SPA 112H - Elementary 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.

Engage in conversations on and write about familiar topics using simple sentences in the present, near future, and past. Identify main ideas in short informational and fictional texts. Compare cultural products, practice, and perspective of Spanish-speaking communities.

Prerequisite(s): Eligibility for honors courses and SPA 111 or SPA 140 , one year of high school Spanish, or permission of department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as SPA 112 ; credit is not given for both SPA 112H and SPA 112 .

Note: Credit is not given for both SPA 112H or SPA 141H and also SPA 141 . 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 some pieces of information in novice-high level written and 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 on familiar and cultural topics using a variety of practiced, memorized, and some original phrases and simple sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-high level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.