Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

First half of first year Spanish. Emphasis on developing conversation and comprehension skills as well as understanding how Spanish grammar works. Students will learn typical daily vocabulary and are introduced to cultural aspects of the language. By the end of the term, students will have acquired basic conversational skills and an elementary reading facility.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course is the first half of first year Spanish (A1) and it is intended for students who have never had previous instruction in Spanish (or minimum instruction). The course develops Spanish language acquisition through listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, using practical and interesting situational materials that will stress both language and culture. Span 102 covers basic pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar necessary to maintain a simple conversation in Spanish.

NOTE: Students with Grade 12 Spanish equivalent will not normally be allowed to take SPAN 102 for credit. Please contact the instructor if you require further information regarding suitability for this course: ndazasan@sfu.ca

Course Delivery

This course is a “flipped classroom course” in that a major part of student learning and work takes place outside of the remote classroom. The following briefly details the two major components: online and in-class (remote) activities:

• Independent learning & communicative online activities. Students are responsible for exploring, learning, and practicing key concepts (grammar and vocabulary) assigned in each lesson. There are vocabulary, grammar, writing, and communicative activities assigned for each These activities are both graded and credit/no credit.

• Lab-sessions. In class (Zoom sessions for Summer 2021 term), students practice communicative activities, are exposed to native speaking, build their speaking skills, and improve their confidence in using the A brief may be dedicated to quickly review pronunciation and grammatical concepts when needed. Classroom/Lab meetings work as workshops in which students will have the opportunity to use the language in meaningful activities and interactions. PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS MUST register for one of the synchronous D101, D102, or D103 lab sections in addition to this D100 section. 

Students should also expect to spend approximately six to eight weekly hours working on online activities and tutorials. 

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

• Students will be able to apply their Spanish language skills to real live situations, to set their own goals for language learning, and to motivate themselves towards academic
• Students are expected to develop critical thinking skills by continually building upon an ever-expanding knowledge
• Students are expected to use vocabulary and grammatical concepts to solve communicative-linguistic problems by looking for models in oral input, visual material or reference works, as well as to practice making the right choices based on previously learned material plus growing linguistic

Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe their daily lives, likes/dislikes, courses, career goals, family in Spanish
• Engage in meaningful conversations about familiar contexts in the present tense and preterit tense
• Write cohesive, short, simple narratives in the present and preterit tenses about familiar contexts
• Show comprehension of a simple reading selection about some cultural aspects of the Spanish‐speaking

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: