Course Objectives and Resources

Spanish HCS @ FLCC – “Identity and Self” will help you express ideas and concepts about yourself and your immediate sphere of influence including family, friends, possessions, and nearby places. You will secure an identity and a sense of self in the Spanish-speaking world while preparing for a career in the health care field.

Module 1

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Meeting new people and engaging conversations.
• Identifying basic body parts and general medical supplies.
• Identifying common objects in health care environments.
• Utilizing fundamental grammatical structures to communicate ideas.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Investigating research and writing resources/services in preparation of a final creative project.

• The Spanish Alphabet
• Vowels and Vowel Sounds
• Stress and Intonation Systems
• Characters and Accent Marks

• Nouns – Basics
• Nouns – Singular and Plural
• Nouns – Masculine and Feminine
• Nouns – Definite Articles
• Nouns – Indefinite Articles

• Saying Hello and Goodbye
• Getting Started – Basic Expressions
• Having a Formal Conversation
• Having an Informal Conversation

• The Verb Form [HAY]

• School and Office Supplies
• School and Office Equipment

• Health Care – Body Parts
• Health Care – Medical Supplies

Module 2

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Identifying friends and family members.
• Describing people, places, and things with adjectives.
• Identifying common health care ailments and methods of treatment.
• Utilizing the verb [SER] with basic biographical information.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Researching and selecting a topic in preparation of a final creative project.

• Adjectives – Basics
• Adjective Agreement
• Adjective Placement

• Personal Pronouns
• Verb Conjugation – Basics
• Basic Negation

• The Verb [SER] – Basics
• The Verb [SER] with Origin
• The Verb [SER] with Personal Descriptions

• Family Members – Basic
• Family Members – Extended

• Physical Descriptions
• Personality Traits

• Health Care – Ailments and Symptoms

Module 3

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Utilizing numbers 0-1000.
• Describing age with the verb [TENER].
• Describing character traits with the verb [TENER].
• Indicating possession with the verb [TENER].
• Indicating ownership with the verb [SER]+[DE].
• Identifying internal organs and basic elements of the skeletal system.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Conducting research and creating an MLA-formatted Bibliography in preparation of a final creative project.

• The Verb [TENER] – Basics
• The Verb [TENER] with Possession
• The Verb [TENER] with Age
• The Verb [TENER] with Hair and Eyes

• The Verb [SER]+[DE] with Ownership
• Possessive Adjectives

• Numbers 0-10
• Numbers 11-29
• Numbers 30-100
• Numbers 100-1000+

• Health Care – Internal Organs
• Health Care – Skeletal System

Module 4

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Engaging common actions occurring in the present.
• Identifying days, months, seasons, and the current date.
• Describing when certain events are occurring.
• Indicating certain diagnostic procedures and protocols.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Creating an MLA-formatted Annotated Bibliography in preparation of a final creative project.

• The Present Indicative Tense
• The Present Indicative Tense and Future Events
• Present Tense [-AR] Verbs

• Days of the Week
• Months of the Year
• The Four Seasons
• Telling the Date
• Expressions of Time – Present/Future

• Common Regular [-AR] Verbs

• Health Care – Diagnostic Procedures

Module 5

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Engaging common actions occurring in the present.
• Telling time using the 12 and 24 hour clocks.
• Asking basic questions using various methods.
• Applying treatment protocols to patients.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Extracting useful data from sources in preparation of a final creative project.

• Present Tense [-ER] Verbs
• Present Tense [-IR] Verbs

• Asking Questions – Yes/No
• Asking Questions – Interrogatives

• The Verb [SER] with Telling Time
• The 24-Hour Clock

• Common Regular [-ER] Verbs
• Common Regular [-IR] Verbs

• Health Care – Pharmacology
• Health Care – Common Actions
• Health Care – Treatment Options
• Health Care – Warnings and Advisories

Module 6

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills by …

• Identifying common places in health care facilities.
• Expressing the intent to go places.
• Expressing the intent to do things.
• Referring patients to departments and specialists.

Students will demonstrate context-appropriate critical thinking and information management skills by …

• Reading a cultural text and expressing insights, reactions, and reflections in writing.
• Synthesizing data into a product for a final creative project.

• The Verb [ESTAR] – Basics
• The Verb [ESTAR] with Location
• The Verbs [SER] vs. [ESTAR]

• The Verb [IR]+[A] with Places
• The Verb [IR]+[A] with the Periphrastic Future

• Health Care – Human Resources
• Health Care – Professions and Titles

• Places – Basics
• Places – Medical