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Spanish Minor

(26 semester hours)

  • SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I with lab (4 semester hours)
  • SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II with lab (4 semester hours)
  • SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPA 310 Composition and Conversation (Writing Intensive)
  • SPA 320 Spanish Civilization
  • SPA 330 Spanish American Civilization
  • One of the following courses:
    • SPA 360 Introduction to Spanish (Peninsular) Literature
    • SPA 370 Introduction to Spanish American Literature

Spanish Minor

(29 semester hours and the appropriate education requirements)

for Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Certification (grades 1-8), or Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6-12)

  • SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I with lab (4 semester hours)
  • SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II with lab (4 semester hours)
  • SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPA 310 Composition and Conversation (Writing Intensive)
  • SPA 320 Spanish Civilization
  • SPA 330 Spanish American Civilization
  • ESL 322 Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics (2 semester hours)
  • One of the following courses:
    • SPA 360 Introduction to Spanish (Peninsular) Literature
    • SPA 370 Introduction to Spanish American Literature
  • Participation in a D.P.I. approved foreign language immersion program
  • Placement in the "Intermediate High" category on the American Council for Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Exam*

*ACTFL

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview is a standardized procedure for the assessment of functional speaking ability. It is a face-to-face or telephonic interview between a certified ACTFL tester and an examinee. The test is used to determine how well a person speaks a language by comparing his or her performance of specific communication tasks with the criteria for each of ten proficiency levels. Lakeland College requires candidates for State of Wisconsin foreign language teaching certification to be proficient at the Intermediate High level.

Information regarding the ACTFL examination is available in the Office of the Registrar.

It is strongly recommended that students enroll in EDU 370 Foreign Language Teaching Methods.

To qualify for either Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence (grades 1-8) or Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6-12) teaching certification in Spanish, a student must complete the courses listed above, the Middle Childhood through Early Adolescence Education Major/Professional Sequence or the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Education Sequence along with a certifiable major, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) statutory requirements.