Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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SPAN 100 - Elementary Spanish 1


Number of Credits: 3
Elementary Spanish 1 is basic Spanish for students with little or no knowledge of the language. The course provides a solid foundation in the four language skills: listening, reading, writing and speaking, as well as grammar. Advanced Placement Exam (Spanish with a score of 3) and CLEP (Spanish Level 1 with a score of 50) accepted for SPAN-100 and SPAN-102. 

  (Fall and Spring Only) Three hours lecture each week. Three Credits. Three billable hours.

GENERAL EDUCATION Category: Arts and Humanities

Pre-requisite(s): eligibility for ENGL 101 .
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Use novice level structures and vocabulary to communicate about themselves and their immediate surroundings (GE1)
  2. Communicate orally with accuracy using simple, high-frequency words and phrases in Spanish (GE1)
  3. Create grammatically correct questions and sentence-level responses in written and oral forms (GE1)
  4. Derive meaning from short, predictable written texts and aural passages that convey basic information about familiar topics or contexts (GE1)
  5. Recognize and apply patterns to predict meaning of cognates and unfamiliar words (GE3)
  6. Identify rules of register formality according to situation and audience (GE1)
  7. Identify locations where Spanish is spoken (GE8)
  8. Explain benefits of speaking Spanish in student’s chosen field (GE8)
  9. Convey knowledge of other disciplines through the study of the Spanish language and the cultures and diverse experiences of its speakers (GE5, GE6)
  10. Locate, evaluate, use and cite research sources when completing written assignments (GE4, GE5)



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