SPAN& 122 - Spanish II

5 CR

Continues SPAN 121. Format includes extensive audio and Internet usage. This class is not intended for “Heritage Speakers” (i.e. Students who grew up speaking Spanish.). Please refer to “Spanish for Heritage Speakers” SPAN 232 if you grew up speaking Spanish without ever having had formal instruction. Prerequisite: SPAN 121 or permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Accurately write in the target language what is heard, answering questions related to the information given by native speakers.
In speaking, use increasingly more complicated sentences, accurate vocabulary and grammatical constructions.
Ask questions with proper intonation and provide general information about familiar topics in the present tense.
Ask questions with proper intonation and provide general information about familiar topics in the present tense.
Answer questions orally or in writing after reading a passage in the target language; deduce meaning about what was read by making educated guesses using cognates and context to assist in the comprehension process.
Write structurally correct affirmative, interrogative, and negative sentences in the present and past tenses using familiar vocabulary with minimum spelling errors and increased precision in proper punctuation and application of accent marks.
Correctly identify the subject of a sentence, distinguishing between regular and irregular verbs in the present and past tenses, and recognizing different pronouns categories.
Show noun-verb and noun-adjective agreement, and accurately use nouns, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions.
Identify cultural information introduced through theme-specific vocabulary, photographs, and authentic video material centered on the world of the target language.
Talk about differences and similarities between the cultures.

GenEd Outcomes: Communication

Reading
Listening and Speaking

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