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SPANISH 1115 COURSE OUTLINE
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Instructor: Stacey Collins
Phone: 604-323-5903
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Textbook: ¡Hola, Amigos! by Jarvis, Lebredo & Mena-Ayllón, 2nd Canadian Edition.
Please purchase the FULL PACKAGE (i.e. textbook and iLrn access code) at Langara
Bookstore. DO NOT PURCHASE THE G.I.S PACKAGE! Consult the Bookstore website
and ask for help if you are unsure. The textbook and iLrn package will also be used in Spanish
1215.
3.
Course Content: ¡Hola, Amigos! Textbook, Workbook and Student Activities Manual:
Lección 1 - 7. (Only the preterite of regular verbs and reflexive constructions will be taught
from Lección 7). This is a beginners' course in which you will acquire a practical, up-to-date
vocabulary and basic language patterns. You will learn the present tense and begin studying the
preterite (past) tense.
4.
Classes: 4 days per week. Regular attendance to both classes and labs is essential and will be
recorded as part of your final mark for this course.
5.
Homework:
Assignments include:
• reading over the upcoming pages in the textbook
• preparing or writing out exercises as indicated by instructor
• writing the corresponding exercises in the workbook
• memorizing vocabulary, grammar rules, etc.
• reinforcing your listening and speaking skills by using audio and online materials (included
in package)
• * LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS PERMISSION
FROM THE INSTRUCTOR IS OBTAINED BEFORE THE DUE DATE.
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Term tests:
2 Midterm exams - written and aural (listening) components
Exam I: Lecciones 1 – 2
Exam II: Lecciones 1 – 5
1 oral (speaking) test: Lecciones 1 – 4
4 quizzes, after Lecciones 1, 3, 4, 6
1 open book composition, written at home, WITHOUT help from ANYONE other than your
instructor and your own course materials.
Spanish 1115 Course Outline
Email: scollins@langara.bc.ca
Office: A345b
Office Hours: Please see office door
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Final exam: This includes the content of the whole course and is in three parts:
a) Final Aural Exam (Done in class. See class schedule for date.)
b) Final Oral Exam (Done during class time. See class schedule for date.)
c) Final Written Exam – (See college final exam schedule on Langara homepage.)
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Final Written Exams:
The final written exams of all courses are scheduled by the college administration, not the
instructors. It is your responsibility as a student to be aware of the time, date and location
of your final exams, as indicated on the final version of the examination schedule posted by the
college (on the college website and on the information bulletins on campus).
A final exam can only be re-scheduled for the following reasons:
1. two or more exams at the same time, or
2. two or more exams each exceeding one hour in duration with an intervening break of
less than one-half hour, or
3. more than three exams in one day, or
4. more than four hours of exams in one day.
To re-schedule a final exam, the student must make a formal request using the appropriate form
available from the receptionist in the Administration Office, room B235. The deadline for
making such a request is usually one month before the first day of final exams.
The Modern Languages department will not allow final exams to be re-scheduled
for any reasons other than those noted above. Students must take the full
responsibility for any missed exams and will not be allowed to write or make up
exams at other times. To view the college exam policy, please go to:
http://www.langara.bc.ca/registration/exam_info.html.
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Evaluation
Midterms:
I
II
Oral Exam
Quizzes: Lesson 1
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 6
Composition
Attendance (Class and Labs)
Para escribir exercises
Workbook exercises
Final exams: oral
aural
written
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Marks
70
70
30
20
30
30
30
20
10
30
30
30
30
100
Percentage of Course
12 %
12 %
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
4%
5%
5%
5%
7%
5%
20 %
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Marks-to-Grades: (approximate)
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A+ 92-100%
A 86-91
A- 82-85
10.
B+ 78-81
B 74-77
B- 70-73
C+ 65-69
C 60-64
C- 55-59
D 50-54
F 0-49
Learning Outcomes
A student who completes this course with an average or better than average grade will have
acquired an active vocabulary of some 600 - 800 everyday words and expressions and an
understanding of approximately half of the grammatical structures of Spanish. He or she will be
able to do the following:
Speaking
- pronounce the sounds of Spanish with sufficient accuracy to be understood by a native
Spanish speaker.
- use vocabulary in simple sentences in the present and preterit (past) tenses
Listening
- distinguish between all the Spanish sounds and be able to take dictation.
- understand ideas expressed within the framework of the vocabulary and grammatical
structures presented.
Reading
- understand simple non-literary prose on non-technical, high-frequency topics, using context
and cognates as aids in comprehension.
Writing
- write simple paragraphs on topics presented in the textbook.
- do written exercises (e.g. answering questions, filling in blanks, translating simple sentences
from English to Spanish) based on grammatical structures and vocabulary presented.
Culture
- have acquired an elementary knowledge of features of the culture of the Spanish-speaking
world and how they differ from those of North America.
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