SPA 420 - Spanish Conversation 2
Course Description
Improve your speaking and listening skills in this low-intermediate Spanish conversation class. You will continue to build conversational strategies, improve listening comprehension, reinforce grammar skills, and build vocabulary and common expressions through activities which may include discussions, oral presentations, interviews, and role-playing.
Course Details
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to increase their Spanish communication skills by:
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Reinforcing and practicing the vocabulary and grammar already covered in previous Spanish courses, especially levels 5 and 6
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Expanding your vocabulary with the use of new common phrases, idioms and expressions through readings, class work, and assignments
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Improving fluency and comprehension through speaking drills and readings
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Using different topics related to everyday life to gain a better grasp of the Spanish language
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Developing a solid understanding of grammatical structures through contextual reading or “learning through reading”
Prerequisites
SPA 106 Spanish 6, or en equivalent level of fluency as determined by the department.
Proficiencies
Students should have good knowledge of the present tenses (present indicative and present progressive), past tenses (preterit and imperfect), the present subjunctive, the past and present perfect, the future and the conditional (chapters 1-15 in Como se Dice).
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Spanish Language and Culture Certificate - Level 2 : Core Courses
I am a native speaker of Spanish. I was born in Granada, Spain. I worked for 10 years as an English and Spanish teacher in multiple areas such as Adult Education and Tutoring for a Spanish private academy “Academia Newton” and Elementary and JH schools for the Ministry of Education of Spain. I moved to Calgary Canada in 2008 with a double degree in Spanish and English as a Second Language, participating in “The Visiting Teachers in Canada Program”, an international cooperation program supported by the Ministry of Education/Embassy of Spain, Alberta Education, and school districts across Canada. Since 2008 I have been teaching Spanish and Music in the ISAs, International Spanish Academies, and I have been a DELE examiner for Instituto Cervantes at all levels since 2012. In 2018 I received my Master’s degree in Teaching Linguistics for Spanish as a Second Language from Universidad Europea del Atlántico and FUNIBER and nowadays I am as well a PhD student. My goal as a teacher is to work tirelessly to create a challenging, nurturing environment for my students. I have my own love of learning to inspire students with passion for education and for the course material. I enjoy studying but I love spending time with my family and friends, going to the beach, singing, dancing, exercising, and watching comedies or adventure movies.