Learning Outcomes Spanish f09

1001
SPEAKING
• Use common greetings and short descriptions of themselves, family, friends, school, daily routine activities, pastimes, food.
• Reproduce learned material in talking about what they are doing today, what they did yesterday, and what they are going to do tomorrow.
• Be able to make recombinations of learned material.
• Ask questions about classmates, their facilities, daily routine activities, pastimes, food.
LISTENING
• Understand classroom instruction.
• Understand the "edited" message spoken by the instructor even though not understanding every word.
• Understand classmates' utterances when supported by situation context.
READING
• Read simple texts that describe target culture family, school setting, basic activities.
• Read newspaper and magazine announcements of events, sales, and be able to understand the message.
• Read most directions in exams and classroom activities.
WRITING
• Be able to write short paragraphs about self, family, school, basic activities. Sentences will be primarily recombinations of already learned phrases but will begin to be placed in sequential order.
• Be able to compose a paragraph with internal structure and meaning.

2001
SPEAKING
• Be able to engage in dialogue with classmates and instructor about task-oriented and social situations.
• Be able to initiate and respond to simple statements about self; family, daily routine, holidays, travel.
• Be able to initiate and respond to simple statements in the present, past and future.
• Know some colloquial expressions and use them appropriately.
LISTENING
• Be able to understand most classroom instructions.
• Be able to understand clear narrative descriptions by the instructor.
• Be able to understand the reading of a simple paragraph from a short article or story.
• Be able to listen to and answer basic questions about something that has been read.
READING
• Be able to read short, simple examples of authentic material with cognates and some definitions by the instructor on topics that are relevant and/or interesting to the students.
• Be able to read descriptive texts, chronological narrations, and dialogues.
WRITING
• Be able to write compositions guided by a reading passage.
• Be able to write narration about events that happened when they were children, yesterday, or last year.
• Be able to write a paragraph about self; family, friends, with basic chronology.


SPAN 3003 Hispanic Cultures and Civilizations:
Students will be able to:
1. Evaluate cultures of Hispanic civilizations as critical background for professional activities and international trade.
2. Identify social values, institutions, customs and historical / cultural movements characteristic of Hispanic cultures.
3. Read, write, and discuss the course content in Spanish.

SPAN 4001 Professional Spanish:
Students will be able to:
1. Utilize Spanish to conduct business successfully.
2. Exhibit greater cross-cultural awareness and competency.
3. Demonstrate the following language skills at a level appropriate for professional purposes: speaking, comprehension, reading, writing, and translation/interpretation.