20802212Spanish 2
Course Information
Description
This beginner’s Spanish course is for students who have successfully completed Spanish 1 (or the equivalent). Students will learn to communicate with Spanish speakers at a basic level. We will work on the skills of speaking, writing, listening and reading. In this course students will actively participate in conversations in Spanish as well as complete assignments and tasks that will help the student put into practice what they learn during the semester. In the process, students will gain a better understanding of and appreciation for people and cultures other than their own.
Total Credits
4
Course Competencies
  1. Make simple conversation when participating in basic communicative exchanges related to shopping and clothes
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use appropriate words regarding clothing and shopping
    Negotiate a price
    Produce conversations that lead to purchasing a product
    Express preferences while shopping
    Identify clothes and describe them
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  2. Talk about yourself and others in the past
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Communicate using the past tense
    Describe the meaning of regular and irregular verbs in the past and conjugate them
    Identify words and contexts that trigger the past tense
    Describe events and actions that took place in the past
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible.
    Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

  3. Describe daily routines
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Describe your daily routines
    Talk about personal hygiene
    Share what you like and dislike doing
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  4. Express likes and dislikes using verbs like ‘gustar’
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use verbs like ‘gustar’ to express preferences
    Form negative sentences
    Use pronouns with verbs like ‘gustar’ appropriately
    Express different levels of interest and appreciation by using different verbs like ‘gustar’
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  5. Talk about food
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use food vocabulary of different categories in context
    Talk about food and describe it
    Be able to order at a restaurant
    Compare how food is different depending on the region.
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  6. Compare people, objects and cultures
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Compare people, objects and cultures
    Use superlatives to express that something is the best
    Introduce absolute superlatives when communicating with someone else
    Use irregular comparative forms of inequality and know their meanings
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  7. Describe actions you do regularly
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Introduce reflexive verbs to conversations
    Match pronouns to reflexive verbs
    Contrast the difference between reflexive and non-reflexive verbs
    Explain what your daily chores consist of
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  8. Talking about special events and celebrations
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Talk about celebrations and special events
    Describe personal relationships
    Introduce terms for parties and celebrations and what activities you do at parties
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  9. Asking questions
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use questions word to know about events and celebrations
    Talk and ask others about these activities
    Distinguish between ‘qué’, ‘cuál’ and ‘cuáles’
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  10. 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
    Talk about health
    Discuss medical conditions and symptoms
    Introduce names of parts of the body, health professions and health-related terms
    Talk as if you were at a clinic
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  11. Describe events and repeated actions in the past
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use the imperfect tense to describe the past
    Use the imperfect tense to describe repeated actions in the past
    Communicate with other people using the imperfect tense and the preterit tense
    Identify what contexts and adverbs trigger the imperfect tense or the preterit tense
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible

  12. Give details using adverbs
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration through writing, speaking, listening, and reading performances with classmates and instructor
    Oral and/or written proficiency test
    Criteria
    Use adverbs to provide contexts to what you say
    Introduce ‘-mente’ adverbs and know what they mean
    Use adverbial expression to increase fluency
    Use correct grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation to produce short sentences in Spanish
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible