SPAN2310

Meets MN Transfer Goal Area 8 - Global Perspectives. This is the third course in a four-semester sequence that, upon completion of the sequence, meets the Spanish requirements for the Spanish (Minnesota State Transfer Pathway) AA degree. The third semester in the study of the Spanish language further develops grammar, conversation, reading, composition, and listening skills. The students' listening skills will be refined in the third semester by listening to songs, watching movies, and having conversations. Students will learn to listen for general information and details. They will also develop the ability to listen for specific information. This course will stress the correct application of grammar through reading, speaking, and writing. The writing skills of students in this course will expand from being able to write paragraphs with supporting details to being able to write short essays. Original literary works will be read by students in order to develop more advanced vocabulary. These literary pieces will also be analyzed by students in a written and oral format. The people, culture, history, politics, and arts of the different Spanish-speaking countries will be covered extensively through upper-level readings, videos, and research projects.Student Learning Outcomes

• Sustain a conversation about themselves on selected topics of interest.
• Ask and respond to open-ended questions.
• Exchange feelings and ideas of self and others with some explanation.
• Express agreement and disagreement with some explanation.
• Read and respond to selected materials on a variety of topics.
• Identify the main idea and demonstrate understanding of some supporting details in authentic materials.
• Demonstrate understanding of written and spoken Spanish on a variety of topics.
• Write compositions with some guidance on a wider variety of topics in any time frame.
• Briefly narrate an event in the past.
• Analyze similarities and differences between the target cultures and the student's own culture with
  topics such as celebrations, health, technology, and homes.
• Describe and discuss contributions of other cultures such as artwork, architecture, music, dance and literature.
• Comprehend and interpret the ramifications of the Spanish Colonization in Latin American.
• Compile historical reasons for the differences between the Spanish-speaking countries.