Intermediate Spanish II builds on the skills developed in SPA 201 and helps students strengthen their ability to communicate in Spanish. The course expands proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through more detailed vocabulary, increasingly complex grammar, and a wider range of cultural materials. Students practice expressing ideas in past and future time frames, engage in conversational activities, and read short texts to deepen comprehension. Cultural topics from the Spanish‑speaking world are integrated throughout to support meaningful language use and greater cultural awareness.
Prerequisites
SPA 201 with a grade of “C” or higher, or instructor approval.
1. Exhibit proficiency in Spanish conversational skills at the Intermediate II level.
2. Exhibit advanced listening comprehension skills.
3. Describe objects, places, and people creatively and with improvisation on topics related to basic needs, as well as on factual and subjective subjects.
4. Narrate sequences of events with detailed elaboration.
5. Maintain simple face-to-face conversations with native speakers or their equivalents, demonstrating the ability to initiate, respond, and contribute with some spontaneity.
6. Express situations involving volition and doubt with substantial elaboration.
7. Articulate emotional responses to factual information with moderate elaboration.
8. Combine related ideas using pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and adverbial phrases with moderate frequency.
9. Apply the writing process to progressively complex topics in Spanish.
10. Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate reading passages with a clear internal structure.
11. Expand knowledge of and sensitivity to the cultural and historical characteristics of the Spanish-speaking world.
12. Interpret cultural norms, values, beliefs, and regional variations within Spanish-speaking regions.
13. Analyze significant historical figures and events in the Spanish-speaking world.
14. Identify literary movements distinctive to Hispanic authors.