202 Course Content:

Required text: Sueña. Blanco & Tocaimaza-Hatch. Boston: Vistas Higher Learning, 2007.

Students will read at least 6 literary or cultural selections, from the textbook and/or course reserves. Students will also view several short films. Students will learn vocabulary and grammatical structures needed to be able to discuss the following topics:

• Personal relationships: emotions & feelings, personalities, relationships
• City Life: activities, directions, people, places
• The Media: film and television, media, press
• Generations: stages of life, family members, family life
• Natural Resources: animals, nature, conservation
• Beliefs: people, laws, rights, politics, safety and threats

 202 Course Objectives:

• Carry on a conversation (3-10 minutes) about familiar topics from Spanish 101-202
• Understand brief conversations (5-10 minutes), with some repetition, about familiar topics from Spanish 101-202
• Read texts (1-3 pages) about familiar topics from Spanish 101-202
• Read short literary selections (1-5 pages) about unfamiliar topics, with some guidance and the help of a dictionary
• Write brief compositions (1-2 pages) about familiar topics from Spanish 101-202, with the help of a dictionary

202 Course Expectations:

In order to meet these goals, students must:

• Read a variety of literary selections
• Write (and re-write) several essays
• Recognize all and master most of the vocabulary in chapters 1-6 of Sueña
• Understand and recognize all the grammatical concepts from chapters 1-6
• Master usage and production of most grammatical concepts presented in the Estructuras section of Sueña (all are review from 101-201)