SPAN1012 — Beginning Spanish Language and Culture II
SPAN 1012 - Beginning Spanish Language and Culture II SPAN 1012 - Beginning Spanish Language and Culture II Hours/Week: Lecture 5 Lab None Course Description: This course is the continuation of Spanish Language and Culture I as well as a survey of Spanish-speaking civilizations and cultures and their societies, arts, and humanities. It stresses basic grammar, communicative competency (in reading, writing, speaking and listening), and cultural competency. Students are required to listen to the text audio program and practice their conversation skills in the language laboratory for two hours each week. MnTC Goals 6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective Recognition of cognates. Vocabulary to express past events, comparisons, references to people and things using pronouns, negative and indefinite expressions, commands and implied commands, content material (food, travel, holidays, hobbies, housework, health, emotions, countries, nationalities, etc.) Writing: Short cohesive and well-organized compositions using good grammar Speaking and Communication Strategies: Use of present tense (expressing routine or habitual actions) Use of present progressive tense to express things that are happening right now Use of preterit and imperfect tenses to express past actions Clarification Comparisons and contrasts Compliments and apologizing Requesting and giving information Tag questions Feelings and behaviors Advice Soliciting opinions Commands Subjunctive: generalizations, opinions or j
Prerequisites: SPAN1011