Spanish 101: Introduction Spanish
Instructor: Dr. Duncan Charters
Prerequisites: None
Material
and skills covered:
This
course is designed as an introduction
to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.
Students with any previous formal Spanish (such as a year or two several
years ago) take the Spanish 102 (offered fall or winter quarter) and complete
their language requirement in the winter or spring with Spanish 103. Students with any previous Spanish must have
a placement test before they can be admitted to an elementary Spanish
course. This course prepares for the
102-103 sequence but is independent of it, since 102-103 represents a complete
year of college Spanish compressed into two quarters, starting at the beginning
of a new text.
In
this course, we study and practice the different ways language is learned and
acquired for communication, using a text on how to learn another language.
Basic
communication skills in Spanish are developed in giving personal information
and descriptions, opinions, and relationships in time and space. Students learn to express themselves in the
present tense, and are introduced to the past and future. All language skills are studied, but with
emphasis on listening comprehension, speaking, spelling, grammatical structure
and cultural awareness, and to a lesser extent reading and writing.
Methods used:
In
class, students hear and speak Spanish, and do structural and communicative
activities, with full-class and small-group or paired work.
The class will be based in our newly
equipped
Grade determined by:
Participation
and performance including assignments completed when due; oral work including
personal interviews; regular quizzes; midterm exam; final exam.
Attendance policy:
Daily attendance is expected since oral
work is a primary focus of the course and an absence would mean zero for
participation on that day. Conflict absences for field trips, sports or other
Principia activities should be anticipated and discussed with the teacher.
Comments:
No previous Spanish