SPANISH 104G Beginners’ Spanish 1

Schedule
Schedule H: Languages

Semester
Semester One, Semester Two

Campus
City Campus

Note: SPANISH 104 does not count for General Education; only SPANISH 104G counts for General Education.

This course is intended for students who have absolutely no previous knowledge of the Spanish language. It aims to provide Spanish learners with basic vocabulary and conversational skills.

There are four class hours per week, with the speaking, listening, reading, and writing components fully integrated into all.

The teaching of the language is reinforced through:

• In-class practice.
• Homework assignments.
• Aural and reading comprehensions
• Audiovisual activities.
• Independent work using the course website.

You will be strongly encouraged to participate actively in class to develop your communicative skills. Attendance at all classes is strongly recommended.

This course is intended for students who have absolutely no previous knowledge of the Spanish language. It aims to provide Spanish learners with basic vocabulary and conversational skills.

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Greet and introduce people in Spanish, including information about their nationality, profession, family, and residency.
• Use Spanish to locate people in space, where they live, where they work, and give directions on how to go to different places.
• Talk about quantities, prices, and distances using Spanish numbers.
• Ask and give information about houses, neighbourhoods, and cities.
• Describe people's physical appearance and personalities.
• Communicate about activities that happen in familiar settings such as a restaurant, a shop, a supermarket, or a train station.
• Express your likes and dislikes as well as those of others.
• Make invitations, accept them, turn them down, or propose alternative plans.
• Talk about your daily routine and activities that happen in the present.

• Weeks 1 and 2
  Formal and informal greetings and introductions, nationalities, professions, residency.
• Weeks 3 and 4
  Telephone numbers and personal details, locating objects, describing places, and using numbers to express amounts.
• Weeks 5 and 6
  Asking about specific places, directions, the time, and schedules, ordering food in a restaurant.
• Weeks 7 and 8
  Expressing likes and dislikes about food, describing people and their daily routine.
• Weeks 9 and 10
  Talking about clothes, asking for prices, and expressing likes and dislikes about clothing and hobbies.
• Weeks 11 and 12
  Making invitations, accepting them, and proposing alternatives. Expressing obligation and describing what is happening. 

Four one-hour classes per week are delivered by your teacher using Spanish as the main language. Use of English is limited and will decrease gradually as the semester progresses. Classes are interactive, with opportunities for you to practise your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Attendance at all classes is strongly recommended.

Course work — 50%

• Homework assignments: 4 @ 5% = 20%
• In-class tests: 2 @ 10% = 20%
• Cecil tests: 2 @ 5% = 10%

Final examination — 50%

• Oral exam = 10%
• Written exam = 40%

Prescribed textbook
Nuevo Ven 1. Libro del Alumno (Unidades 1-8). It comes with two CDs for audio practice.

Prescribed workbook
Nuevo Ven 1. Workbook (Unidades 1-8). It comes with one CD for listening exercises. The answers to the questions are provided on pages 62-64 so that you can check the accuracy of your work.

The textbook and workbook for Nuevo Ven 1 are required texts and will be used regularly in class. These texts are available at the University Bookshop.

Course website
A website is available for this course, which you may access via CECIL.

You will need your NetID and password. Once you have logged into CECIL, go to “Knowledge Map” and click on the link provided.

The Spanish 104 website is a rich repository of electronic materials that will help you study and practice your Spanish. Features include:

• PowerPoint presentations
• Video
• Audio
• Vocabulary lists
• Spanish dictionaries
• Spanish radio
• Spanish television
• Homework assignments
• Custom-made exercises
• Review questions
• Course calendar
• Pronunciation tool
• Links to Spanish grammar sites
• Information about course activities

You are encouraged to take advantage of these resources. Using them on a regular basis will be of great help for your success in this course.