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Spanish 13 Course Objectives: Interpersonal Language
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Below is a list of goals for Spanish 13 student progress in interpersonal language. Use this checklist as your "Progress Card" to track your development in Spanish. As you learn to do each item, note your confidence level in performing each task. You will want to practice and review these objectives repeatedly on your own, with your native-speaking conversation partner, and with your instructor.

Be sure to peruse the interpretive and presentational objectives for the course as well.

Click here for a printable version of the entire Progress Card, with interpersonal, intrepretive and presentational objectives.

Language Learning Objectives:
Click on an objective for a list of key phrases to learn

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Examples in context
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Your confidence level:
1 (low) to
5 (high)

 
I can...

support my opinions

      

discuss academic and professional topics

      

 

with respect to argumentation, I can...

      

 

    engage in interactive     argumentation

      

 

    anticipate an argument

      

    contrast arguments

      

 

use tú and usted appropriately

      

 

address other Spanish-speakers appropriately according to their age, position or title, or according to other social rules

      

 

vary my use of language with other Spanish-speakers according to their age, how well I know them, their professional position, and other social rules

      

 
communicate...

    respect

      

 

    politeness

      

    gratitude

   video: expresión formal de gratitud en un evento público  

 

    friendliness

      

 

    distance

      

 

clarify and restate information

      

 

listen for tone (e.g., humor, sarcasm) and react appropriately

      

 

seek support and feedback from others

      

 

self-monitor and evaluate my language development

      

 

correspond in the following ways:

      

 

    correspond professionally     with someone I know

      

 

    write a simple cover letter     for a résumé

      

 

    write a simple résumé

      

 

    write invitations and thank     you letters when     appropriate

      

 

exchange information about my content area of focus (culture, international relations, etc.) using the Internet

      

 

often correct myself when speaking

      

 

respond to the work of my peers