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SPN 210 Intermediate Spanish Conversation
Spanish Language, Liberal Arts & Environmental Sciences Program
San Jose, Costa Rica
Dates: 1/30/27 - 5/1/27
SPN 210 Intermediate Spanish Conversation
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Veritas
Location: San José, Costa Rica
Primary Subject Area: Spanish Language & Literature
Instruction in: Spanish
Course Code: SPN 210
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 60
Prerequisites: Place in Advanced I or pass SPN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
DESCRIPTION
This course is aimed at students of an Intermediate 2 level of Spanish who have an interest in exercising their communicative skills. Likewise, although the four skills will be taken into account, the aim is to develop oral skills, with emphasis on pronunciation and listening. Grammatical aspects studied previously will be revisited, which will be practiced in real and everyday contexts. Students are expected to research, analyze and converse on various topics.
This course answers the question How to consolidate communication skills (linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic) in an Intermediate 2 level student, in accordance with the Common European Framework?
To answer this question the following topics will be studied:
-Vocabulary to describe people, places and weather
-Expressions and vocabulary of diseases and ailments
-Vocabulary to talk about national and international travel
-The four past tenses and useful expressions for telling stories, tales and movies, series, anecdotes
-Explanation of cultural elements of the student's country and research on Latin American cultural aspects
-The Subjunctive as a tool to explain, demonstrate and express an opinion
-Cooking vocabulary
-Vocabulary of traffic and directions
-Idioms and connectors
-Contexts and images to comment on controversial issues
-Phraseology of Spanish, proverbs
The following skills will be promoted throughout the course:
-Ability to express oneself safely in Spanish.
-Ability to communicate effectively, eliminating speech vices.
-Ability to interact with Spanish speakers taking into account important sociocultural and socio-linguistic elements.
Prior to Fall 2020, this was a 5 credits/80 contact hours course.
This course answers the question How to consolidate communication skills (linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic) in an Intermediate 2 level student, in accordance with the Common European Framework?
To answer this question the following topics will be studied:
-Vocabulary to describe people, places and weather
-Expressions and vocabulary of diseases and ailments
-Vocabulary to talk about national and international travel
-The four past tenses and useful expressions for telling stories, tales and movies, series, anecdotes
-Explanation of cultural elements of the student's country and research on Latin American cultural aspects
-The Subjunctive as a tool to explain, demonstrate and express an opinion
-Cooking vocabulary
-Vocabulary of traffic and directions
-Idioms and connectors
-Contexts and images to comment on controversial issues
-Phraseology of Spanish, proverbs
The following skills will be promoted throughout the course:
-Ability to express oneself safely in Spanish.
-Ability to communicate effectively, eliminating speech vices.
-Ability to interact with Spanish speakers taking into account important sociocultural and socio-linguistic elements.
Prior to Fall 2020, this was a 5 credits/80 contact hours course.