Course Description
A continuation of Intermediate Spanish. Context-based review of Spanish grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill development. Integration of language, culture, and literature. Given in Spanish.
Athena Title
Intermediate Spanish II Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPAN 2002, SPAN 2002E, SPAN 2120H
Prerequisite
(SPAN 2001 or SPAN 2001E or SPAN 2001H) and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will understand “edited” narration from the instructor, from video components, and from classmates.
- Students will read and listen to authentic material from the popular press as well as literary pieces and understand the main points.
- Students will engage in dialogue with classmates and instructor about a variety of topics and situations in the past, present, future, and hypothetical situations; discuss daily activities, current and past events, give advice and suggestions, express hope and desire as well as judgment and feelings about different topics.
- Students will write descriptions, personal anecdotes, causes & effects, comparisons, and opinions while incorporating more sentence connectors to build longer discourse.
- Students will recognize and reflect upon concepts of Hispanic culture and Hispanic people in the USA and other topics and events of general interest from a Hispanic perspective. Some of these topics may include social issues, environmental and ecological issues, history, urban development, and international/governmental affairs. The student is expected to be able to discuss these topics within a comparative and contrastive framework with their own cultural background.
- Students will apply language skills and understandings to bring a global competence to your future career and life experiences as emphasized by the 5Cs (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) of ACTFL standards.
Topical Outline
- Language issues
- Writing as a process
- Reading for meaning
- Contrastive cultural topics
- The global village and the environment
- Censorship and freedom
- Indigenous civilizations
- Discovery or encounter
- Toward a definition of "culture"
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
