tone with familiar expressions and use words like “tú”); and,
- formal (p. ej., use formal language and tone with formal expressions and use words like “usted” and “vosotros”).
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(e)
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Experiment with linguistic conventions such as:
- rich word choice;
- complex prepositions (p. ej., cerca de, encima de, lejos de, fuera de); and,
- complex conjunctions (p. ej., pues, entonces, sino, pero, sobre eso).
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