NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

COURSE OF STUDY: SPA 2201

COURSE TITLE: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is intended to increase the student's ability to understandand use Spanish through practice in writing and conversation, and by reading from Spanish literature. It includes a systematic review of the essentials of grammar, focusing on thesubjunctive mood and future tense. Aspects of Spanish civilization are considered.

PREREQUISITE: SPA 1102 , or Foreign Language Test

TYPICAL TEXT: Marty Knorre. Puntos en breve 2. 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2005. or Perez-Gironés, A.M., and Thalia Dorwick. Apúntate, First Edition. McGraw Hill,

2009.

SUPPLEMENTARY READING: Modern Spanish ProseL With a Selection of Poetry by G. Andrian,4th ed., Macmillan

3 CLASS HOURS, 3 CREDITS

GRADING: Midterm Exam: 30% Final Exam: 30% Quizzes: 10% Attendance / Class Participation: 20% Online Work 10%

ASSESSMENT: How much and how well the students learn will be assessed on a daily basis based on class participation which include oral practice of new vocabulary, longer sentences and expressions at progressive levels. This accounts for 15% of the semester grade. Three quizzes,accounting for a further 10%, will be given during the semester, in Weeks 3, 6, and 12.

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Please consult College Catalog. Essentially, 10% absences are allowable. Beyond that, you can expect a WU grade. Also, 3 late arrivals to class count as one absence.

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appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technologyand is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. The completetext of the College policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the catalog.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1 Review of the most important grammar items covered in previous course. Oral testing of students on reviewed material.

Week 2 Stem-changing verb sentir, dormir, and pedir. Idioms with sentir. Preterit of the irregular verb traer. Irregular familiar commands, always bearing in mind that the fixed formula"Hazme el favor de" plus infinitive can be used for all commands. Irregular comparatives andirregular comparative adverbs. Absolute superlatives. Poem: Rubén Dorío, "Para una cubana."

Week 3 Emphatic (or disjunctive or long) forms of the possessive adjective. Poem: Ruben Dorio, "Mia."

Week 4 Present subjunctive of regular verbs. Concept of the subjunctive mood. Present subjunctive of stem-changing verbs. Poem: Antonio Machado, "La Primavera besaba."

Week 5 Present subjunctive of irregular verbs. Verbs which have special stem forms in the present subjective. Structure of the sentence in the indicative and in the subjunctive. Poems: Garcia Lorca, "Malagueña", "Clamor."

Week 6 Use of the subjunctive mood (as opposed to the indicative) in dependent clauseswhen the main clause verb denotes emotion, doubt, fear, hope-expectation, disappointment or other similar nonfact condition. Use of the subjunctive in dependent clauses when the mainclause verb is a verb of command, warning, or other nonfact verb. Emphasize that thesubjunctive is, can, and must be used only when the subject of the main clause differs from thesubject of the dependent clause. Stress that the subjunctive is always introduced by que, and the que cannot be present if there is no change of subject. Novella: Pio Baroja, La Sombra.

Week 7 Present perfect subjunctive. Subjunctive in indirect commands, without expressing the main verb.

Week 8 Subjunctive in dependent clauses when the main clause contains an impersonalexpression introduced by que, which means that a subject is expressed, otherwise the indicativemust be used. The use of the verb hacer in time clauses. Short play by Jacinto Benavente, El Criado de Don Juan, Scene I.

Week 9 Subjunctive after antes que, hasta que, para que, etc., when there is a change ofsubject. Possessive pronouns. El criado de Don Juan, Scene II.

Week 10 Difference between the relative pronouns quien and lo que. Difference between pero and sino. Novella: Unamuno, La Venda, first half.

Week 11 Imperfect subjunctive of regular verbs. Imperfect subjunctive in contrary-to-fact clauses introduced by si (if) with the conditional in the main clause. La Venda, second half.

Week 12 The irregular verb valer. Clauses introduced by si (if) which are NOT contrary-to-fact statements and DO NOT require the subjunctive in the main clause. Story: GregorioLopez y Fuentes, Una carta a Dios.

Week 13 The passive voice. Difference between por and para. Week 14 The subjunctive with ojala, when the main verb is understood, not expressed. . Una carta a Dios, conclusion

Week 15 General Review, Final Examination.

LEARNING OUTCOMES/ BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES

At the end of the week indicated, students should be able to:

Week 1 Demonstrate a good knowledge of the material covered in the previous twocourses, which will have been reviewed.

Week 2 Show knowledge of the irregular verbs sentir, dormir and pedir and of the preteritof the irregular verb traer. Be cognizant of the familiar command forms of irregular verbs,though bearing in mind that same can be replaced by the fixed formula "Hazme el favor de ...."plus infinitive. Know how to use irregular comparatives and absolute superlatives. Answer questions on Ruben Dario's poem "Para una cubana."

Week 3 Know the emphatic (also called disjunctive or long) forms of possessive pronouns. Recite by heart Machado's poem "La Primavera besaba" and analyze it critically.

Week 4 Be conversant with the present subjective forms of regular verbs. Be conversant with the present subjunctive of stem-changing verbs. Critically evaluate Dorio's poem "Mia."

Week 5 Be able to handle the present subjective of irregular verbs and to recognize those verbs which have special stem forms in the present subjective. Be aware of the concept of thesubjunctive mood as contrasted with the indicative mood, and show this awareness withexamples. Give correct examples of sentence structures in the subjective and in the indicative. Be able to answer questions on Garcia Lorca's poems Malagueña" and "C" lamor" and to give acritical appraisal of same.

Week 6 Demonstrate ability to use the subjective in dependent clauses when the main verb is a verb of emotion, doubt, fear, hope, expectation, disappointment, or other nonfact verb.Demonstrate, likewise, ability to use the subjective when the verb of the main clause is a verb of

common or warning. Show awareness of the fact that the subjective can be used only when the subject of the main clause; that the subjective is always introduced by que, and that the quecannot be present if there is no change in subject. Give an oral summary of Pio Baroja's short story "La Sombra" and state what point the author wishes to make.

Week 7 Demonstrate knowledge of the present perfect subjective and know how to use thesubjective in indirect commands, without expressing the main verb. Be able to answer questionson Jacinto Benavente's "El Criado de Don Juan."

Week 8 Know how to use the subjunctive in dependent clauses when the main clausecontains an impersonal expression, introduced by que, which means that a subject is expressed,otherwise the indicative must be used. Know the meaning of the verb hacer when used in time clauses.

Week 9 Know how to use the subjunctive after antes que, hasta que, para que, sin que, etc.Be aware of the fundamental difference between antes and antes que, hasta and hasta que, paraand para que, etc. Know when to use the possessive pronouns.

Week 10 Be able to explain the difference between the relative pronouns quien and lo que. Know when to use pero and when to use sino for "but." Be able to summarize the novella "La Venda" by Unamuno.

Week 11 Know the imperfect subjective of regular verbs and of common irregular verbs.Know the use of the subjective in contrary-to-fact statements introduced by si (if), with theconditional in the main clause. Be prepared to answer questions orally on Unamuno's "La Venda."

Week 12 Know the forms of the irregular verb valer and how to use it. Be able to recognize instantly when a clause introduced by si (if) is NOT a contrary-to-fact statement and does NOT require the subjective. Be able to summarize the story Una carta a Dios by GregorioLopez y Fuente.

Week 13 Know the passive voice. This includes knowing when it can be avoided and whenit must not be used. Know the use of the subjunctive with ojala, when the main verb isunderstood, not expressed. Know the differences between por and para, and give examples.

Prepared by: Rigofredo Granados/ revised by Carmen Valle, August 2006Updated by Carmen Valle and Ann Delilkan, October 2009