SPN 213 Intermediate Spanish Conversation, Term 3

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 212, 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 indicative and subjective modes.

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

Rules of the Road
- Vehicles
- Streets and signs
- Auto accidents
- Formal commands
- Panamá
Giving Advice
- Subjunctive mood
- Subjunctive with verbs of volition
- Uruguay
Accomplishments and Plans
- Past participles
- Present perfect indicative and subjunctive
- Future tense
- Venezuela
Reports and Reactions
- Subjunctive with expressions of emotion and doubt
- Learning strategy: compensation for linguistic breakdown
- Indirect discourse
- Chile
Describing Future Plans and Present and Past Experiences: Review and Summary
- Subjunctive with conjunctions of time
- Review of verbs
- Paraguay