Students will also expand basic vocabulary while improving their ability to perform a range of tasks in Spanish such as, extending invitations, describing people, describing daily routine, asking for directions, buying food and preparing authentic dishes. Students will continue to expand appreciation for Spanish cultures and understanding of themselves as learners of the Spanish language. This course seeks to maintain proficiency in areas previously studied in Spanish 101 and 102, while building the student s ability to create with language. Spanish 201 is designed to give students the basic language they would need to travel independently in a Spanish speaking country. Students learn to buy tickets, arrange for transportation, check into hotels, make purchases, ask for directions, order in restaurants, and change money.
Students also learn to narrate their experiences using the simple preterit.
As part of this course students research a Spanish speaking country and create a trip itinerary for the class. Spanish Spanish 202 is an introduction to intermediate level language material. Whereas the novice level of language learning is characterized by word level speech and memorized material, the intermediate level is characterized by students creating with language and speaking in sentence level narration. In this course, students will take stories from their own lives and learn how to tell them in Spanish. This is accomplished primarily through a structured writing process approach.