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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
SPAN 50C | Title:
INT CONVERSATION |
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| Full Title:
Intermediate Conversation |
| Last Reviewed:9/23/2019 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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An intermediate-level Spanish conversation course designed to further advance fluency through active vocabulary development, verb tense use, listening and oral practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of SPAN 50B OR SPAN 2
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An intermediate-level Spanish conversation course designed to further advance fluency through active vocabulary development, verb tense use, listening and oral practice.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of SPAN 50B OR SPAN 2
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1994 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 07 | Course Created/Approved: | 10/31/1994 |
| Version Created: | 2/2/2022 | Course Last Modified: | 1/22/2024 |
| Submitter: | Jessica Pardoe | Course Last Full Review: | 9/23/2019 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 9/23/2019 |
| Version Status Date: | 2/14/2022 | Semester Last Taught: | Fall 2023 |
| Version Term Effective: | Summer 2022 | Term Inactive: | Fall 2024 |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Converse in Spanish on a wide range of topics in a manner comprehensible to
native speakers.
2. Express orally and in writing basic facts and opinions using various tenses in Spanish.
3. Comprehend Spanish spoken clearly at normal pace.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Speak extemporaneously in Spanish in formal and informal contexts.
2. Utilize basic intermediate-level Spanish grammar and vocabulary on topics related to
personal background, work, travel and current events.
3. Develop verbal fluency in casual conversations and transactions.
4. Demonstrate understanding and correct use of verb tenses to express opinions and
emotions about topics raised in class discussions.
5. Identify the main ideas expressed in Spanish spoken by native speakers.
6. Communicate with sufficient clarity so as to be understood by native speakers.
7. Demonstrate control of accurate Spanish phonetics and pronunciation.
8. Comprehend and utilize new vocabulary from context.
9. Comprehend specific information and main ideas in simple printed texts.
Topics and Scope
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Content and topics will reflect intermediate communicative skills required
to function in social, academic and career-related situations.
I. Common Modes of Expression used in Formal and Informal Social Contexts
II. Vocabulary Development related to:
A. Personal background and family
B. Social life and community affairs
C. Current events and society
D. Travel
E. Work
F. Art and culture
G. Health
III. Linguistic Functions
A. Making plans
B. Negotiating problems
C. Describing people, places and circumstances
D. Expressing preferences
E. Doubting and speculating
F. Communicating feelings and opinions
G. Narrating personal experiences and news events.
H. Making polite requests
IV. Grammar
A. Narrative tenses (present, past, future)
B. Imperative mood and commands
C. Overview of the subjunctive mood and conditional tense
D. Impersonal constructions with "se"
E. Passive voice
F. Comparatives
G. Por vs. Para
V. Cultural Topics related to Society, Customs, Art and Current Events in the Spanish-Speaking
World
Assignments:
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1. Role-plays on very specific interpersonal situations
2. Interview native Spanish speakers and submit written report, recorded interview and/or
deliver oral presentation
3. Weekly pair and small group discussions and problem-solving
4. Weekly web-based exercises in listening comprehension, summarizing and interpreting
authentic Spanish-language material
5. Presentation of original speeches and skits
6. Preparation for weekly vocabulary quizzes
7. Written grammar and syntax exercises
8. Written summaries and dialogues
9. Final exam
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 20% |
| Written summaries, dialogues, grammar and vocabulary exercises | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| Oral dialogues, situational skits, presentations, and/or recorded interview | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 40% |
| Quizzes and final exam | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
25 - 40% |
| Class attendance, web-based exercises, role-plays and oral class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate Spanish Grammar. Nissenberg, Gilda. McGraw Hill. 2013 (classic)
Diálogos: Hacia una comunidad global. Tacelosky, Kauffmann and Overfield, Denise. Pearson. 2010 (classic)
Instructor prepared materials
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | E | Requires English Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | U | User Generated Text |
| Advisories-generate description: | A | Auto-Generated Text |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | Y | Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 02 | Lecture |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | WLANG | World Languages |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 1 | Both Certificate and Major Applicable |
| Repeatability: | 00 | Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP |
| Repeat group id: | | |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | N | Not Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 1101 | Modern and Classical Languages |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | Foreign Languages |
| Basic Skills: | N | Not a Basic Skills Course |
| Level below transfer: | Y | Not Applicable |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Fully Online
Partially Online
Online with flexible in-person activities
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| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | Y | Not Applicable, Credit Course |
| Classification: | Y | Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1105.00 | Spanish |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an in-Service Course |
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