Sheridan Course Outlines

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Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2023
Prerequisites: LANG70042
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Spanish
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Version: 20230109_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Access to course materials and assignments will be available on Sheridan?s Learning and Teaching Environment (SLATE). Students will need reliable access to a computer and the Internet.

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Students explore advanced communication skills including grammar, syntax, pronunciation and vocabulary in realistic and authentic situations. Through dialogue, role plays, language games, aural activities (dictations, videos, music), laboratory exercises (pronunciation, listening, comprehension) and individual oral presentations, students learn different verb tenses and commonly used expressions to participate in everyday conversations about job searching, travel and lodging.

Program Context

Spanish	Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Students continue to improve oral and written skills learned in Spanish Conversation 3. They develop self-confidence by communicating more effectively and working in pairs, small groups and other activities that promote oral practice. Homework assignments will enable students to better assimilate the material covered in class and progress more quickly.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

	Critical Performance:
	By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to communicate in Spanish with clarity and effectively using new vocabulary and advanced verb tenses including Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future, Conditional, Subjunctive Mood, Imperative Mood: formal and informal, and other grammar structures.

Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

Learn more about Spanish culture, history, geography and economics of the Spanish speaking world.
Become familiar with new vocabulary, anglicisms and cognates, and more advanced idiomatic expressions.
Identify the proper use of advanced verb tenses, along with the Subjunctive and Imperative moods (formal and informal).
Create paragraphs and participate in conversations about job searching, travel and lodging using the fundamentals of grammar.
Discuss reading from different Hispanic authors.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS

	Oral reviews, class activities	30.0%
	Written homework	30.0%
	Exams (Mid-Term & Final @ 20% each)	40.0%
	Total	100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:

Students should spend a minimum of three hours per week on independent study to further cement the acquisition of Spanish lessons.

The instructor will keep students informed of their progress with a midterm report. The final marks are posted on Access Sheridan after the course has ended.

If you must miss a class, please advise your instructor in advance if possible. Your instructor will be pleased to give you the outline for the day in question as well as any handouts. Your work at home will allow you to keep up to the rest of the class.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar

Not Eligible for PLAR

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s):

	Type	Description
Required	Textbook	Hola, amigos!, Jarvis, Lebredo, Mena-Ayllón, Rowinsky-Geurts, Steward, Nelson Education, Ltd., 4th, ISBN 9780176871802, 2019

Applicable student group(s): Continuing Education Students
Course Details:

Lesson 10: Buscando trabajo (Job searching)

Presentation of course outline and evaluation plan.

Vocabulary related to lesson 10.

Past participles.

Present perfect tense.

Past perfect (pluperfect) tense.

Introduction to the Subjunctive mood: regular and irregular verbs.

Subjunctive with verbs of volition.

Subjunctive with verbs of emotion.

Open an account and cash checks at the bank.

Describe people and things.

Refer to actions, states and events that have been completed in the past.

Review: Students participate in conversations (pair work & small groups), and in a variety of interactive activities based on vocabulary, grammar structures and topics studied in Lesson 10. Read and answer questions about dialogues, and resolve situations of real life based on those dialogues.

Lesson 11: ¡Buen viaje! (Have a good trip!)

Vocabulary related to lesson 11.

Subjunctive to express doubt, denial and disbelief.

MID-TERM EXAM

Some uses of the prepositions “a”, “de” and “en”.

Formal commands (Imperative mood): Ud. and Uds.

First-person plural commands: nosotros

Handle routine travel arrangements.

Discuss tour features and prices.

Request information regarding stopovers, plane changes, gate numbers and seating.

Express wants, needs, feelings and reactions.

Tell others what to do using formal commands.

Review: Students participate in conversations (pair work & small groups) and in a variety of interactive activities based on vocabulary, grammar structures and topics studied in Lesson 11. Read and answer questions about dialogues and resolve situations of real life based on those dialogues.

Lesson 12: ¿Dónde nos hospedamos? (Where do we stay?)

Vocabulary related to lesson 12.

Subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence.

Familiar or informal commands (Imperative mood): tú.

Verbs and prepositions.

Ordinal numbers.

Future tense.

Conditional tense.

Register at a boarding house, discuss room prices, accommodations and service.

Tell others what to do using informal commands.

Identify the use of verbs followed by a preposition.

Express future and hypothetical events.

Review: Students participate in conversations (pair work & small groups), and in a variety of interactive activities based on vocabulary, grammar structures, and topics studied in Lesson 12. Read and answer questions about dialogues and resolve situations of real life based on those dialogues.

FINAL EXAM

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Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.

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