Miami Dade College
Homestead Campus
School of Community Education
Course Sy.llabus
Spanish Conversation Level 1A
Course ID: LAN033
Course Reference Number: 389886
Instructor: Henry M. Garcia
E-mail Address: hgarcia4@mdc.edu
Instructor’s Webpage: http://faculty.mdc.edu/hgarcia4
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Date: 10/28/2006 - 12/16/2006 (No classes on Saturday, November 25, 2006)
Room: G-215
Book Information
Book Title: Basic Spanish for Getting Along
Authors: Ana C. Jarvis & Raquel Lebredo
Edition: 6th
Bookstore Information
Phone Number: (305) 237-5042
Bookstore Hours (subject to change):
Monday-From 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday- From 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday-From 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday-From 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Friday-From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Saturday-Closed
Sunday-Closed
Office Information
Phone Number: (305) 237-5117
Room Number: D-206
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Hours
From
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
To
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Course Description
Students must be able to identify structure and vocabulary that they already might know
and apply it effectively. They will learn new structures that are highly used in the Spanish
language and put them into practice. In addition, students will practice pronunciation
through listening to audio conversations. Students will also learn essential vocabulary
words that are used in the everyday life of a Spanish speaker.
Class Procedures
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Always be on time and prepared for class.
Turn off your cell phone or put it on vibration mode.
Participate in class.
Must attend five out of seven sessions to receive completion certificate.
Course Sequence
Class Date
October 28, 2006
November 4, 2006
November 11, 2006
November 18, 2006
Topics (tentative)
1. Lección Preliminar
I: Greetings, the
alphabet, days of the
week, months of the
year, colors, and
cardinal numbers 0299. Audio.
2. Lección Preliminar
II: Ordinal Numbers
1-10, examples of
cognates, nouns, and
meaning of the verb
to be, and describe
the classroom (pic).
Audio.
3. Lección 1: Primer
examen de
comprensión.
Cardinal numbers
300-1000,
interrogative and
negative sentences,
cognates, present
indicative verbs,
adjectives, fruits,
telling time, and tell
time (pic). Audio.
Home Practice
Un Poema (a poem), pg. 5
4. Lección 2: Reacción
del primer examen.
Ordinal numbers 110, learn these
words (pg. 26),
¿Cómo lo decimos? Pg. 33.
Study Vocabulary, pg. 9.
Try Un trabalenguas (A
tongue twister), pg. 23.
How do we say it? pg. 18.
En Tu Mundo, pg. 31.
December 2, 2006
December 9, 2006
December 16, 2006
listening to Happy
Anniversary,
cognates, nouns,
verbs, adjectives,
¿Qué pasa aquí? (pg.
34), ¿Qué dice aquí?
(pg. 36), and
descriptive
adjectives (pic).
Audio.
5. Lección 3: Aprenda
estas palabras (pg.
40), Navidad en
Guatemala (pg. 41),
cognados, nombres,
verbos, adjetivos,
miembros de la
familia, Hablemos
(pg. 45), ¿Cómo lo
decimos? (pg. 45),
and Un paso más
(pg. 48). Audio.
6. Lección 4(Parte 1):
Examen de
comprensión final.
Aprenda estas
palabras (pg. 52), En
el Hotel (pg. 53),
cognados, nombres,
verbos, adjetivos y
vocabulario
adicional. Audio.
7. Lección 4(Parte 2):
Reaccion del
examen final.
¿Cómo lo decimos?
(pg. 57-58). ¿Qué
dice aquí? (pg. 6061). Stores and other
places (pic).
Direcciones
(ejemplo: norte, sur,
este u oeste). Audio.
Un paso más, pg. 48.
Un paso más, section A, pg.
61.
Ninguna