PCC/ CCOG / SPA

Course Content and Outcome Guide for SPA 212C

Date:
30-MAY-2007
Posted by:
Curriculum Office
Course Number:
SPA 212C
Course Title:
Inter Spanish Conversation
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture hours:
10
Lecture/Lab hours:
0
Lab hours:
0
Special Fee:
 

Course Description

Continuation of SPA 211C. Recommended: Simultaneous enrollment in SPA 202. Completion of SPA 201 or equivalent also recommended.

Addendum to Course Description

Spanish 212C is a second-year level course designed to improve student’s ability to converse in Spanish. It provides opportunity to practice the structures and vocabulary students have encountered or are encountering in their second-year Spanish course. This course is a good review course for students who wish to prepare for further study in Spanish or for those traveling to a Spanish-speaking country. This is a one-credit transferable course, and it counts as an elective for the associate degrees.

Intended Outcomes for the course

The student:

  • Participates in simple and direct conversations on predictable topics related to personal environment.
  • Manages uncomplicated communicative exchanges.
  • Creates with the language by combining language elements in discrete sentences.
  • Recognizes and appreciates linguistic and cultural diversity within the Hispanic world.

    • Outcome Assessment Strategies

    Students will be assessed by any combination of the following:

  • Active participation in class
  • Interactive student role-plays
  • Individual and group presentation
  • Oral interviews with partners or instructor

    • Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

    Include all or most of the following:

  • Travel and lodging
  • Health
  • Shopping
  • The environment
  • Verbs in imperative (commands) and subjunctive (expressing hope, desire, etc)
  • Direct and indirect objects pronouns
  • Verbs in present perfect and pluperfect


    • Competencies and Skills

    The student:

  • Manages personal interaction in predictable settings.
  • Discusses activities in present with accuracy, and in past tense with some difficulty.
  • Recognizes and appreciates cultural and linguistic differences in the Spanish speaking world.
  • Comprehends slow native speech in a highly contextualized setting.
  • Makes herself/himself understood by a sympathetic native speaker accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers.

     

     

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