SPAN 2470 - Intermediate Spanish 2

Credit Hours: 4.00

Objectives:

1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress, with little or no interference in order to be understood by a Native Speaker.
2. Form and produce entire sentences with no hesitation and natural pauses.
3. 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):
   1. Talking about relationships, feelings and personality traits
   2. Expressing hopes and doubts about the future.
   3. Discussing human rights, foreign policies and immigration issues.
   4. Discussing residences, family traditions and generational gaps
   5. Reading classifieds, and looking for jobs.
   6. Debating national and international economic issues.

Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to use Spanish vocabulary beyond Intermediate Spanish 1.

Objectives:
Regarding topics such as careers, health, arts and media and politics:  

1. Use vocabulary when speaking.
2. Respond to a Native Speaker who has used the vocabulary.
3. Use vocabulary in writing.
4. 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 grammatical structures beyond Intermediate Spanish 1 in speaking and writing.

Objectives:
Students will review grammatical structures, including:

1. Form and use past participles.
2. Conjugate and use present and past perfect tenses.
3. Conjugate and use formal and informal commands.
4. Conjugate and use subjunctive.
5. Review prepositions (in the sentences or after specific verbs).
6. Conjugate and use future and conditional tenses.
7. Conjugate and use imperfect subjunctive.
8. Conjugate and use compound tenses of subjunctive.
9. Use ser, estar and haber.
10. Use direct and indirect object pronouns.
11. Congugate and use gustar and similar verbs.
12. Use reflexive constructions.
13. Identify uses of se.
14. Form indefinite and negative expressions.
15. Use the relative pronouns.
16. Use the passive voice.

Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize and discuss aspects of Spanish culture beyond Intermediate Spanish 1.

Objectives:

1. Recognize and discuss some geographical, economical, social and cultural aspects of some Spanish speaking countries and/or communities such as health systems, hospitals, arts and media, and politics.
2. Examine media of Spanish‐speaking countries (literature, visual art, music and songs, and/or cinema).
3. Compare cultural differences.

Outcome 5:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to critically discuss, in Spanish, literary and/or journalistic works read in Spanish.

Objectives:

1. Convey desired message.
2. Analyze the meaning of the work.
3. Support ideas conveyed using examples from the work.