INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II

ROSP 20202 is an intermediate, fourth semester Spanish course. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing will be taught in cultural contexts.

Listening

Students will be able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in school and leisure and understand the main points of selected clips from a variety of media (e.g. radio, film, and TV programs) on topics of personal interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.

Writing

Students will be able to write a variety of texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest with increasing attention to accuracy and coherence. They will be able to describe experiences, express hopes and ambitions, and state and support basic arguments and opinions. They will begin to combine and link sentences into connected, paragraph-length discourse.

Reading

Students will be able to read and understand the main points of texts from a variety of sources (articles, reports, literary excerpts, advertisements, song lyrics, etc.) that deal with familiar subjects and cultural topics. They will begin to understand longer literary excerpts from authentic texts of different genres.

Speaking

Students will be able to converse on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life. They will be able to connect phrases and sentences in order to describe experiences and to express hopes and ambitions. They will be able to give reasons and explanations for their opinions and plans. They will be able to narrate a story in the present, past, and future.

Cultural Awareness

Students will have gained good insights into many aspects of values, patterns, and institutions of the target language culture(s). They will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the impact of historical events, how cultures change over time, how they are transmitted, and how they influence each other. They will be able to recognize the depth and complexity of cultural differences.

Reflectivity

Students will be able to reflect, in English and, progressively, in the target language, on their progress and language-learning goals and objectives. They will understand the correlation between their personal learning style and the development of successful learning strategies. They will be able to document progress and articulate goals.