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NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS
HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT
COURSE OF STUDY:
SPA 1102
COURSE TITLE:
ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Grammar and pronunciation are studied as well as the
correct usage of the preterit and the imperfect tenses. More extensive vocabulary and
idiomatic phrases are learned. Language lab assignments are required.
PREREQUISITE:
SPA 1101, OR Foreign Language Placement Test
REQUIRED TEXT:
Perez-Gironés, A.M., and Thalia Dorwick. Apúntate, First
Edition. MacGraw Hill, 2009
3 CLASS HOURS, 3 CREDITS
GRADING:
Midterm Exam:
Final Exam:
Quizzes:
Attendance / Participation:
Lab Work Online
30%
30%
10%
20%
10%
ASSESSMENT: How much and how well the students learn will be assessed on a daily
basis based on class participation, which includes oral practice of new vocabulary, and
use of verbs and expressions at progressive levels. This accounts for 20% of the semester
grade. Quizzes will also be given during the semester, accounting for 10% of the grade.
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.
NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY ON ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY :
Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music,
inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and
honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and
professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in
information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and
responding vigilantly and 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 Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades,
suspension, and expulsion. The complete text of the College policy on Academic
Integrity may be found in the catalog.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1
Review of salient grammar items covered in previous course.
Week 2
The preterit tense. Preterit indicative of regular verbs, and of the irregular
verbs dar, ser, and ir. Uses of the preterit. Negative and indefinite words and phrases.
Use of the double negative. Use of the definite article with certain time expressions.
Week 3
Imperfect indicative of regular verbs, and the irregular verbs ir, ser and
ver. Uses of the imperfect. Contrast between the imperfect and the preterit. The verb
hacer to express the weather. Seasons.
Week 4
More about the imperfect versus the preterit in context. Formal
commands (which can be replaced by the formal Haga el favor de or Tenga la bondad de
+ infinitive). Idiomatic uses of tener + noun to indicate certain physical and mental
conditions. Draw attention to these idioms as contrasted with weather expressions with
hacer .
Week 5
The various Spanish equivalents for the English word time. Position of
object pronouns and reflexive pronouns in commands.
Week 6
Irregular verbs with stem changes in the preterit: decir and hacer.
Irregular present participles.
Week 7
Position of object pronouns and reflexive pronouns with the present
participle. Se used as an impersonal subject. Emphatic pronouns and their uses.
Week 8
Cardinal number from 90 to 1,000,000. Ordinal numbers.
Week 9
poder.
Dates. More irregular verbs with stem changes in the preterit: estar,
Week 10
Irregular verbs with stem changes in the preterit, continued: saber, tener.
Direct and indirect object pronouns in sequence linked together. Demonstrative
pronouns. Idiom acabar de + infinitive.
Week 11
Idiom hay que + infinitive. Contrast of hay que with hay tout court. Hace
meaning ago or since. Irregular verb oir.
Week 12
Future tense of regular verbs. Conditional tense of regular verbs.
Week 13
Future tense of irregular verbs.
Week 14
Conditional tense of irregular verbs. Uses of the Conditional.
Week 15
General Review, FINAL EXAMINATION
Recommended readings at the discretion of the instructor:
Ruben Dario: Rima VII
Antonio Machado:
La plaza tiene una torre
Soria Fria, Soria pura
Una noche de verano
Sone que tu me llevabas
Federico Garcia Lorca:
Cancion de jinete
Sorpresa
Stories by John Pittaro:
Cura segura para todos
Caprichos de la fortuna
Dos comidas gratis
LEARNING OUTCOMES/BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES
At the end of the week indicated, students should:
Week 1
Be able to pass an oral test on salient grammar items covered in SP 101.
Demonstrate ability to direct original questions to a classmate.
Week 2
Show ability to conjugate the regular verbs in the preterit indicative.
Show knowledge of the preterit of the irregular verb dar, ser and ir by responding
correctly to questions from the teacher or a classmate. Show proficiency in the use of
negative words and phrases, and of the use of the double negative when warranted. Be
able to determine when days of the week must be preceded by the definite article.
Week 3
Show knowledge of the imperfect indicative of regular verbs, and of the
irregular verbs ir, ser and ver. Show by means of examples that the uses of the imperfect
have been fully grasped. Show likewise that the difference in concept between the
imperfect and the preterit has been fully understood. Students will be tested orally on the
subject imperfect vs preterit on an individual basis. Use the verb hacer correctly to
express weather conditions.
Week 4
Give formal commands (which can be replaced by the formula "Haga el
favor de" + infinitive, or "tenga la bondad" + infinitive). Be able to use the verb tener +
noun idiomatically to indicate a number of physical or mental conditions. Be able to
distinguish between hacer + noun to describe the weather and tener + noun to indicate
physical or mental conditions.
Week 5
Be able to numerate the different Spanish words corresponding to the
English "time." Know how to place object pronouns and reflexive pronouns correctly in
command expressions.
Week 6
Be able to conjugate the irregular verbs decir and hacer in the preterit. Be
able to define and use the irregular present participles.
Week 7
Know the position of object pronouns and reflexive pronouns in relation to
the present participle. Be able to use se as an impersonal subject pronoun, equivalent to
the French on . Be cognizant of the existence of emphatic pronouns and know when to
use them.
Week 8
Know the cardinal numbers from 1 to 1,000,000. Be able to use ordinal
numbers correctly.
Week 9
Be able to express dates in full (day, month, year) in answer to the
question ("Cual es la fecha de hoy?" Know the irregular (stem-changing) preterit of estar
and poder.
Week 10
Use correctly additional irregular verbs with stem changes in the preterit,
namely saber and tener. Know how to place direct and indirect object pronouns in the
proper sequence. Know how to use demonstrative pronouns, and be aware of how they
differ from demonstrative adjectives, learned earlier. Be familiar with the uses of the
idiom acabar de + infinitive.
Week 11
Know how to use the phrase hay que + infinitive, and be aware of the
difference between hay que and hay tout court. Show this awareness with concrete
examples. Know how to use hace to mean ago or since. Know the irregular verb oir.
Week 12
Know the future of regular verbs, but show that the idea of futurity can
also be expressed by means of the verb ir + infinitive. Be able to use the conditional of
the regular verbs, and to differentiate between "would" that requires the imperfect.
Week 13
Indicate a command of the most common irregular futures and
conditionals.
Prepared by Rigofredo Granados/ Revised by Carmen Valle, August, 2006
Updated by Carmen Valle and Ann Delilkan, October 2009