SPAN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I

1. Sustain a conversation about themselves on selected topics of interest.
2. Ask and respond to open-ended questions.
3. Exchange feelings and ideas of self and others with some explanation.
4. Express agreement and disagreement with some explanation.
5. Read and respond to selected materials on a variety of topics.
6. Identify the main idea and demonstrate understanding of some supporting details in authentic materials.
7. Demonstrate understanding of written and spoken Spanish on a variety of topics.
8. Write compositions with some guidance on a wider variety of topics in any time frame.
9. Briefly narrate an event in the past.
10. Analyze similarities and differences between the target cultures and the student’s own culture with topics such as celebrations, health, technology, and homes.
11. Describe and discuss contributions of other cultures such as artwork, architecture, music, dance, and literature.
12. Identify examples of vocabulary borrowed from other linguistic groups through historical events such as wars and conquests, both in Spain and the Americas, and recognize how these are reflected in modern dialectical variations.
13. Empathize with Hispanics and other minorities and immigrants who have to learn a new language by understanding many of the specific difficulties non-native English learners face in learning English pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
14. Identify some of the linguistic, cultural, racial, and ethnic commonalities and differences between the more than twenty Latin American countries and Spain and challenge stereotypes by recognizing how those characteristics distinguish the various Hispanic groups abroad and living in the United States.
15. Understand the dynamics of syncretism and consider the role religion has played in the conquest of Latin America, recognizing examples of the blending of Christianity with pre-Columbian religions and religious celebrations.
16. Understand some basic historic, artistic, and cultural paradigms of Spain (the old world) versus Latin America from pre-Columbian to modern times and recognize the dynamic of mutual influence across continents and cultures.
17. Compare and contrast elements of racism, classism, sexism, and religious intolerance between Hispanic and Anglo culture and reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs.

1. Using “ser” vs “estar”
2. Past tense (preterit and imperfect aspects)
3. Present subjunctive mode
4. Present participles and present perfect tense
5. Reciprocal, impersonal and passive “se”
6. Selected literature as well as history, famous personages, culture and music of various Hispanic countries
7. Hispanic groups in the U.S and their contributions to North American art, music, literature and culture
8. The evolution of the Spanish language and historic linguistic influences from other languages
9. Primary pre-Columbian cultures such as the Aztecs, Maya, and Incas and the Spanish conquest of America