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SPAN 101 - Spanish, First-Year |
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Associated Term:
Summer 2017
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Learn and comprehend the topics and themes of the course through the target language (Spanish) itself. 2. Recognize cues in the language and extrapolate meaning from them and the context in which they are encountered, rather than relying on looking up words in a bilingual dictionary or requesting a translation. 3. Practice the interrelatedness of language and culture. 4. Apply learning strategies and goals as well as skills of organization appropriate to second language learning. 5. Hear and read elementary-plus levels of the language with understanding 6. Speak and write the language at the basic-plus level with accuracy. 7. Pronounce Spanish so that it is intelligible to a native-speaker accustomed to dealing with non-Spanish speakers. 8. Demonstrate an increased knowledge of Spanish-speaking cultures. 9. Demonstrate through both oral and written expression in Spanish the ability to: participate in basic question and answer dialogues, Give and respond to basic instructions, • Identify and list, using complete sentences: Common classroom and community objects, Days of the week, Months and seasons of the year, • Describe color, location and number of objects, • Describe basic actions of self and others through the formation and use of verbs in the simple indicative present tense, • Talk about the weather, • Express clock time, • Introduce self, • Greet others and respond to their greetings, • Form and respond to questions referring to a hypothetical but possible situation, • Situate Spanish speaking regions, cities and countries in relation to each other using a map, • Practice error management by utilizing: a. Spanish class techniques and learning strategies in oral situations b. Arden Woods Correct-Aid in written expression Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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