SPA 211 - Intermediate Spanish 1

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.

Build vocabulary and grammar skills for the purpose of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Discuss aspects of Spanish and Spanish-American culture.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 112 or SPA 119 or SPA 141 or two years of high school Spanish or permission of department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as SPA 211H ; credit is not given for both SPA 211 and SPA 211H .

Note: This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC), Arundel Mills (AM), and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: All terms

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

Identify the main idea and key information in intermediate-low level short, straightforward written and spoken conversations and informational and fictional texts.
Request and provide information in conversations on familiar topics by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions.
Present personal information about life, activities, and events, using simple sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of intermediate-low level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.