SPAN 1270 - Elementary Spanish 2 Credit Hours: 4.00 (5 contact hrs) This course continues students’ development of Spanish language and culture by building and expanding on the culture, vocabulary and language structures learned in SPAN-1260 or SPAN-1265. New language functions will be presented in meaningful activities that emphasize all four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing and allow for further cultural exposure. Students are required to use computer based technology to practice these skills.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: SPAN-1260, or SPAN-1265, or two or more years of high school Spanish
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate competency in oral language skills beyond Elementary Spanish 1.
Objectives:
- Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
- Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
- Engage in conversations with a Native Speaker in the present, future, and past tense about the following topics (includes both initiating conversations as well as responding appropriately to speech of a Native Speaker):
- Going shopping.
- Past actions and events.
- Daily routine.
- Preparing meals and comparing Hispanic world cuisine.
- Ordering meals at a restaurant.
- Talking about celebrations.
Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use Spanish vocabulary beyond Elementary Spanish 1.
Objectives:
Regarding topics such as clothing and grocery shopping, restaurants, food, weather, daily routine, celebrations:
- Use vocabulary when speaking.
- Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
- Use vocabulary in writing.
- Demonstrate reading comprehension skills by discussing subject matter and/or answering questions based on the passage read.
Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use grammar structures beyond Elementary Spanish 1 in speaking and writing.
Objectives:
- Conjugate regular and irregular preterit.
- Use preterit verb tenses.
- Use direct, indirect, reflexive, and possessive pronouns.
- Use Gustar and similar.
- Use affirmative and negative words.
- Use pronouns after prepositions.
Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of Spanish culture beyond Elementary Spanish 1.
Objectives:
- Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical and cultural aspects of some Spanish speaking countries and/or communities such as celebrations and festivities, shopping habits, food and eating habits.
- Compare cultural differences.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
- Review of SPAN‐1260
Lesson 6
Going shopping
Preparation and video
Grammar: Numbers 101 and higher
- Grammar: The preterit of regular verbs
Indirect object pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Reading
- Spanish speaking countries: the Caribbean
Exam 6 in class
Lesson 7
The daily routine
Preparation and video
- Grammar: Reflexive verbs
Indefinite and negative words
Preterit of to be and to go
- Grammar: to like and similar verbs
Reading
Exam 7 in class
- Lesson 8
To eat
Preparation and video
Grammar: The preterit of stem‐changing verbs
Double object pronouns
- Grammar: To know
Comparisons and superlatives
Reading
Spanish speaking countries: South America (part 1)
- Exam 8 in class
Review for the Midterm
- MIDTERM in class
Lesson 9
The celebrations
Preparation and video
Grammar: Irregular preterits
Verbs that change meaning in the preterit
- Grammar: Irregular preterits
Verbs that change meaning in the preterit
Relative pronouns
- Grammar: What and Which?
Reading
Exam 9 i n class
- Lesson 10
In the doctor office
Preparation and video
Grammar: The imperfect tense
- Grammar: Impersonal constructions
Adverbs
- Reading
Spanish speaking countries: South America (part 2)
- Exam 10 in class
Review for the final exams
- FINAL EXAMS in class
Oral exam
Written exam
Primary Faculty Williams, Susanna Secondary Faculty Associate Dean Ternullo, Annette
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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