SPAN 204 Intermediate Spanish IV

In order to refine their ability to communicate at the fourth intermediate level, students apply language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes in everyday tenses and contexts. Student deepen the comparisons of Spanish-speaking cultures, practices, perspectives, and artifacts to students’ own cultures; connect the Spanish language to other relevant disciplines; and expand their use of the Spanish language outside of the classroom in a variety of contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around a theme.

 

Credits

4

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Communicate through application of language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes at fourth intermediate level
2. Integrate cultural practices, products, and perspectives in language learning
3. Make connections to other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use language to function in real-life situations
4. Explain the nature of language and culture through comparisons of the language studied and their primary language
5. Interact and communicate with appropriate groups in the target language

Course Objectives

1. Communicate through application of language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes at fourth intermediate level

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC2
   • OC4
2. Integrate cultural practices, products, and perspectives in language learning

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Oral Communication

   • OC2
3. Make connections to other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use language to function in real-life situations

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC3
4. Explain the nature of language and culture through comparisons of the language studied and their primary language

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   Oral Communication

   • OC1
   • OC4
5. Interact and communicate with appropriate groups in the target language

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC1