Intermediate Spanish 1

SPANISH 051

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to reach the following objectives:

Interpretive Listening Interpretive Reading Interpersonal Speaking Presentational Speaking Presentational Writing
I can understand main points in a conversation on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of sources such as radio and TV programs when the delivery is relatively slow and clear. I can understand texts that consist mainly of everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in texts such as personal letters. I can deal with most situations likely to arise when speaking with native speakers not used to interacting with non-native speakers. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life (e.g., family hobbies, work, travel, and current events). I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe things such as personal experiences, events, dreams, and hopes. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can, for example, narrate a story or the plot of a book or film and describe my reaction. I can write simple connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. such as personal letters describing experiences and impressions.
Goals for Cultural Competence

The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to to say that I can:

  • Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;
  • Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;
  • Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;
  • Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.

Fall 2007 Textbook/Materials:

VISTAS, 2nd Edition Introducción a la lengua española
Package includes: Student Edition Hardcover book and EN LINEA Student Version eCourse
Jose Blanco and Phillip Redwine Donley
Vista Higher Learning, 2005.
ISBN: 1-59334-832-0

Students should purchase the Vistas Package directly from the publisher. Contact dulap@drake.edu for ordering information.