Spanish curriculum feedback

An online survey to help shape and allign the CGPS Spanish curriculum.


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. Spanish 1 should without fail cover completely the following Vistas chapters:*
    1 through 3 (possessive adjectives; present tense IR / VENIR)
    1 through 4 (stem changing verbs; verbs with irregular YO forms)
    1 through 5 (SER and ESTAR; direct object nouns and pronouns)
    It will vary depending on the ability of each class
    Other grammar topics


  1. Spanish 2 should without fail cover completely the following Vistas chapters:*
    4 through 8 (double object pronouns; comparisons and superlatives)
    5 through 9 (irregular preterites; pronouns after prepositions)
    6 through 10 (imperfect; constructions with SE)
    It will vary depending on the ability of each class
    Other grammar topics


  1. Spanish 3 should without fail cover completely the following Vistas chapters:*
    9 through 12 (commands; present subjunctive)
    10 through 13 (subjunctive)
    11 through 14 (NOSOTROS/AS commands; past participles as adjectives)
    It will vary depending on the ability of each class
    Other grammar topics


  1. Spanish should present the same comprehensive final exam created jointly by all the teachers teaching those courses. (A single final for Spanish 1, a single final for Spanish 2, etc.)*

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Spanish 1 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 2 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 3 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 4 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  


  1. It is better to cover more material and have some C students rather than going slower and allowing the more challenged students a chance to catch up. *

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Spanish 1 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 2 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 3 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 4 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      Spanish 5 Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      AP Spanish Language and Culture Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  
      AP Spanish Literature and Culture Strongly agree  Strongly disagree  


  1. As a Spanish teacher, I think it is most important that: (1=most important through 5=least important)*
        1 2 3 4 5
    My students can read and comprenhend text  
    My students can answer emails  
    My students can understand spoken Spanish  
    My students can have conversations  
    My students can write essays  


  1. Assessments should be hard and ideally show a more traditional curve (a few As, more Bs, some Cs, Ds and Fs)*
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. By the time our students are ready for an AP course grammatically they need to master (please rank from most important=1 to least=11)*
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Varied vocabulary  
    The subjunctive  
    Commands  
    'Por' versus 'Para'  
    The gender of nouns  
    Preterite versus Imperfect  
    Double object pronouns  
    Correct accentuation  
    'Saber' versus 'Conocer'  
    The conditional  
    'Ser' versus 'Estar'  


  1. A Spanish student can be an 'A' student by means of hard work, even if they can't have a conversation at their course level. *
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree