Key Learning Outcomes:

• Describe people, places and things using present and past tenses.

• Understand the main idea in short, simple messages and presentations on a variety of topics related to everyday life and personal interests and studies.

• Participate in short conversations on a number of familiar topics.

• Handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions.

• Write about familiar topics using simple sentences.

• Understand the main ideas of simple texts related to everyday life and personal interests or studies.

• Increase your knowledge about the products, practices and perspectives of other cultures.

• Examine your own perspectives as similar or different from the perspectives of people from other cultures.

• Recognize cultural differences in social situations.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Apply and refine competencies developed in previous Spanish classes including basic structures and vocabulary of the language to expand individual knowledge of the language and become more proficient in listening, reading, speaking, and writing.

• Study the cultures of Spanish-speaking people. As we study the cultures (including literature and film) of Spanish speakers, we will broaden our global perspectives and increase our capacity to communicate on many levels.

• Develop individualized styles of language learning. Since SPAN 203 uses a “flipped” classroom model, more of the responsibility for learning and reviewing the material is placed on the learner.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Learn basic medical terminology in Spanish

• Improve cultural awareness

• Improve language fluency through class discussion and group work

• Utilize higher-order thinking and Spanish writing skills through a variety of assignments, including reading exercises, homework assignments, compositions and class presentations.