In the spring of 2003, the Spanish program adopted a new set of guidelines to help coordinate proficiency-oriented instruction. To that end, the chart below indicates the minimum oral tasks that students should be able to accomplish upon completion of Spanish 101, 102 and 201 at IUP.
At the end of the given course the student will be able to . . .
Topic Context | SPAN 101 | SPAN 102* | SPAN 201 |
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1. SELF | Give autobiographical information (state name, origin, nationality, age, address, phone number) | Describe daily routines during a typical day | Describe academic majors, courses, career plans |
2. OTHERS | Describe self and identify others, including family members, friends, roommates, classmates (physical description, personality) | Describe the way people and things are and used to be | Give an extended description of self and others in the present, past, and future time frames |
3. ACTIVITIES | List daily activities and tell about likes and dislikes | List past activities of self and others | Narrate and describe events in the present, past and future |
4. NUMBERS | Count from 0 to 100 and use numbers in giving information about self and others (e.g., age, address, phone numbers) | Count from 100-? and use numbers in describing people and things (e.g., giving the date, naming prices) | Use large numbers in situational contexts (e.g., making purchases, exchanging money) |
5. ELICITING INFORMATION | Obtain biographical information about others by asking questions about name, age, origin, etc. | Obtain information about present and past activities and routines of others | Participate in conversations by asking questions to negotiate meaning and elicit additional information |
6. SURVIVAL SITUATIONS | Respond to typical survival situations with words/short phrases (e.g., ordering food from a menu) | Successfully participate in simple survival situations without complications (e.g., buying a bus ticket, getting a hotel room) | Successfully participate in survival situations with complications (e.g., reporting lost luggage, sending food back in a restaurant) |
*Fulfill the objectives from SPAN 101 plus the following.
Fulfill the objectives from SPAN 102 plus the following.