Course

Outline

Title: Introductory Spanish I

Abbreviation and Number: SPAN 103 AS Paper No.: 20-140
Academic Unit: Communication and Creative Arts (CA)
Department: Foreign Languages (FORL)
Course Offered: ( X ) Yearly ( ) Odd Years ( ) Even Years Course Sequence: ( ) Fall ( ) Spring ( X ) Fall and Spring
Credits: 3 ( 3 ) Lecture/Seminar ( ) Laboratory ( ) Other (Specify):
Hours Per Week: 3 Practice Hour(s): ( ) Clinical Rounds ( ) Fieldwork ( ) Kitchen ( ) Studio
Pre-requisite(s): First year standing
Co-requisite(s): None

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is the first of a two-part sequence in Introductory Spanish. Students develop communicative skills in speaking,
writing, reading and listening comprehension. They also examine selected aspects of the Spanish and Hispanic
world. (Not open to native speakers.)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1) comprehend basic oral and written Spanish;
2) speak in Spanish on a variety of topics;
3) use the present tense to speak and write Spanish with grammatical accuracy; and
4) identify selected aspects of Spanish and Hispanic cultures.

COURSE CONTENT
I. Hispanic Cultures
A. Hispanic countries/territories
i. Cuba
ii. Dominican Republic
iii. Mexico
iv. Puerto Rico
v. Others
B. Aspects of Hispanic culture
i. Hispanic family
ii. Food in the Hispanic world
iii Hispanics in the United States

II. Communicating in Spanish

A. Spanish alphabet and pronunciation
B. Greetings and farewell expressions
C. Numbers: zero - millions
D. Days, months, dates
E. Telling time
F. University life
G. Family and friends, relationships
H. Food and drinks
 AS Paper No.: 20-140

Course Outline
Title: Introductory Spanish I
Abbreviation and Number: SPAN 103

I. Likes and dislikes

III. Grammar
A. Verbs
i. Present tense of regular –ar verbs, –er and –ir verbs
ii. Stem-changing verbs
iii. Present tense of ser, estar, ir, tener, gustar
B. Other structures
i. Subject pronouns
ii. Cognates
iii. Nouns and articles
iv. Adjectives with the verb ser
v. Possessive adjectives and possession with de

ASSESSMENT
Lab work ........................................................... 10%
Assignments ..................................................... 20%
Oral/aural tests ................................................. 10%
Written tests ..................................................... 20%
Final examination - written................................ 30%
- oral……………………….. .. 10%
Total ............................................................... 100%

REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS

Dawson, M. Laila, Kim Potowski and Silvia Sobral. Dicho y hecho. 10th ed, Hoboken, Wiley, 2015.
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SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS/MATERIALS
Pharies, David E. Ed. The University of Chicago Spanish-English Dictionary, Sixth Edition: Diccionario Universidad
de Chicago Inglés-Español, Sexta Edición. Chicago, U of Chicago P, 2012.

WEBSITES
www.youtube.com (YouTube)
www.spanish.yabla.com (Yabla)
www.babbel.com (Babbel)
www.wileyplus.com (WileyPLUS)
dle.rae.es (Diccionario de la lengua española)

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