SPA 121 - Spanish Conversation2 credit hours - Two hours weekly; one term.
Develops skill in and practice with spoken Spanish. Conducted entirely in Spanish. For students who have studied elementary Spanish grammar or by permission of department chair. May be repeated once on an audit basis.
Prerequisite(s): SPA 112 or two years of high school Spanish or permission of department chair.
Note: This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the main idea and some pieces of information in novice-high level spoken conversations about familiar topics and short informational or fictional texts.
- Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced, memorized, and original phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
- Present information orally and in writing about familiar themes and cultural topics using a variety of rehearsed original phrases and simple sentences.
- Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-high level speaking prompts.
- Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
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