20802211Spanish 1
Course Information
Description
This course is for students beginning their study of Spanish. Students will learn to communicate at a basic level. We will work on the skills of speaking, writing, listening and reading. In this course the student will actively participate in conversations in Spanish as well as complete assignments and tasks that will help the student put into practice what they learn during the semester. In the process, students will gain a better understanding of and appreciation for people and cultures other than their own.
Total Credits
4
Course Competencies
  1. Make simple introductory conversation when participating in basic communicative exchanges
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Use appropriate greetings and goodbyes
    Say your name and ask others for theirs
    Say your nationality
    Use appropriate titles and register
    Introduce yourself and others
    Identify nouns as masculine, feminine, singular, or plural
    Distinguish between definite and indefinite articles
    Identify people, things, and places

  2. Identify yourself and use the numbers (time, age, hours, telephone number)
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    Criteria
    Count from 0-30
    Use the present tense of the verb ‘ser’
    Identify and say telephone numbers
    Tell the current time
    Say when you do things
    Use numbers in simple exchanges
    Indicate when an event takes place
    Identify cognates
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
    Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

  3. Asking questions and knowing about college and academic life
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Talk about courses you like and do not like
    Identify regular -ar verbs and be able to use them
    Talk about classes
    Name academic courses and fields of study
    Class schedules and times
    Use questions word to know about the society and the environment
    Express things that you and others do, using ‘-ar’ verbs
    Universities and majors in Spanish speaking countries
    Say when things happen and discuss your schedule

  4. Express locations, likes, dislikes
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Use the verb gustar to express preferences
    Form negative sentences
    Learn numbers 31 and higher to talk about time, age and quantities
    Identifying the location of things
    Use prepositions to describe where things and people are
    The present tense of the verb ‘estar’
    Participate in exchanges where numbers 0 to 100 are used
    Talk about where you are
    Use ‘estar’ to describe your health, location, well-being
    Use ‘ser’ to express your identity, occupation, origin, and tell time
    Practice the intonation to voice questions

  5. Talk about family and your relationships
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Ask others about their family
    Learn family relationships
    Identify various professions
    Describe yourself, people and the environment
    Describe people’s physical attributes, personality, traits and occupation
    Identify the correct forms and placement of adjectives
    Use irregular adjectives to describe physical and personality traits
    Talk about your family
    Talk and ask others about your favorite things and people
    Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
    Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
    Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
    Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

  6. Explore nationalities and belongings
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Identify your nationality as well as other’s own nationalities
    Match adjectives in gender and number
    Describe people from one’s country and other countries
    Talk about what you own or have and what others possess
    Say where you are going and what you are going to do
    Explain where someone comes from
    Describe people, places and things
    Learn ‘-er’ and ‘-ir’ verbs and use them to express actions that you and others perform
    Say where you do a certain activity, with whom, when and how long for
    Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

  7. Identifying professions and occupations
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Identify jobs, professions and occupations
    Explain what a family members does for a living
    Say where you work at and when
    Indicate who or what you would like to become
    Associate a person with a particular job
    Describe the requirements for a specific job
    Measure the pros and cons of a particular job

  8. Living in the city
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Talk about pastimes and sports
    Name sports and other pastimes as well as which sports you practice
    Identify names of places in a city and where they are located
    Learn about sports in the Hispanic world
    Writing about and describing events and things that take place at those events
    Use stem change verbs ‘e-ie’ and ‘o-ue’ and express actions with stem changing verbs

  9. Describing pastimes and hobbies
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Make plans and invitations
    Identify hobbies people have and describe them
    Speak about actions or project you initiate and end
    Use the ‘ir a + infinitive’ to express events that are imminent
    Describe places in the city, and what people do in those locations
    Say what you are going to do and with whom
    Use verbs with irregular ‘yo’ forms to express various actions
    Talk about sports and games you and others play
    Talk and ask others about these activities
    Use irregular IR verbs to expand on conversations about your activities and others’ activities

  10. Making plans and going on vacation
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Discuss and plans vacations
    Be familiar with vocabulary related to travels and trips
    Talk about seasons and the weather
    Use terms of traveling and vacations in context
    Speak about seasons and months
    Say what the weather is going to be like
    Ask about the weather
    Identify seasonal weather
    Describe what activity you can do at each season
    Identify the different seasons and weather expressions
    Describe your favorite season
    Use ordinal numbers and dates
    Talk about seasons, identify the date, and discuss weather

  11. Express your feelings
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Use the verb ‘estar’ with conditions and emotions
    Describe how you and others feel
    React to circumstances and events using the verb ‘estar’
    Use the present progressive of regular and irregular verbs to indicate what actions you are doing currently
    Use ‘ser’ to identify your nationality, occupation, characteristics of people and things, time and date
    Use ‘estar’ to explain where you or others are, your health, emotional and physical states and weather conditions

  12. Enjoying the weather
    Assessment Strategies
    through completion of weekly online textbook activities
    through weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading activities with classmates and instructor
    through a test that includes written, listening and writing activities
    through oral and written assessments
    Criteria
    Identify what the weather is like
    Express how this weather makes you and others feel
    Discuss four different seasons
    Associate each season to a specific weather
    Identify countries and the weather that they have
    Compare the weather in your city vs the weather in other parts of the World
    Mention what one can do when there is a certain kind of weather
    Talk about what your favorite weather is
    Associate actions and sports to a specific type of weather