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COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Number: SPAN 7 Division: ESL and Foreign Languages

Course Title: Beginning Spanish Conversation II

Hours Lecture: 2 Hours Lab: 0 Weeks: 18 Units: 2

Credit Status:

AA/AS: X Non-Degree: Certificate: Non-Credit:

Transfer Code: UC: CSU: None: X

Prerequisite or Corequisite: Completion of SPAN 6 with a minimum grade of “C,” or completion of one year of high school Spanish with a minimum grade of “C”.

Catalog Description:

This course builds upon the skills and language acquisition of Spanish 6. It is designed to help the student attain proficiency in listening and speaking as they pertain to personal characteristics and features of their environment and the world. The student will learn basic vocabulary and the proper conjugation of present tense verbs and will apply them in conversational contexts.

Needs/Justifications/Goals:

The purpose of this course is to provide students who have had no previous experience with the Spanish language with the basics of conversational Spanish.

Course Outline Prepared by:

Dr. Norma Espinosa-Parker Date: August 19, 2005

Curriculum Committee Chair: Division Chair:

Saul Panski Shemiran Lazar

SENATE APPROVAL DATE: 11/01/05 BOARD APPROVAL DATE: 11/22/05

TOP NO. 1105.00 USOE NO 00000000 CLASSIFICATION T5/55001 (a) (1) (B)

CAN NO. N/A SAM CODE E

Compton Community College August 19, 2005

Course Outline for SPAN 7

Beginning Spanish Conversation II

I. Catalog Description:

SPAN 7, Beginning Spanish Conversation II 2 Units

This course builds upon the skills and language acquisition of Spanish 6. It is designed to help the student attain proficiency in listening and speaking as they pertain to personal characteristics and features of their environment and the world. The student will learn basic vocabulary and the proper conjugation of present tense verbs and will apply them in conversational contexts.

II. Expected Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to perform the following activities with 70% accuracy.

A. Pronounce and use possessive adjectives and prepositions.

B. Pronounce and use in conversation common Spanish cognates and selected phrases.

C. Ask and respond to questions about personal characteristics, food, clothing, colors, weather, countries, languages, and animals.

D. Conjugate –ar, -er, and –ir regular verbs in the present tense, as demonstrated through responses to written exercises and in conversation.

III. Course Content

A. Parts of the body

B. The verb TENER in the present indicative

C. Possessive adjectives

D. Cognates

E. The verb GUSTAR: expressing likes and dislikes related to food and restaurants in the present indicative

F. Prepositions

G. The verb IR in the present indicative

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H. The verb QUERER in the present indicative to ask for things

I. Clothing and colors

J. The verb HACER in the present indicative to describe weather

K. The verb DECIR in the present indicative

L. Animals

M. The verb SER in the present indicative to describe countries, languages, and nationalities

N. Expressing action in the present indicative

IV. Methods of Presentation

A. Oral repetition of words, phrases, and simple sentences

B. Question and answer drills

C. Group conversations and practice

D. Audio tape

E. Software

F. Language lab

V. Assignments and Methods of Evaluation

A. Laboratory/CD-ROM/CD listening exercises

B. Written exercises

C. Test and/or quiz after each lesson

D. Homework

E. Midterm

F. Final exam

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VI. Textbook(s)

Wald, Haywood. Ph. D. Spanish is Fun. 3rd edition. New York City, NY: Amsco School

Publications, Inc. 2000.

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