Jun 17, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HU 413S - Spanish IV

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course is a continuation of HU 412S  Spanish III. (prereq: HU 412S  or four years of high school Spanish, must obtain permission from department chairperson)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the practical and fundamental skills of Spanish presented in this course in reading, writing, listening and speaking, with emphasis on communication
• Use practically and creatively the target language both in and out of class
• Have insights into the cultures of Spanish-speaking people and hopefully, a greater understanding of the world and our place in it
Prerequisites by Topic
• No prerequisites by topic appended.
Course Topics
• Vocabulary: Mail and telephoning
• Answering the phone
• Conversation: Violeta goes to the post office
• The subjunctive after conjunctions of finality and condition
• The future tense
• Vocabulary: In the future
• The subjunctive after conjunctions of time
• Formats for courtesy in letters
• Writing business and personal letters
• Reading: The countries of the southern cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
• Vocabulary: Today’s World
• Conversation: The environment
• The conditional tense
• The imperfect subjunctive tense
• Cultural notes: Student protests
• Hypothetical situations: “If” clauses and “ojala”
• Emphasis with “-isimo”
• Reading: Our world
Coordinator
Kristina Puotkalyte-Gurgel



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