NSCC Online Learning
Hybrid Spanish
101 - 102 - 103
A Web Based Online Course
Course Description
• Basic communicative proficiency in listening,
reading, speaking and writing. Oral practice with
Dos Mundos video on CD-ROM.
Learning Objectives
• To enhance knowledge of conversational
Spanish.
• To practice language standards for language
communication such as how to pronounce
Spanish words and understand simple written
papers in Spanish.
• To raise the general level of language
proficiency focusing on Dos Mundos -Audio
Program by understanding the culture of
different regions.
Course Outline
• Introduction to the cultural elements through
Interactive CD-ROM.
• Basic patterns of pronunciation.
• Talk about your immediate world.
• Talk about your likes and dislikes.
• Talk about the details of your daily life.
• How to communicate with different members of
a family.
• Comparisons between your experience and of
others.
Student Level Placement
• Students will be placed by language
proficiency levels.
• There are available written and oral tests
to place the students.
• To register for Spanish 102, students need
to have completed 101 college level.
Course Requirements
• Regular class participation on campus.
• One hour Destinos viewing per day.
• One hour of homework per day.
Methods of Assessments
• Five chapters exams
• Five vocabulary quizzes
• One five minute oral presentation
Student Computer Requirements
• Computer with Pentium 1 GHz class processor
or equivalent
• High speed internet connection (DSL or Cable
Modem)
• Windows XP with Service Pack 2
• 256 MB of memory (512 MB is preferred)
Communications with Students
• Via student e-mail
• Meet with instructor on campus (50%)
Online Supplementary Material
• Online English to Spanish Dictionary
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html
• Online Translation Program
http://www.freetranslation.com/
• Online Spanish Verb Book
http://www.auladiez.com/spanish/spanish_grammar.html
Supplemental Traditional Material
• Spanish Pocket Dictionary
Larousse Pocket Dictionary ISBN 2-03-420800
• Spanish Verb Book
501 Spanish Verbs by Christopher Kendris
ISBN 0-8120-4362-6
• Spanish Grammar Book
By Jarvis, Lebredo and Mena-Ayllón
Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0-395-96297-8