SPA 212 - Intermediate Spanish 2

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Master intermediate vocabulary and grammar structures. Discuss the future and conditional and hypothetical situations using simple and complex sentences. Identify the main flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate level conversations, discussions, and short stories. Compare cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking communities.

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

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

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 flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate-mid level conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length fictional texts.
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.
Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete research topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of intermediate-mid level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.