SPAN C185B: Elementary Spanish 2B
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Top Code | 110500 - Spanish |
| Units | 2.5 Total Units |
| Hours | 45 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 45) |
| Total Outside of Class Hours | 0 |
| Course Credit Status | Credit: Degree Applicable (D) |
| Material Fee | No |
| Basic Skills | Not Basic Skills (N) |
| Repeatable | No |
| Grading Policy | Standard Letter (S),
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| Local General Education (GE) |
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| Global Society Requirement (CGLB) | Yes |
| California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) |
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| Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) |
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| California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth) |
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Course Description
This course is a continuation of SPAN C185A and is designed to further the student's ability to comprehend and converse in daily spoken Spanish at the second-semester level. Reading and writing skills are expanded. Introduction to various cultural and philosophical aspects of the Spanish-speaking world will continue with authentic reading materials and selected literary works. SPAN C185B is equal to the second half of SPAN C185. SPAN C185A and C185B are equivalent to SPAN C185. PREREQUISITE: SPAN C185A or equivalent competency. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC: Credit Limitation: SPAN C185A and SPAN C185B are equivalent to SPAN C185. C-ID: SPAN 110.C-ID: SPAN 110.
Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)
- Given oral or written input by a native or near-native speaker of Spanish, demonstrate oral/aural or written competency at the advanced elementary level by communicating in comprehensible language to a (native/near-native) speaker on topics related to self, immediate environment, courtesy requirements and personal needs, past experiences, and future plans.
- Demonstrate an emerging awareness of significant differences in culture-specific behaviors between the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the United States by identifying the culture in which the variant is practiced (personal space, non-verbal behavior, treatment of opposite sex, treatment of elders, etc.)
Course Objectives
- 1. Conjugate regular, irregular, reflexive, and stem-changing verbs in the present tense, present and imperfect progressive, preterite, imperfect tenses, informal future.
- 2. Produce and understand vocabulary at the intermediate elementary level.
- 3. Demonstrate understanding of conocer vs. saber, ser vs. estar, por vs. para and preterite vs. imperfect.
- 4. Build increasing competency in managing direct and indirect object pronouns in writing and speaking.
Lecture Content
Vocabulary Family, relatives, childhood/youth Our planet (geography and climate, the environment) geography and climate the environment Travel asking directions travel plans Verbs Preterite, regular and irregular Imperfect, regular and irregular Present and imperfect progressive tenses Introduction to perfect tenses (not to mastery level) Pronouns Indirect and direct object Objects of prepositions Unplanned occurrences with “se” Reflexive Adjectives Gender and number agreement Possessive Demonstrative Ordinal Miscellaneous Negation Time expressions with hacer Comparisons Exclamations Diminutives Contrast conocer and saber ser and estar por and para preterite and imperfect
Method(s) of Instruction
- Lecture (02)
- DE Online Lecture (02X)
- Video one-way (ITV, video) (63)
Instructional Techniques
A variety of activities, (including lecture employing current technology and/or handouts, video and/or audio presentations, pair and group work) will be employed. Intensive and extensive listening and reading in the target language is directed toward raising learners awareness of the lexical nature of language. Activities will be structured to enable the learners to comprehend lexical phrases as unanalyzed "chunks" and to use whole phrases without necessarily having to analyze their constituent parts.
Reading Assignments
Reading assignments from text and workbook regarding various Spanish-speaking countries, their customs, similarities and differences from each other and linguistic differences.
Writing Assignments
Write an essay on a Spanish-speaking country including information on agriculture, geography, population, ethnic groups, history, local celebrations, celebrities, native species, languages spoken and wars/conflicts.
Out-of-class Assignments
Choose a Spanish-speaking country to research with the end of writing an essay on all aspects of its geography, culture and history.
Demonstration of Critical Thinking
Activities which require learners to become more active and questioning critical thinkers such as group work, project-based work and presentations which involve comparing and contrasting; classifying; evaluating; cause and effect; ranking; identifying right from wrong and facts from opinion; and summarizing will be employed.
Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration
Oral presentations in pairs or small group Aural workbook/text assignments with CD or other audio Project-based work
Eligible Disciplines
Foreign languages: Masters degree in the language being taught OR bachelors degree in the language being taught AND masters degree in another language or linguistics OR the equivalent. Masters degree required.
Textbooks Resources
1. Required Andrade, Magdalena, et al. Tu Mundo, español sin fronteras, 1ST ed. McGraw-Hill, 2014 Rationale: - Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text 2. Required Van Patten, Bill. Destinos, Alt Ed (w/7 Audio CDs), 2ND ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002 Rationale: Textbook and Workbook/Lab Manual used in telecourses serving special categories of students where internet and/or onsite classes are not available. Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text 3. Required Van Patten, Bill. Destinos Workbook/Study Guide Vol. 1, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002 Rationale: Textbook and Workbook/Lab Manual used in telecourses serving special categories of students where internet and/or onsite classes are not available. Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text 4. Required Blanco, J. Portales 2.0, 2023 ed. Vista Higher Learning, 2023
Other Resources
1. Coastline Library