Syllabus
Elementary Spanish I Net Syllabus Spring 2013 College of DuPage
Section: 03626
Instructor: JANE BURKE
E-mail: burkej@cod.edu (best way to reach me)
Office location: BIC 2406 (Part-time Faculty Office)
Office hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. (and also by appointment)
Webcam Discussion hours: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. AND Thursdays 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
¡Bienvenidos!
Welcome to Spanish 1101 Net, Elementary Spanish I. This 8-WEEK course develops the ability to speak, understand, read, and write Spanish in a cultural and communicative context. Spanish 1101 Internet is for the beginning student with no prior experience in the language. This is a four-credit hour course that may not be repeated for credit. Spanish 1101 Internet never meets in the classroom; all coursework and exams are completed online.
Course Objectives:
The development of communication skills is the main objective of this course. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to demonstrate a basic communicative knowledge of:
* Elementary Spanish vocabulary such as greetings, courtesy expressions, courses of study, family relationships, professions, past times, places in the city, days of the week, months, telling time, colors, weather, foods, clothing and daily routines. * Elementary Spanish language structures such as use of subject pronouns and the present tense regular and irregular verbs, gender and number of nouns, indefinite and negative words, noun/adjective agreement and placement of adjectives, verbs like gustar to express likes and dislikes, uses of ser and estar and saber and conocer to talk about what you know, the present progressive, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, comparisons and superlatives, and description of daily routines and activities one did in the past using the regular and irregular preterit tense. * The relationship between the language and cultures as demonstrated in readings and
Section: 03626
Instructor: JANE BURKE
E-mail: burkej@cod.edu (best way to reach me)
Office location: BIC 2406 (Part-time Faculty Office)
Office hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. (and also by appointment)
Webcam Discussion hours: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. AND Thursdays 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
¡Bienvenidos!
Welcome to Spanish 1101 Net, Elementary Spanish I. This 8-WEEK course develops the ability to speak, understand, read, and write Spanish in a cultural and communicative context. Spanish 1101 Internet is for the beginning student with no prior experience in the language. This is a four-credit hour course that may not be repeated for credit. Spanish 1101 Internet never meets in the classroom; all coursework and exams are completed online.
Course Objectives:
The development of communication skills is the main objective of this course. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to demonstrate a basic communicative knowledge of:
* Elementary Spanish vocabulary such as greetings, courtesy expressions, courses of study, family relationships, professions, past times, places in the city, days of the week, months, telling time, colors, weather, foods, clothing and daily routines. * Elementary Spanish language structures such as use of subject pronouns and the present tense regular and irregular verbs, gender and number of nouns, indefinite and negative words, noun/adjective agreement and placement of adjectives, verbs like gustar to express likes and dislikes, uses of ser and estar and saber and conocer to talk about what you know, the present progressive, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, comparisons and superlatives, and description of daily routines and activities one did in the past using the regular and irregular preterit tense. * The relationship between the language and cultures as demonstrated in readings and