SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish I [SUN# SPA 2201]

1. Demonstrate Spanish speaking skills by using comprehensible intermediate level structures, vocabulary and pronunciation.
2. Identify the main idea and some detail when listening to familiar material or authentic speech and/or answer questions and/or follow instructions in Spanish.
3. Recognize main ideas and identify some facts of a simple written text in Spanish based on familiar or authentic material.
4. Write and/or respond to questions on familiar topics to express recommendations, wishes, commands, doubt, emotions and/or possibility.
5. Demonstrate cultural awareness through speaking and/or writing regarding current events and/or salient traditions in Spanish speaking regions.

1. Speaking
   1. Ask and answer questions using subjunctive mood in the present tense
   2. Engage in simple conversations on a variety of topics
   3. Express hopes, doubts and wishes, non-existence, uncertainty
   4. Predict future occurrences using adverbial clauses
   5. Give advice and recommendations
   6. Produce and respond to commands
   7. Respond appropriately to oral and written questions posed in the classroom
   8. Produce intelligible pronunciation of Spanish words
2. Listening
   1. Identify the main idea and specific details in oral speech and authentic selections (such as: interviews, video-clips and songs)
   2. Ask for clarification when listening to oral speech
   3. Anticipate and predict information when listening to oral speech
   4. Answer questions and follow instructions in response to oral speech

1. Reading
   1. Apply reading strategies to identify the main idea, recognize cognates and false cognates, and use verb tense recognition and previous knowledge to make intelligent guesses
   2. Indicate both the main idea and specific details when reading a text based largely on familiar and/or authentic material

1. Writing Skills
   1. Apply appropriate spelling and grammar (such as present subjunctive, por vs. para, commands, impersonal constructions, past participles)
   2. Respond in writing to simple questions based on known topics
   3. Write organized short compositions on a variety of topics to express recommendations, wishes, commands, doubt, emotions and/or possibility  

1. Cultural Awareness
   1. Discuss current events in Spanish speaking regions
   2. Compare and contrast salient traditions in Spanish speaking regions to personal experience