LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Communications
Discipline/Program:
Spanish
Course Number and Name: SPANISH 036 Spanish For Spanish Speakers II
Program Contact Person: ____William Hernandez____________________________________ Phone: ______Ext 4081_________________
Reviewed by:
Date: August 2011
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Institutional
Learning Outcomes
Course Intended Outcomes
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Read, analyze, and
respond to texts of various
literary genres in Spanish.
(beyond those learned in
Spanish 035)
Formulate logical
sentences using newlyacquired vocabulary
and/or idiomatic
expressions. (beyond
those learned in Spanish
035)
Means of Assessment and Criteria
for Success
Means: Students will be given a
poem entitled “La United Fruit Co”
by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda to read
and analyze; this activity will be
embedded in the final exam. Students
will analyze the poem’s structure as
well as its content. The analysis will
be done by using proper literary terms,
demonstrating clear organization of
ideas, proper grammar, proper spelling
and accentuation, and by answering a
group of specific questions
completely. The activity will be
evaluated by using a departmental
scoring rubric.
Criteria: 70% of
students must score a minimum of
70% on this exercise.
Means: Students will be asked to
write five original sentences with
words deriving from the word
enfermedad. The five words are
enfermo/a, enfermero/a,
enfermizo/a, enfermería, and
enfermarse.
The activity will be embedded in an
exam
Summary of Data Collected
Use of Results
Students achieved a score of
80%, a higher score than the
one required, 70%. Please see
the detailed report in the
division office.
Although students surpassed the
achievement score required, the
results enabled us to find what
areas students need more attention.
A literary analysis requires one to
present his or her point of view by
using good organizational skills,
grammar/vocabulary skills,
analytical skills (Answering all
questions that have been asked
completely), spelling skills, and
accentuation skills In this
assessment, the data points to the
need for an improvement in
spelling/accentuation skills.
Please see the detailed report in the
division office.
and will be evaluated according to a
departmental scoring rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score
a minimum of 70% on this
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4.
Write well-structured
compositions in Spanish
that demonstrate the
mastery of rules
pertaining to spelling,
accentuation, punctuation,
grammatical structures,
and verb forms presented
in class. (those taught in
Spanish 035 and Spanish
036.
Means: Students will be required to
write a speech that they would give at
their graduation celebration. The
speech must contain an introduction, a
body, and a conclusion. It will be
given as a class assignment. The
assignment will be scored according
to a departmental scoring rubric.
Demonstrate
intermediate- mid to
intermediate -high level
fluency and accuracy in
reading comprehension
skills.
Means: Students will be required to
read a cultural narrative in their final
exam of the semester. They will then
answer six comprehension check
questions. The reading exercise and
comprehension check questions will
be administered in both course
sections and will be evaluated based
on a departmental rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score
a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Criteria: 70% of students must score
a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
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Demonstrate a solid
grammatical base of the
Spanish language by
using the grammatical
concepts taught with
reasonable accuracy.
(beyond those learned in
Spanish 035)
Means: Students will be given a
paragraph that has misspelled and
improperly written past participles.
Students must locate all misspelled
and improperly written past participles
and re-write them in correct standard
Spanish. The exercise will be
evaluated according to a departmental
rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score
a minimum of 70% on this exercise.
Students achieved a score of
95%, a higher score than the
one required, 66%. Please see
the detailed report in the
division office.
Based on the results of the
assessment, there are no
recommendations.
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6.
Discuss and demonstrate
reasonable knowledge and
understanding of basic
cultural topics related to
the Spanish-speaking
world. Some of the topics
may include ones on
linguistic variants and
influences, important
people, geography, art,
literature, and political
and historical events.
(beyond those learned in
Spanish 035)
Means: Students will explain the
cause(s) of, the countries involved in,
and the final results or outcome(s) of
the War of the Pacific in Latin
America La Guerra del Pacífico. The
activity will be in the form of a quiz or
embedded as an exercise in an exam.
The activity will be evaluated
according to a departmental scoring
rubric.
Criteria: 70% of students must score
a minimum of 70% on this exercise.