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Dec 03, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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SPA 131 - Conversational Spanish I Description: Fundamentals of speaking and listening skills in Spanish. Introduction to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world.
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Course Content:
- Formulaic expressions (e.g., Of course!)
- Courtesy expressions (e.g., Nice to meet you, thank you)
- Basic needs expressions (e.g., I have to work, I need a pencil)
- Question formation and interrogative words
- Biographical information (e.g., name, age, origin, profession, phone number, address)
- Using numbers, the alphabet and telling time
- Expressing likes and dislikes
- Descriptions of objects, places, people and activities
- Descriptions of future actions
- Components of the Spanish-speaking culture
Learning Outcomes:
- Use and respond to formulaic expressions such as ¿Of course!¿ and courtesy expressions. (1,2)
- Formulate questions to satisfy basic needs, such as in vacation situations. (3,4)
- Express basic needs, including the use of necesitar and tener que verb constructions. (3)
- Formulate and respond to questions regarding basic biographical information. (4-6)
- Express the time of day and at what time specific events are set to occur. (6)
- Express basic likes and dislikes. (7)
- Use common expressions and learned vocabulary to describe objects, places, people and activities in specific high frequency contexts, such as when talking about school and familial situations. (8)
- Describe actions that will take place in the future using periphrastic future constructs, ir a + infinitive. (8, 9)
- Comprehend aurally content from learning outcomes 1-8 when expressed by classroom partners and native speakers who use somewhat slow and deliberate speech and careful articulation. (1-9)
- Identify components of the Spanish-speaking culture: physical (e.g. personal space, customs), non-verbal (e.g., gestures), geographical (e.g., maps), and the arts (e.g., music, arts). (10)
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