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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
SPAN 3 | Title:
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH-1 |
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Full Title:
Intermediate Spanish-Part One |
Last Reviewed:11/25/2019 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 4.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 70.00 |
Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 87.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 140.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 227.50 | |
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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Speaking, reading and writing in Spanish with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge, bridging from first-year linguistic and cultural content.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of SPAN 2 OR Course Completion of SPAN 2S
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Speaking, reading and writing in Spanish with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge, bridging from first-year linguistic and cultural content.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of SPAN 2 OR Course Completion of SPAN 2S
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
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Area: | E
| Humanities
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| C2 | Humanities | Fall 1990 | |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| 3B | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
| 6A | Language Other Than English | | |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
CID Descriptor: SPAN 200 | Intermediate Spanish I | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): SPAN3 |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Compose a 1-2 page Spanish essay on general interest or a societal topic.
2. Hold a conversation and speak extemporaneously on a wide range of personal topics with few errors of grammar.
3. Comprehend Spanish spoken naturally on a wide range of common topics.
4. Comprehend, analyze, discuss and answer questions orally and in writing about the main ideas and details in short fiction and non-fiction.
5. Produce most regular and irregular verb conjugations, subject, and object pronouns, present, past, future and conditional verbs.
6. Produce the subjunctive, both present and imperfect, as well as "si" clauses in their most common uses.
7. Produce most everyday Spanish vocabulary, most common idioms and some theme-specific vocabulary (classroom jargon, for example).
8. Correctly pronounce both familiar and unfamiliar Spanish words.
Topics and Scope
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A. Introduction to ancillary materials such as accessing website and other digital resources
B. Vocabulary, idioms, sentence structure, and other linguistic elements of Spanish relating to various topics, including:
1. Nature, the environment, recycling and conservation
2. City life, chores, money and banking and post office
3. Health and well being, exercise and nutrition professions and occupations, the workplace, and job interviews
4. Spanish-language media
5. Current events
C. Spanish grammar
1. The subjunctive: verbs of emotion and doubt, with conjunctions, in clauses
2. "Nosotros" commands
3. Past participles used as adjectives
4. Present, past, future and conditional perfect
5. The present perfect, past perfect, and past subjunctive
6. "Si" clauses
D. Interpreting literary passages, in original Spanish, by great writers such as Cervantes, Denevi, and Paz
Assignments:
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1. Lesson(s) from the textbook (averaging 15 pages per week)
2. Memorization of vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 75 words per week)
3. Exercises in textbook and workbook (averaging 20-30 exercises per week)
4. Web-based assignments, including exercises connected to the textbook's website or other digital resources (averaging 1 hour per week)
5. Weekly or bi-weekly quizzes and chapter exams
6. Compositions of 200-400 words (3-5 per semster)
7. Oral participation, group activities and projects
8. Oral debates on contemporary issues
9. Dictation and translation
10. Research on cultural and literary topics
11. Viewing and extracting information from cultural videos or Spanish-language films
12. Reading and gathering information from Spanish-language newspapers, magazines,books, and Spanish-language websites or other digital resources
13. 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 20 - 30% |
Textbook homework, compositions | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 20% |
Group activities, projects, debate, research, video and reading assignments | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30% |
Group activities, projects, debate | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 30 - 40% |
Quizzes, tests, final exam: multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion, essay | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 10% |
Web-based assignments | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Vistas, Blanco, Donley, 3rd ed., Vista Higher Learning, 2008.
Instructor prepared materials
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