SPAN 3 - Intermediate Spanish I

    Recent Professors
    V. Tirado, R. Hanna, V. Garcia, A. Corona
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026
    Class Size
    28–40 students
    Difficulty
    4.5Moderateout of 10
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    Completion with a C or better in: SPAN 2 or. Other: two years of high school Spanish
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of SPAN 3
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 6A · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course teaches culture and facilitates language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will continue to interact with authentic language in context. Content is expanded beyond “survival” needs of the immediate environment in order to express personal meaning and to apply different strategies and techniques to go beyond casual conversation and express opinions, make suggestions on familiar topics, as well as some abstract issues and plans. Students demonstrate an increased awareness of cultural norms, values, and culturally relevant appropriate customs and events. Accuracy becomes quite high for high frequency structures and vocabulary but more complex discourse is still developing and requires a somewhat sympathetic listener or reader. Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically by analyzing linguistic structures and reflecting on and making cross-cultural comparisons. This course is taught primarily in Spanish. This course may also require completion of supplemental assignments.
    Usually Held
    Thu 11:00am–1:20pm, Wed 11:00am–1:20pm