Below is a list of goals for Spanish 12 student progress
in interpretive 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.
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Language Learning Objectives:
Click on an objective for a list of key phrases to learn |
See text chapter |
Examples in context
(text, audio and video samples)
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Your confidence level:
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identify ideas and details in oral interactions between speakers |
Ch. 5
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video: debate sobre la eutenasia (España)
video: Hijos que maltratan (España) |
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follow and restate shifting topics in a conversation |
Ch. 4
Ch. 5 |
text and audio files: entrevista a Quino, dibujante cómico argentino
video: Entrevista a la autora Isabel Allende
text and audio files: entrevista a Fernando Botero, artista colombiano
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analyze and reflect upon the meaning of extended texts such as
academic lectures, and documentary and feature films |
Ch. 5 |
text and audio files: Frontera ajena en tierra propia: el pueblo Kuna en la frontera de Panamá y Colombia
text: Charla sobre el indigenismo en el Perú |
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comprehend academic presentations on a variety of topics by
speakers from a variety of regions |
Ch. 6 |
text and audio files: un antropólogo venezolano habla de los ingígenas del Orinoco
video: La depresión (España)
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analyze arguments conveyed in oral presentations |
Ch. 5 |
text and audio files: Comentarios políticos de actualidad (Perú) |
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take notes on oral and written texts (e.g., articles, presentations,
news reports) |
Ch. 5 |
text and audio files: Pablo Neruda: "El poeta del amor"
text: Varios cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez
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read authentic texts (texts designed for Spanish-speakers and not
necessarily for language learners) and: |
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text: La United Fruit Co. de Pablo Neruda
text: Los mejor calzados de Luisa Valenzuela
text: fragmento de Un país de novela de Marcos Aguinis
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read to gain information |
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analyze the main ideas
and supporting data |
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answer all fact-based and
most analytical reading
comprehension questions |
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develop a global
understanding of the
reading, beyond initial
impressions |
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connect knowledge from
texts with my academic
field and content area of
focus (e.g., culture,
international relations,
etc.) when appropriate |
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video and text files: renowned science commentator Eduard Punset interviews scientists, economists and other world authorities
text files: various world events discussed from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines |
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using charts or outlines,
represent the sequence of
events in narratives |
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recognize different regional varieties and social registers (e.g.,
slang versus formal speech) of Spanish |
Ch. 5 |
Dialectoteca del español
audio files: Celia Cruz, la reina de la salsa
text and audio files: entrevista a Quino, dibujante cómico argentino
video: Lo peor del amor (España) |
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identify the tone and stance that is typical of formal, academic
writing |
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research information (using the Internet, library materials,
newspapers, etc.) on academic topics, including my field of
interest or content area of focus |
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spanlang resources link |
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