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    Jul 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Pierce College Catalog
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SPAN& 122 Spanish II (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly SPAN 102 - CCN

Prerequisite SPAN& 121 grade of 1.5 or better, or instructor permission.

Course Description
Second quarter of first-year Spanish stressing speaking, reading, writing and understanding Spanish.

Course Content
A. Preterite verb tenses (regular and irregular verbs) and an introduction to the imperfect tense   B. Vocabulary related to shopping, food, daily routine, and celebrations   C. Direct and indirect object pronouns.   D. Uses of “se” impersonal, passive voice, and no fault.  E. Comparisons and superlatives   F. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.   G. The uses of saber vs conocer.   H. Verbs similar to gustar.

Student Outcomes
 

  1. Apply strategies to infer unfamiliar vocabulary and phrases. 
  2. Identify object pronouns in written form. 
  3. Employ reflexive and non-reflexive verbs to describe daily routines and schedules. 
  4. Produce cultural comparisons using language of equality and inequality. 
  5. Narrate present and past events using simple verb forms and sequential terminology. 
  6. Respond to simple, authentic, or level-adapted material. 
  7. Exchange information in a variety of communication settings. 


Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50

Potential Methods
A. Class discussions B. Quizzes  C. Tests D. Oral presentations E. Daily assignments F. Pair work G. Group work H. Essays I. Class questions J. Role playing K. Oral exams



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