Skagit Valley College

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 Course Title:   Spanish V: D

 Title Abbreviation:   SPANISH V: D

 Department:    SPAN&

 Course #:    222

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    160101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021


 Course Description  

Continuation of Spanish 221 with emphasis on understanding and responding orally, sustaining a complex conversation, reading intermediate level Spanish, and constructing grammatically correct sentences.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: SPAN& 221 with a "C" or higher or instructor permission.

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0


Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Humanities  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table
Institution Course # Remarks
CWU 252
U of W 202
WSU 202
WWU 202

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate some in-depth understanding and appreciation of the Spanish culture.
  2. Sustain a more complicated conversation on issues and topics in Spanish-speaking countries.
  3. Read intermediate Spanish and be able to interpret it correctly without word-for-word English translation.
  4. Understand material presented orally and be able to respond appropriately.
  5. Construct grammatically correct sentences orally or in written Spanish.
  6. Increasingly demonstrate a significant understanding of Spanish and Latin American cultural traits.
  7. Increasingly demonstrate understanding and empathetic respect for the multiple races, social classes, and varied backgrounds of people from Spain and Latin America.
  8. Increasingly understand the historical, social, and political influences on the cultural questions raised while they are acquiring the Spanish language.
  9. Increasingly demonstrate the ability to use language and behaviors that are appropriate in social situations with native speakers, either in class or with Hispanic people in the community.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Engage

Definition: Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

Course Contents

  1. Vocabulary: words and phrases for discussion of the traditional and modern family, nature, and beliefs and ideologies.
  2. Grammar: variations of ""to become,"" the future, the conditional, relative pronouns, the subjunctive in adverbial clauses, the past subjunctive, comparisons, and superlatives.
  3. Culture: the Mayas, the Amazon region, and Chile: dictatorship and democracy.