(6-0-16, Requirement: To take the Spanish Placement Test provided by the ITESM and be placed in the Intermediate 1 level of Spanish or to have completed the
Basic Spanish course).
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Question words, noun gender and number, agreement and position of adjectives, comparisons, verb moods and tenses, reflexive verbs, verbs like “gustar”, complement pronouns, uses of “se”, “ser” and “estar”, imperative, prepositions, vocabulary related to student life, hobbies, trips, traditions and environment.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Spanish
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
To use the basic structures of Spanish grammar correctly and to develope the four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Module 1:
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Question words
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Gender and number agreement of nouns
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Agreement and position of adjectives
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Present indicative
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Future indicative
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Comparisons of equality, superiority and inferiority
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Irregular comparisons
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Comparisons of equality
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Superlative
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Reflexives
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Ser and estar
Module 2:
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Past tenses: preterit, imperfect, present perfect and pluperfect
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Pronouns in complement function
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Special uses of se

Module 3:
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Imperative
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Verbs like gustar
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Present subjunctive in nominal clauses
Module 4:
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Present subjunctive in adjective clauses
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Present subjunctive in adverb clauses
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Imperfect subjunctive
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Subjunctive in independent clauses
Module 5:
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Conditional
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Future perfect and conditional perfect
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Pluperfect subjunctive
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Expression of condition
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Indefinites and negatives
Module 6:
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Por and para
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Other prepositions: a , con , de , desde , hasta , sin
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Passive voice
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Diminutives and augmentatives
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Infinitive and gerund
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Phonetic and morphosyntactic differences in the different Spanish dialects
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Module 1:
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To ask and give information about oneself and others in presentations and when meeting others
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To describe and compare people, places, objects and actions.
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To talk about present, future and usual actions
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To identify main ideas in short informative texts
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To express points of view about cultural aspects in oral or written form
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To identify cultural peculiarities in situations when meeting others, in greetings and presentations
Module 2:
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To describe trips and traditions
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To narrate events in the past in oral and written forms
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To ask and give information about interesting places to travel to
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To identify main ideas in an advertising text

Module 3:
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To make recommendations, suggestions and advine
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To express feeling, desire, likes and worry
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To express points of view
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To express and discuss ideas of an oral and written text
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To express and document opinions
Module 4:
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To use doubt and desire expressions
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To express purpose, conditions and anticipation of undone actions
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To rebuild information of written and oral texts
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To write request and desire letters
Module 5:
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To hypothesize in present, past and future
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To express doubt, conjectures and desires
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To express probability and goals not reached
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To look for relevant information in oral and written texts
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To write letter of intents
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To write a c.v.
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To appreciate cultural implications in the Mexican working environment
Module 6:
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To use prepositions correctly in more complex texts such as a review
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To use augmentatives and diminutives in judgements
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To recognize different Spanish dialects
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To appreciate advantages in intercultural coexistence