SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR FALL 2012

The following Spanish language courses are open to incoming freshmen this fall. Please feel
free to contact Dr. Amy R. Barber (arbarber@gcc.edu) if you have any questions!

Students who did not meet the Grove City College foreign language requirement with their high
school studies may do so through successful completion of the 201-202, Intermediate-level
language sequence at Grove City College in Chinese, French, German, or Spanish.

SPANISH: General Guidelines for Placement

PLACEMENT and FALL 2012 COURSES:
0-1 year of high school Spanish: SPAN 101, ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Spanish 101 is designed for people who have not had much, if any, Spanish before, or for those who
are not ready for the Intermediate level. This course begins with the alphabet, subject pronouns, and
other true-beginner topics! Spanish 101 (fall only) is a prerequisite for Spanish 102 (spring only)!

If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201, and 201 by
202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential.

2 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better: SPAN 201, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
Spanish 201 assumes that the language learner has studied the topics typically covered in 2 years of
high school Spanish. This includes the general topics listed for our 101-102 sequence (see page 2).
Spanish 201 (fall only) is a prerequisite for Spanish 202 (spring only)!
*If you have not yet studied all of the preterit (past) tense or some other major grammatical item
listed in our 101-102 sequence and/or have not used Spanish for a couple of years and feel that you
need to review your elementary-level skills, you are welcome to register for Spanish 101.

If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201, and 201 by
202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential.

3-4 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better: SPAN 295, TRANSITIONAL SPANISH
Spanish 295 assumes that the language learner has studied all of the basic grammar items listed in
our 101-202 sequence. Transitional Spanish is not just a review course!
*If you have not yet studied the subjunctive (ex. "Quiero que estudies."), it is a good sign that you will
either have to make a very special commitment to working on the language outside of class or will need
to start with the 201-202 or 101-102 sequence, as appropriate (please see above).

A minimum of 4*-5 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better:
This course assumes the prior completion of a strong 4 or 5-year program with little or no time away
from the language, including all of the verb tenses, practice in writing essays, some reading of articles
and/or short stories (or more), conversation, and listening practice -- all in Spanish, of course!

SPAN 326, TRENDS IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Trends in Latin American Literature will require extensive reading, essay analysis and discussion of
literary texts. There will be essay tests and a semester research paper.



**If you have taken the AP exam, be sure to look at our AP credit score guidelines. You can not get
credit for a course twice!


GCC SPAN 101-102, 201-202 Sequences
Elementary Spanish Text: Vistas 4
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Fall Semester 101 Lessons 1-5

Vocabulary Concepts:
Greetings and farewells
Classroom and academic subjects
Numbers, Days of the week, Months
Family and Occupations
Sports and pastimes
Places in the city
Weather Expressions
Travel and vacation
Months and seasons
Structure/Grammar:
Telling Time
Nouns and Adjectives
Present Tense of verbs
Stem-changing and irregular verbs
Possessive Adjectives
Present progressive verb tense
Ser and estar
Direct object nouns and pronouns

Intermediate Spanish Text: Vistas 4
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Fall Semester 201 Lessons 10-13

Vocabulary Concepts:
Parts of the body
Health/Medical Terms
Car and accessories
Computers and electronics
Parts of the house/household chores
Nature and the environment
Structure/Grammar:
Review of present and preterit tenses
Imperfect verb tense
When to use preterite and imperfect
Constructions with se
Adverbs
Reciprocal reflexives
Stressed possessives
Relative pronouns
Por and para
Formal and familiar commands
Present subjunctive


General Topic Outline: 2012-2013
Elementary Spanish Text: Vistas 4
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Spring Semester 102 Lessons 6-9

Vocabulary Concepts:
Clothing and shopping
Colors and more adjectives
Daily routine/Personal hygiene
Food and Meals
Celebrations
Personal relationships
Stages of life
Structure/Grammar:
Saber and conocer
Indirect object pronouns
Preterite (past) verb tense
Demonstrative adjectives &
pronouns
Reflexive verbs
Indefinite and negative words
Gustar verbs
Double object pronouns
Comparatives & Superlatives

Intermediate Spanish Text: Vistas 4
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Spring Semester 202 Lessons 14-18

Vocabulary Concepts:
City life/Daily chores
Health, well-being, nutrition
Money and Banking
The Post Office
Professions/Workplace
The arts; television and movies
Structure/Grammar:
Present subjunctive continued
Nosotros commands
Present perfect verb tense
Past perfect verb tense
Future verb tense
Future perfect verb tense
Conditional verb tense
Conditional perfect verb tense
Present perfect subjunctive
Past subjunctive
Past perfect subjunctive

If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201,
and 201 by 202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential.