SPANISH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (Tailored for College Now FL)
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 countriesthat have a high representation in the U.S.
- Empathize with speakers of other languages.
- Develop an interest in continuing studying Spanish as a fundamental toolfor 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
gender/number agreement
definite/indefinite articles
Present tense (regular, some irregular, and stem changing).
The verb gustar
Periphrastic future (ir + a + infinitive)
Information questions / Students will be able to understand and communicate:
-information related to their everyday life, such as daily activities and class/work schedule.
-descriptions of their family and friends.
-information related to their likes and dislikes.
-information about future activities. / Students will:
-become familiar with the Hispanic cultures most widely represented in the U.S.
-explore the meaning of “Hispanic” and Latin”.
-Have a better understanding of the issues surrounding “Hispanic” populations in the U.S.
-Understand better some of the cultures, histories and perspectives of people from other countries. / Written examinations and quizzes
Written compositions with topics assigned
Reading assignments
Oral exam or presentation
Cultural Portfolio
Learning journals
Role plays
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
Present Progressive
Reflexive Verbs
More irregular Verbs
Affirmative and negative expressions
Preterite
Imperfect
Direct and Indirect Object pronouns / Students will be able to understand and communicate:
-information related to their careers.
-Events that took place in the past.
-information related to habitual actions in the past.
-Improve their ability to interact in common situations such as eating out and purchasing clothing or food at stores. / Students will:
-Continue their explorations of other cultural aspects related to countries where Spanish is spoken.
-Improve their ability to make connections between the target cultures and their own culture.
-Increase their awareness of the diversity of cultures within the Spanish speaking world. / Written examinations and quizzes
Written compositions with topics assigned
Reading assignments
Oral examination or presentations.
Role plays
Cultural Portfolio
Self-assessment
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
Uses of preterite and Imperfect
Accidental occurrences
Formal and informal commands
Commands used with pronouns
Comparisons
Simple future tense
Present subjunctive with impersonal expressions
Present subjunctive with expressions of doubt / Students will :
-Improve their ability to communicate and understand with more with precision actions occurred in the past.
-Use commands in socially appropriate situations.
-State opinions and beliefs in a more academic/formal style through the use of subjunctive. / Students will:
-Continue their explorations of other cultural aspects related to countries where Spanish is spoken.
-Improve their ability to make connections between the target cultures and their own culture.
-Increase their ability to compare and analyze cultures, make connections to multiple disciplines and apply their knowledge within their community. / Written examinations and quizzes
Written compositions with topics assigned
Reading assignments
Oral (speaking) examination examination/presentations
Cultural Portfolio
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
-General review of First Year Spanish (including simple present tense, progressive, preterite and imperfect).
- Review the Imperative mood.
- Learn new uses of the present subjunctive. / Students will:
-Increase their ability to communicate clearly in formal and informal settings.
-Will express opinions through more academic papers that involve research, analysis and critical thinking. / Students will:
-Continue their explorations of other cultural aspects related to countries where Spanish is spoken.
-Improve their ability to make connections between the target cultures and their own culture.
-Increase their ability to compare and analyze different perspectives.
-Make connections to multiple disciplines and apply their knowledge within their community. / Written examinations and quizzes
Written compositions with assigned topics
Analysis of current events/news
Reading assignments
Oral presentations
Analysis of literary pieces/films or other cultural representations.
Cultural Portfolio