SPA 211 - Intermediate Spanish 1

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

Strengthen listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish at the intermediate level. Describe past events, give commands, make requests and recommendations, and express doubt and opinions. Analyze key ideas in short informational and fictional texts. Compare cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking communities.

Prerequisite(s): SPA 112 or SPA 119 or SPA 141 , 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 recommended for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer

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.