ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Course Outline
Course:
SPA120, Spanish for the Workplace
Credit Hours:
3
Placement:
Fall/Spring, 16 week
Course Description:
This course offers applied Spanish for the workplace to facilitate basic communication
with people whose native language is Spanish. Emphasis is placed on oral communication and career-specific
vocabulary that targets health, business, and/or public service professions. Upon completion, students should be
able to communicate at a functional level with native speakers and demonstrate cultural sensitivity.
Prerequisites:
None
Corequisites:
None
Required Text(s)
None; Textbooks and materials vary by workplace needs each semester.
Spanish/English dictionary is suggested. The following websites are regularly
used in class: www.commandspanish.com; www.workplacespanish.com
Prepared by:
Gigi Derballa
Revision Date: __Feb. 2015
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___________________________________________________ Chairperson
___________________________________________________ Dean
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Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion student is expected to have:
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Demonstrated the ability to communicate at a functional level with native speakers
Identified the Spanish sound system and alphabet and compared it to the English sound system
Formulated “yes/no” questions in Spanish relevant to their specific profession
Interpreted basic communication in the specific profession at a functional level in Spanish
Demonstrated cultural sensitivity.
Summarized Spanish salutations, farewells, numbers, days of week, months of year, time of day
Identified countries and capitals of the Spanish-speaking world
General Education Core Competencies
Upon successful completion of the general education requirements, the student will show achievement in
each of the following competencies (please bold and underline Competency if relevant to this course):
1. Students will communicate verbally in a clear and appropriate manner with their audience.
2. Students will appraise meaning contained in significant humanistic and artistic expressions.
3. Students will critically analyze information from the social and historical perspectives to
determine their place in society.
4. Students will present evidence-based solutions to problems by applying mathematical or
scientific methodologies.
Assessment Methods (examples)
1. Participation
2. Homework—cultural news
3. Dialog/role play with instructor
4. Midterm exam written/oral
5. Final exam written/oral
Content Outline (example)
1. Module 1: Greetings, farewells, Spanish alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months of the year,
time of day (meets all 7 learning outcomes)
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Module 1 objective 1:
Module 1 objective 2:
Module 1 objective 3:
Module 1 objective 4:
to meet and greet one another
to relate the Spanish alphabet
to exchange phone numbers, e-mail addresses, birthdays
to tell the time of day, day of the week, date, birthday
2. Module 2: Family, Countries and capitals, place of origin (meets all 7 learning outcomes)
3. Module 2 objective 1: to state where you are from and learn the origins of others
a) Module 2 objective 2: to identify Spanish-speaking countries on a map of the world
b) Module 2 objective 3: to identify Spanish-speaking capitals on a map of the world
c) Module 2 objective 4: to tell about your family
3. Module 3: Parts of the body, transportation, workplace vocabulary presented through “question
words” (meets all 7 learning outcomes)
a) Module 3 objective 1: to describe parts of the body in Spanish
b) Module 3 objective 2: to describe various modes of transportation in Spanish
c) Module 3 objective 3: to reproduce the “question” words—interrogatives in Spanish in
questions relevant to their profession
d) Module 3 objective 4: to paraphrase workplace vocabulary at a functional level