| Course ID: | SPAN 2002E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Intermediate Spanish II |
Course
Description: | A continuation of Intermediate Spanish I. Context-based review
of Spanish grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill
development. Integration of language, culture, and literature.
Given in Spanish. |
| Oasis Title: | Intermediate Spanish II |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SPAN 2002, SPAN 2002H, SPAN 2120H |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Assignments,
discussions and student works are managed online according to
the Guidelines for Online Teaching and Digital Literacy of the
Romance Languages Department. |
| Prerequisite: | SPAN 2001 or SPAN 2001E or SPAN 2001H |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | By the end of the semester, students should be able to:
1) engage in dialogue with classmates and instructor about
situations in the past, present, and future, and use some
colloquial expressions appropriately; sustain an opinion and
engage in "what if" statements;
2) comprehend Spanish spoken by the instructor and classmates,
as well as from video or audio sources;
3) read authentic material from the popular press as well as
a few literary pieces, understand and restate the main points;
4) write about a text that was read or analyzed;
5) learn a) basic concepts of environmental problems that
face Spanish-speaking and other societies; b) issues of
censorship and prejudice; c) a working definition of "culture"
in order to then make cross-cultural comparisons. |
| Topical Outline: | Intended language learning outcomes:
Writing as process;
Reading comprenhension;
Controversial cultural topics:
The global village and the environment;
Censorship and freedom;
Indigenous civilizations;
Discovery or encounter;
The definition of "culture." |