FLS 242 - Intermediate Spanish II
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
4 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 60
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course reviews the basic elements of the Spanish language. There is intensive practice in oral and listening comprehension by using different resources in structural manner. Authentic Spanish language texts, films, and videos serve as the basis for the functional study of grammar and the acquisition of a broader vocabulary. Cultural topics are presented throughout the term. This class will help the student to be prepared for a diverse work force as well.
Prerequisites: FLS 241 - Intermediate Spanish I or 3 years of high school Spanish or its equivalent.
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
1. Express correctly ideas both written and oral communication in Spanish.
2. Use appropriate reading techniques to explore authentic material in the target language Spanish.
3. Apply the new vocabulary in both written and oral communication in Spanish.
4. Demonstrate a growing awareness of the influence of traditions and culture on a Hispanic population.
Objectives:
Chapter 6: El valor de las ideas
Creencias e ideologías
Cortometraje: Hiyab
Imagina: Chile
Galería de Creadores: Isabel Allende, Miguel Littin, Matta, Parra
Flash Cultura: Puerto Rico: ¿nación o estado?
Estructuras: The subjunctive in adverbial clauses, The past subjunctive, Comparatives and Superlative, Adverbs, Diminutives and augmentatives.
Cultura: Chile: dictadura y democracia
Cultura en pantalla: Chile y la Operación Cóndor
Literatura: Pájaros prohibidos (Eduardo Galeano, Uruguay cuento)
Chapter 7: Perspectivas laborales
El trabajo y las finanzas
Cortometraje: Recursos Humanos
Imagina: Bolivia y Paraguay
Galería de Creadores: Josefina Pla, Arturo Reque, Roa, Graciela R.
Flash Cultura: El mundo del trabajo
Estructuras: The present perfect, the present perfect subjunctive, Uses of se, Past participles,used as adjective, Time Expression with hacer.
Cultura: Recursos naturales: una salida al mundo
Cultura en pantalla: Indígenas bolivianos y el negocio de los hidrocarburos
Literatura: La mirada (Juan Madrid, España cuento)
Chapter 8: Ciencia y tecnología
La tecnología y la ciencia
Cortometraje: El clon
Imagina: Perú
Galería de creadores: Tania Libertad, Los Hermanos Santa Cruz, etc.
Flash Cultura: Inventos argentinos
Estructura: The past perfect, The past perfect subjunctive, Uses of the infinitive, Prepositions: a, hacia, and con, Prepositions: de, desde, en, entre, hasta and sin.
Cultura: La ciudad redescubierta
Flash Cultura: Machu Pichu
Literatura: La Intrusa (Pedro Orgambide, Argentina cuento)
Chapter 9: Escapar y divertirse
Las diversiones
Cortometraje: No me ama
Imagina: Argentina y Uruguay
Galeria de creadores: Bocca, Borges, Sosa, Rossi
Flash Cultura: Lo mejor de Argentina
Estructura: The future perfect, The condicional perfect, Si clauses and Transitional expressions.
Cultura: Fin de semana en Buenos Aires
Cultura en pantalla: Cruzar 9 de julio
Literatura: Malturian (Pablo de Santis, Argentina cuento)
Chapter 10: Herencia y destino
Nuestro futuro
Cortometraje: La boda
Imagina: España
Galeria de creadores: Ferran, Calatrava, Coixet, Matute
Flash Cultura: Machu Pichu: encanto y misterio
Estructura: The passive voice, the negative and affirm expressions, and Summary of the indicative and subjunctive.
Cultura: España nueva ola de inmigrantes
Cultura en pantalla: Lavapiés: un barrio de inmigrantes…
Literatura: Algo muy grave va a . . . (Márquez, Colombia cuento)
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