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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2017 through Summer 2021
- Course Number:
- SPA 201
- Course Title:
- Second Year Spanish - First Term
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
This course satisfies part of the foreign language requirement for the B.A. degree, counts towards Arts and Letters distribution requirements for the A.A. degree, and contributes to the General Education requirement for other Associate Degrees.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
1. Handle a limited number of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations.
2. Communicate using significant repetition, rephrasing, and circumlocution with native speakers accustomed to dealing with non-native speakers.
3. Write using paragraph-length connected discourse to narrate and describe in present, past and future time frames with limited accuracy.
4. Recognize and interpret cultural behaviors and attitudes within the Spanish-speaking world in relation to one’s own cultural perspective.
5. Further analyze historical and cultural movements in the target culture in relation to key works of art, literature, music, film and/or performing arts.
6. Further develop and apply strategies for analyzing and responding to limited authentic materials in the target language.
Integrative Learning
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to reflect on one’s work or competencies to make connections between course content and lived experience.
Course Activities and Design
After the introduction to the course, Spanish will be used in the classroom at all times.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Students will be assessed by any combination of the following:
1. Participation in class
2. Individual presentations
3. Written tasks (in or outside of class, on paper or on-line) to assess reading, writing, listening, oral and cultural competencies
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Course Content: Themes, Concepts and Issues
Include all or most of the following.
Grammatical Structures:
Present tense
Ser and Estar
Gustar and similar verbs
Nouns and articles
Adjectives
Preterite
Imperfect
Preterite vs. Imperfect
Progressive forms
Subjunctive in noun clauses
Commands
Object Pronouns
Themes:
Description of personality, relationships, feelings and emotions
Giving and following directions
Description of people, places and activities in the city
Discussion of mass media
Spanish speaking countries: history, geography and social issues
Literary readings