SPAN 1102 - Beginning Spanish Language and Culture II

1. Carry on a short conversation about personal interests including things they did, are doing and plan to do.
2. Ask and answer a variety of questions giving reasons for the answers.
3. Exchange personal preferences and feelings.
4. Express agreement and disagreement.
5. Read and respond to level-appropriate written materials on a broader range of familiar topics.
6. Identify the main idea and demonstrate understanding of key words and phrases from selected authentic materials.
7. Demonstrate understanding of spoken and written language that incorporates familiar vocabulary and structures.
8. Write guided compositions on familiar topics in present and past time frames.
9. Examine the similarities and differences between the target cultures and the student’s own culture with topics such as holidays, food, travel, and shopping.
10. Identify and describe contributions from the target cultures such as artwork, architecture, music, dance, and literature.
11. Empathize with the difficulties Hispanics and other minorities and immigrants face in learning a second language.
12. Identify cultural distinctions and linguistic variations between the more than twenty Latin American countries in addition to Spain and challenge stereotypes that attempt to define Hispanic as a single homogenous culture.
13. Identify examples of vocabulary borrowed into Spanish from other languages, particularly from conquering groups (such as Arabic from the Moors) and from the languages of pre-Columbian indigenous peoples that were conquered by the Spaniards.
14. Label Spanish-speaking countries on a map and identify some important pre-Columbian civilizations and their respective spheres of power and influence.
15. Consider the role religion and the Church have played in the conquest of Latin America and recognize evidence of cultural and religious syncretism in modern culture and celebrations.
16. Consider the cultural and linguistic influence of countries such as the United States, France, and Spain on Latin America as well as dominant countries within Latin America.
17. Reflect on indigenous rights, social unrest, discrimination, and gender issues in Latin American society.

1. Formal commands
2. Expression “to know” with “saber” vs “conocer”
3. Personal “a”
4. Expressing negation
5. Direct and indirect object pronouns used separately and together
6. Expressions with “gustar” and similar verbs
7. Preterit and imperfect aspects of indicative past tense conjugation and usage
8. Impersonal and reciprocal uses of “se”
9. Superlatives and relative pronouns
10. Vocabulary relating to foods, travel, holidays, and health
11. Basic geography of the Spanish-speaking world, including pre-Columbian civilizations
12. Cultural vignettes through readings, class discussions, videos and multimedia presentations