General Information

• Name: Conversational Spanish II
• Discipline: Spanish (SPAN)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Communications and Fine Arts

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: SPAN 101 or consent of instructor

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Offers a second semester of Conversational Spanish designed to continue and improve the skills learned in the first semester.

Note: Non-transferable for an NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.

II: Course Objectives

SPAN 102B, the second semester of a four-semester sequence, is designed to help students acquire beginning communication skills within a culturally significant context. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Communicate orally using basic Spanish to ask and answer questions using high-frequency vocabulary, the use of cognates and basic grammar
• Understand some Spanish spoken slower than normal pace and develop skills and coping strategies for filling in the gaps.
• Gain cultural knowledge and awareness about the areas of the world in which Spanish is spoken.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

• College-level skills in reading, writing and oral communication

• Have problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Understand the importance of cultural traditions and diversity, and ethics in the modern world