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Spring 2016
Oct 31,2024 |
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| SPAN 102 - Spanish, First-Year |
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Associated Term:
Spring 2016
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Learn and comprehend the topics and themes of the course through the target language (Spanish) itself. 2. Recognize cues in the language and extrapolate meaning from them and the context in which they are encountered, rather than relying on looking up words in a bilingual dictionary or requesting a translation. 3. Practice the interrelatedness of language and culture. 4. Apply learning strategies, goals and skills of organization appropriate to second language acquisition. 5. Hear and read elementary-plus levels of the language with understanding 6. Speak and write the language at a basic-plus level with accuracy 7. Pronounce Spanish so that it is intelligible to a native speaker accustomed to dealing with non-Spanish speakers. 8. Demonstrate an increased knowledge of Spanish-speaking cultures. 9. Demonstrate through both oral and written expression in Spanish the ability to: • Participate in basic-plus question and answer dialogues, • Form and use six (6) different verb tenses for self and others while talking about routine action, action in progress, completed action and action in the immediate future when describing past and present events, situations and habits, • Use the appropriate structures and expressions to talk about impersonal (measured) concepts of time as well as personal ones (i.e. age, birthdays, etc.), • Describe one’s daily routine, likes, dislikes and leisure activities, • Describe the actions, objects, foods, people, and professions typical of a restaurant setting, • Order food and beverages in a restaurant, • Negotiate a final selling/buying price in a barter situation, • Describe the clothing and apparel worn by self and others in the past, present and immediate future, • Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between the description of generality and that of the specific and situational, • Use synonyms, antonyms and expressions of contrast and comparison to describe self and others, • Form and respond to questions requesting description of self and family members, • Form basic formal and impersonal commands, • Give and receive directions using a map, • Use, in a limited fashion, direct and indirect object pronouns, • Make comparisons of equality and inequality using adjectives, • Practice error management by utilizing: a. Spanish class techniques and learning strategies in oral situations, b. Arden Woods Correct-Aid in written expression. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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