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In the Second Year students should continue to improve their command of the structures listed under the First Year Goals, as appropriate to their rising skill level.
Structural Knowledge:
Recognition and moderate use of verbal adjectives and adverbs (participles and gerunds)
Comparatives and superlatives
Telling time: familiarity with more than one system
Complex sentences
Verbs of motion - more systematic knowledge of unprefixed verbs
More prefixes of verbs of motion, e.g.:
Voice (here: , as it is used with verbs like )
Increased knowledge of forms of "irregular" nouns, verbs
Increased knowledge of prepositions and case requirements of verbs (e.g. )
Expand discourse-management devices (esp. particles)
Functional Abilities:
Beyond the list of functions contained in the First Year Goals are several listed below, which require more complicated grammatical constructions (e.g., the imperative as one way to give directions).
Express a wish
Express congratulations
Give directions
Make and respond to invitations
Express counterproposals
Lexical Goals and Topical Knowledge:
Productive: approximately 1350 words
Receptive: approximately 1800 words
School - verbs of studying
Emotions
Film / Theater
Music
Art
History
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