SPN-2040 Advanced Conversation

Credits 3
SPN 2040 focuses on advanced practice for students who wish to develop fluency and confidence speaking Spanish. Students explore a variety of cultural topics in the Spanish-speaking world and express and support their opinions on these topics. Advanced grammar structures such as subjunctive and compound tenses are practiced, both verbally and in writing. NOTE: Students who have not taken SPN-2010 and who want to enroll in SPN-2040 will need to contact the Academic Coordinator of Foreign Languages to determine eligibility for this course.
Prerequisite(s): SPN-2010 or permission from the Academic Coordinator of Foreign Languages.
Spanish courses meet for 3 class hours and 1 additional lab hour per week or equivalent.
Course Outcomes

Communicate in spoken Spanish in all tenses using expressions and vocabulary related to culture and civilization.
Read intermediate Spanish with a special focus on cultural topics in all tenses for comprehension.
Express an opinion in Spanish.
Support an opinion in Spanish.
Debate issues and cultural topics of the Spanish-speaking world.