SPAN251 Advanced Spanish II

Department of Language & Literature: Spanish

1. Course Number and Title

   SPAN251 Advanced Spanish II

2. Number of Credits

   3 credits

3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

   2250

4. Prerequisites

   SPAN250 (C or better) or equivalent

   Corequisites

   None

5. Other Pertinent Information

   Students spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class in activities such as learning vocabulary, reading, completing written exercises, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text. Text may change yearly.

6. Catalog Course Description

   In this continuation of work from SPAN250, students discuss selected cultural readings, newspaper and magazine articles, etc., in order to acquire a greater mastery of spoken and written Spanish. This course also addresses advanced language skills and a deeper understanding of the Spanish speaking countries.

7. Required Course Content and Direction

   1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
      Students will:
      1. acquire and demonstrate increasing competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing;
      2. recognize and respond appropriately and with increasing detail to the most common spoken situations;
      3. demonstrate ability to write increasingly complex sentences in Spanish; and
      4. explain an increasing number of aspects of life in the Spanish-speaking countries.
      
      
      2. Core (if applicable)
      Category ICultural Perspectives Students will:
      2. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.
      
      Category IIIInternational, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives Students will:
      1. articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

   2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      Grammatical topics
      
      Use direct and indirect object pronouns
      Use formal commands
      Use informal commands
      Introduce cognates and false cognates
      Learn about reflexive verbs and pronouns
      Learn about reciprocal verbs
      Learn present subjunctive with expressions of doubt
      Learn the uses of “se”
      Form indefinite and negative expressions
      Use indicative and subjunctive in adjective clauses
      Express the conditional
      Express the future tense
      Use relative pronouns
      Use indefinite and negative expressions
      Use indicative and subjunctive in adverbial clauses
      Use verbs followed by an infinitive
      Use the imperfect subjunctive
      Learn hypothetical conditions using imperfect subjunctive and conditional
      Learn the equivalents of English let’s
      
      Vocabulary and social contexts
      
      More nouns and verbs used to talk about foods in the Spanish-speaking world
      Nouns and verbs relating to family relationships
      Nouns and verbs relating to pollution and other environmental problems
      
      Cultural contexts
      
      Identifying origins of food and food products
      Reporting and discussing social changes
      Discussing causes and effects of current environmental problems

   3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
      Students
      1. take quizzes and tests;
      2. complete assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
      3. perform listening comprehension exercises; and
      4. participate in oral interviews and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.
      
      
      2. Core (if applicable)
      1. Cultural Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests which examine the cultural topics presented in the course and in which they compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices of some Spanish-speaking people.
      2. International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives: Students take quizzes/tests or complete sections of quizzes/tests in which they articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

   4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Students use text, workbook, and multimedia resources of second-year proficiency-based Spanish program. See course format.

8. Teaching Methods Employed

   Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/98; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011