Course Content Summary
Course Prefix and Number -- Course Title
SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish I (3 cr.)
VCCS Course Description
Continues development of skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing of Spanish.
Class conducted in Spanish. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Part I of II.
General Course Purpose
This course is specifically intended for those students who have one year’s previous experience
(or equivalent) with the Spanish language. It is the third course of four, which lead to fulfillment
of the general education requirement for a major in Liberal Arts. In addition to acquiring skills in
using Spanish, students will gain knowledge about how the Spanish language, and by
comparison, the English language, are structured.
Course Prerequisite
SPA 102 or minimum placement recommendation for SPA 201
Course Outcomes
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Listening
Able to sustain understanding over longer stretches of connected discourse, on a number
of topics pertaining to different times and places.
Speaking
Able to handle most uncomplicated tasks and social situations. Beginning ability to speak
in connected discourse in present, past or future tenses.
Reading
Able to read consistently with full understanding of simple connected texts dealing with
basic personal and social needs about which the reader has personal interest and/or
knowledge. Able to get main ideas and information from texts featuring description and
narration.
Writing
Able to meet many practical writing needs. Able to take notes on familiar topics and
respond in writing to personal questions. Able to write letters, synopses and summaries.
Able to express time and tense.
Departmental Approval: Spring 2014
Major Topics to be Included
The student will continue to learn the structure of the Italian language in a prescribed sequence
beginning with the simplest structures and writing toward the more complex. Topics and
situations to be covered are determined largely by the textbooks chosen.
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Everyday situations
Family life
Student life
Cross cultural comparisons
Use of leisure time
Social issues
Political events
Optional Topics
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Print and Web news articles
Literary texts
Films
Departmental Approval: Spring 2014