SPA 212H - Intermediate Spanish 2 - Honors

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This is an honors course.

This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement. 

Master intermediate vocabulary and grammar structures. Read short poetry and short fiction in Spanish. Discuss Spanish and Spanish-American culture.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 211  or three years of high school Spanish or permission of department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as SPA 212 ; credit not given for both SPA 212  and SPA 212H.

Note: Not for native speakers. Typically offered at MC and OL; fall, spring, and summer terms.

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length fictional texts.

2. Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.

3. Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete topics I have researched, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.

4. Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of mid intermediate-level writing and speaking prompts.

5. Formulate comparisons between the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures and those of my own.