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FLS 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
Spring 2011 Syllabi: MWF | MW | TH | DE
Summer 2011 Syllabi: MTWHF | DE
Fall 2011 Syllabi: MWF | MW | TH | DE
Spring 2012 Syllabi: MWF | MW | TH | DE
Summer 2012 Syllabi: MTWHF
Fall 2012 Syllabi: MWF | TH | DE
Textbook: Plazas, student textbook, 3rd edition + Quia (Find complete information here)
Catalog description: Listening and speaking; development of a balanced foundation in all Spanish language skills. Idiomatic, everyday Spanish and cultural awareness. Class practice, laboratory and written homework.
Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, successful students will be able to do the following in writing and orally with sufficient accuracy to be understood by a native speaker who is accustomed to dealing with foreigners:
- Communicate about personal relationships and marriage Indicate things that people do for one another
- Share information about events that have taken place
- Express frequency of actions and state how they are done
- Communicate about occupations, professions, the world of work, and the search for employment
- Share information about personal finances
- Make recommendations and attempt to exert influence on others
- Communicate about urban and rural life
- Express emotional reactions and opinions
- Share information about conservation and exploitation of natural resources
- Express doubt and uncertainty
- Communicate about television programs and cinema
- Distinguish between habitual actions, completed actions, and anticipated actions
- Share information about the arts and artists
- Express unplanned and accidental occurrences
- Share information about forms of government, politics, political issues and the media
- Communicate about future events
- Express probability and conjecture about present and past events, conditions and situations
- Share information about computers and other electronic devices
- Communicate about emotions, influence, doubt and denial in the past
- Express hypothetical situations
