Spanish @ Oregon Coast Community College

greet people, state your name, describe people's physical appearance and personality, identify basic classroom objects, describe where things are located, use tú and usted appropriately, count to 5000, identify family members, state people's age, marital status, nationality, address and phone number, name important countries and languages, say the alphabet, name the days of the week, state dates, identify about 50 common everyday activities ("to read,” “to walk," etc.), talk about being hungry, thirsty, hot, cold, and sleepy (using “tener”), make simple statements about what people like to do, want to do, have to do, and are going to do in the future, formulate simple questions, write simple sentences about all these things, read and comprehend paragraph-length texts about them, understand simple dialogues on them and sustain 5-minute-long conversations about them . . .

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do all of the above and identify common places in a city, name and locate several Spanish-speaking countries, name physical and personality characteristics (using “ser”), talk about physical, emotional, and mental states (using “estar”), talk about sports and pastimes, make simple statements about what people are doing right now, name items of clothing and colors, talk about travel plans, transportation, prices, and vacation activities, describe people's everyday routines ("she gets up, gets dressed, eats breakfast and goes to work," etc.), talk about what happened in the past (using regular preterite tense), make simple statements about what people prefer to do, write about all these things in paragraph-length compositions, read about them in page-length texts, understand simple dialogues on them, and sustain 10-minute-long conversations on them . . .

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do all of the above and identify many common foods, order and pay for food at a restaurant, name major holidays and describe what people do to celebrate them, describe the qualities of friendship and other relationships, talk about how life used to be (using the imperfect), talk about what fascinates people, bothers people, and interests people, name basic parts of the body, talk about common injuries and illnesses, talk about health care, write about these things in page-length compositions, read about them in page-length texts, understand simple dialogues on them, and sustain 15-minute-long conversations on them . . .

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do all of the above but need to deepen your understanding of the distinction between the imperfect and the preterite and strengthen your usage of them, understand the difference between ser and estar but need to refine your usage of them, talk about personal relationships with more nuance, talk about entertainment (the theater, movies, games, and other cultural activities), name common items and rooms in the household, talk about errands and chores, write about these things in one-to-two page compositions, read about any of the above topics in essays of several pages, understand somewhat sophisticated dialogue on them, and sustain 20-minute conversations on them . . .

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do all of the above, and use the subjunctive tense when appropriate, talk about what will happen or could happen, talk about caring for one’s health, identify traditional and alternative treatments for common ailments, talk about specific travel destinations, the effects of tourism, amenities, attractions, and possible dangers, identify geographical features, natural disasters, modes of transportation, environmental crises, and basic flora and fauna, write about any of the above topics in one-to-two-page compositions, read about them in essays of several pages, understand somewhat sophisticated dialogue on them, and sustain 20-25 minute conversations on them . . .

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