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SPANISH 1115 COURSE OUTLINE
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Instructor: Laura Vass
Phone: 604-323-5903
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Textbook: ¡Hola, Amigos! by Jarvis, Lebredo & Mena-Ayllón, 1st Canadian Edition.
Please purchase the FULL PACKAGE (i.e. workbook and textbook) at Langara Bookstore.
NO NOT PURCHASE THE G.I.S PACKAGE! Ask for help if you are unsure. The textbook
and workbook will also be used in Spanish 1215.
3.
Course Content: ¡Hola, Amigos! Textbook p. 1–171; Workbook p. 3–70.
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 preterit (past)
tense.
4.
Classes: 4 days per week. Regular attendance to both the classes and the labs is essential, and
will be recorded as part of your participation mark.
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 your CD (included in Package)
and/or using the CDs or audiotapes available at the Media Centre (2nd floor of library)
* LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS PERMISSION
FROM THE INSTRUCTOR IS OBTAINED BEFORE THE DUE DATE.
6.
Term tests:
2 Midterm exams - written and aural (listening)
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
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Email: lvass@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 (see schedule)
b) Final Oral Exam (see schedule)
c) Final Written Exam - scheduled for the exam period after the last day of classes
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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.
8.
Evaluation
Term tests
Oral test
Quizzes
I
II
I
II
III
IV
Composition
Attendance, participation & homework
Final exam – oral
aural
written
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40
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80
400 / 4 = %
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9.
Marks-to-Grades: (approximate)
B+ 78-81
B 74-77
B- 70-73
C+ 65-69
C 60-64
C- 55-59
D 50-54
F 0-49
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A+ 92-100%
A 86-91
A- 82-85
10.
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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