20802214Spanish 4
Course Information
Description
This intermediate Spanish course is for students who have successfully completed Spanish 3 (or the equivalent). The focus of the course is communication, while incorporating the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Course activities are aimed at developing proficiency in all areas. You will also learn about the various cultures and traditions of the Spanish-speaking world. By the end of the class, you should be able to participate in extended conversations on many topics.
Total Credits
4
Course Competencies
  1. Discuss health and well-being
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use vocabulary associated with health and nutrition
    Use vocabulary associated with exercise and physical activity
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  2. Describe an action or event in the immediate past
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Contrast the use of the preterite and present perfect
    Use the present tense of the auxiliary verb haber
    Use the present subjunctive of the auxiliary verb haber
    Form regular past participles
    Form irregular past participles
    Determine when to use present perfect and present perfect subjunctive
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences

  3. Describe an event that occurred before another
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Contrast the use of the past and present perfect
    Use the past tense of the auxiliary verb haber
    Form regular past participles
    Form irregular past participles
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences

  4. Discuss the world of work
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use vocabulary associated with professions and occupations
    Use vocabulary associated with job interviews
    Use vocabulary associated with salary and benefits
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  5. Compare work benefits in the U.S. with those of Spanish speaking countries
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Summarize benefits typical of Spanish-speaking countries
    Identify information typical of a resume in Spanish-speaking countries
    Use vocabulary associated with professions, jobs, and the workplace
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  6. Talk about future plans
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Compare use of simple and paraphrastic future tenses
    Form the simple future with regular verbs
    Form the simple future using irregular verb forms
    Use the future perfect to indicate what will have happened
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  7. Talk about and discuss art
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use vocabulary related to the arts
    Use vocabulary related to attending artistic events
    Express your opinion and likes/dislikes about different kinds of art
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  8. Talk about hypothetical situations
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Form the conditional of regular verbs
    Form the conditional of irregular verb forms
    Use the past perfect subjunctive
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  9. Talk about things that would have occurred, but didn’t
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use the conditional tense of the auxiliary verb haber
    Form regular past participles
    Form irregular past participles
    Talk about what you would have done differently
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  10. Discuss political and social issues
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use vocabulary associated with the media
    Use vocabulary associated with socio- political events
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  11. Express present and past contrary-to-fact situations
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Summarize the uses of the subjunctive
    Use “if clauses”
    Use the correct forms of the subjunctive in the present, past, present and past perfect

  12. Discuss the history and importance of social protests in Spanish-speaking countries
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Identify different types of protests in Spanish-speaking countries
    Compare the history and popularity of protests in Spanish-speaking countries with that of the U.S.
    Identify common protest slogans used in Spanish-speaking countries
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce longer, more complex sentences
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible