SPN 101
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SPANISH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (Tailored for College Now FL)
SPN 101 First Year Spanish I
Course Goals:
• Understand and communicate basic personal information (such as name, age, occupation, everyday life, preferences, etc).
• Develop a basic understanding of the meaning and history of the terms “Latino” and “Hispanic”, and the history and culture of the countries that have a high representation in the U.S.
• Empathize with speakers of other languages.
• Develop an interest in continuing studying Spanish as a fundamental tool for their career choices and their community.
• Make connections between their own culture and some of the target cultures.
|General Language Structures |Communicative abilities |Cultural understanding |Assessment tools |
| |Students will be able to understand and |Students will: |Written examinations and quizzes |
|gender/number agreement |communicate: |-become familiar with the Hispanic cultures |Written compositions with topics assigned |
|definite/indefinite articles |information related to their everyday |most widely represented in the U.S. |Reading assignments |
|Present tense (regular, some irregular, and |life, such as daily activities and |-explore the meaning of “Hispanic” and Latin”. |Oral exam or presentation |
|stem changing). |class/work schedule. |-Have a better understanding of the issues |Cultural Portfolio |
|The verb gustar |descriptions of their family and friends. |surrounding “Hispanic” populations in the U.S. |Learning journals |
|Periphrastic future (ir + a + infinitive) |information related to their likes and |-Understand better some of the cultures, |Role plays |
|Information questions |dislikes. |histories and perspectives of people from other| |
| |information about future activities. |countries. | |
SPN 102 First Year Spanish II
Course Goals:
Students will:
• Become more comfortable at communicating and understanding personal information.
• Learn how to deal with everyday life situations such as shopping for clothing and food, ordering in a restaurant.
• Talk about past occurrences and habitual past occurrences.
• Expand their knowledge about other Spanish speaking countries from different geographical regions.
• Explore the language through their personal interests.
• Make connections between their own culture and some of the target cultures.
|General Language Structures |Communicative abilities |Cultural understanding |Assessment tools |
| |Students will be able to understand and |Students will: | |
|Present Progressive |communicate: |-Continue their explorations of other cultural |Written examinations and quizzes |
|Reflexive Verbs |information related to their careers. |aspects related to countries where Spanish is |Written compositions with topics assigned |
|More irregular Verbs |Events that took place in the past. |spoken. |Reading assignments |
|Affirmative and negative expressions |information related to habitual actions in the |-Improve their ability to make connections |Oral examination or presentations. |
|Preterite |past. |between the target cultures and their own |Role plays |
|Imperfect |Improve their ability to interact in common |culture. |Cultural Portfolio |
|Direct and Indirect Object pronouns |situations such as eating out and purchasing |-Increase their awareness of the diversity of |Self-assessment |
| |clothing or food at stores. |cultures within the Spanish speaking world. | |
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SPN 103 First Year Spanish III
Course Goals:
Students will be able to:
• Communicate more abstract concepts, such as opinions, feelings and ideas.
• Express orders/requests by the use of commands.
• Develop more accuracy in the description of past events (through the use of indicative preterite and imperfect).
• Explore authentic (not simplified) texts, such as poems, songs and short stories.
• Explore the language through their personal interests.
• Research, understand and report information produced in the target language.
• Make connections between their own culture and some of the target cultures.
|General Language Structures |Communicative abilities |Cultural understanding |Assessment tools |
| |Students will : |Students will: | |
|Uses of preterite and Imperfect |Improve their ability to communicate and |-Continue their explorations of other cultural |Written examinations and quizzes |
|Accidental occurrences |understand with more with precision actions |aspects related to countries where Spanish is |Written compositions with topics assigned |
|Formal and informal commands |occurred in the past. |spoken. |Reading assignments |
|Commands used with pronouns |Use commands in socially appropriate |-Improve their ability to make connections |Oral (speaking) examination |
|Comparisons |situations. |between the target cultures and their own |examination/presentations |
|Simple future tense |State opinions and beliefs in a more |culture. |Cultural Portfolio |
|Present subjunctive with impersonal |academic/formal style through the use of |-Increase their ability to compare and analyze | |
|expressions |subjunctive. |cultures, make connections to multiple | |
|Present subjunctive with expressions of doubt | |disciplines and apply their knowledge within | |
| | |their community. | |
| | | | |
SPN 201 Second Year Spanish I
Course Goals:
• Improve their oral and written language proficiency.
• Use critical thinking to understand and appreciate cultural differences and different perspectives.
• Explore cultural representations of different Latin cultures (literature, films, etc).
• Explore current issues affecting Latin American countries and Spain.
• Make connections between their own culture and the target cultures.
• Improve their understanding of the relation between the U.S. and Latin America.
• Explore the language through their personal interests.
|General Language Structures |Communicative abilities |Cultural understanding |Assessment tools |
| | |Students will: | |
|-General review of First Year Spanish |Students will: |-Continue their explorations of other cultural |Written examinations and quizzes |
|(including simple present tense, progressive, |-Increase their ability to communicate clearly |aspects related to countries where Spanish is |Written compositions with assigned topics |
|preterite and imperfect). |in formal and informal settings. |spoken. |Analysis of current events/news |
|- Review the Imperative mood. |-Will express opinions through more academic |-Improve their ability to make connections |Reading assignments |
|- Learn new uses of the present subjunctive. |papers that involve research, analysis and |between the target cultures and their own |Oral presentations |
| |critical thinking. |culture. |Analysis of literary pieces/films or other |
| | |-Increase their ability to compare and analyze |cultural representations. |
| | |different perspectives. |Cultural Portfolio |
| | |-Make connections to multiple disciplines and | |
| | |apply their knowledge within their community. | |
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