SPN 212 Intermediate Spanish Conversation, Term 2

Lecture Hours: 3
Credits: 3

Provides Spanish conversation for intermediate learners whose primary goal is increased basic communication in the language and an expanded understanding of Hispanic culture. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills continue to be developed with an emphasis on conversation, facilitated by the study of vocabulary and structure. All classroom interaction (both by instructor and students) takes place in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Recommended: SPN 211, or three years of high school Spanish. (With a grade of C or better.)

Student Learning Outcomes:

Speak and comprehend words and phrases in simple Spanish, expressed in the present and past tense forms.

Content Outline
Consists of the material in Invitaciones, segunda parte, Chapters 21-25, as follows, in addition to any material provided by the instructor.

Health
- Illnesses and injuries
- Hace que + ongoing activities and status
- Frida Kahlo
- Learning strategy: conversation filters
Childhood Memories
- Imperfect tense
- Children’s activities
- Prominent Mexican Americans
Simple Narratives
- Progressive tenses
- Learning strategy: outlining
- El Salvador
Expanded Narratives
- Telling a story
- Indirect object pronouns
- Verbs used with indirect object pronouns
- Guatemala
Summary and Review of Forms Used in Describing Past Experiences and Events
- Summary of preterit, imperfect, and past progressive tenses
- Latino authors in the US