SPN-203 Spanish V
SPN 203 further develops Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes an introduction to representative literary works of the Spanish-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Increasing awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Prerequisite
SPN-202 or an equivalent skill level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
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Course Outline
Course Description
SPN 203 further develops Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes an introduction to representative literary works of the Spanish-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Increasing awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Credit Hours
3Prerequisites
SPN-202 or an equivalent skill level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
SUNY General Education Course
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will communicate orally in a variety of social settings at first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will demonstrate aural comprehension in a variety of settings through appropriate response at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will craft written text for a variety of practical purposes at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will read and interpret text of varying types, lengths, and purposes at a first semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will identify both salient and more nuanced components of the target language culture at a first semester advanced intermediate level. Students will also demonstrate conscious understanding of significant cultural differences by using cultural knowledge at a first semester advanced intermediate level to conform linguistically and behaviorally in many social and work-related interactions.
Topic Outline
- 1. Grammar
- a. Nouns and adjectives
- b. Verb conjugation
- c. The verb "hacer" with time ("ago")
- d. Imperatives
- i. Formal commands
- ii. Informal commands
- (1) Affirmative
- (2) Negative
- iii. Nosotros commands
- iv. Vosotros commands
- v. Commands with object pronouns
- e. Past participles
- i. Regular
- ii. Irregular
- 2. Verb tenses and moods
- a. Present tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- b. Preterite past tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- c. Imperfect past tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- d. Preterite past tense vs. imperfect past tense
- e. Periphrastic future tense ("ir" + "a")
- f. Future tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- g. Conditional mood
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- h. Perfect tenses
- i. Present perfect
- ii. Past perfect (pluperfect)
- i. Present subjunctive mood
- i. With impersonal expressions
- ii. With doubt or denial
- iii. With volition
- iv. With emotion
- v. With "ojalá"
- vi. With adjective clauses
- vii. With adverbial clauses
- j. Past (imperfect) subjunctive mood
- i. Basics
- ii. With "if" clauses
- 3. Vocabulary
- a. Common regular verbs
- b. Common irregular verbs
- c. Transitional words and phrases
- 4. Culture
- a. Authentic literature excerpts from Latin America
- b. Cultural values and practices in the Spanish-speaking world
- c. Current events in the Spanish-speaking world
- d. Social and environmental issues in the Spanish-speaking world
- e. Social phenomena in the Spanish-speaking world