CSUSM Language Learning Center’s
Fall 2015 Spanish 101 Review, to Place into 102
Did you take at least 1 Spanish class – but it was over 2 years ago?
Would you like to place directly into CSUSM’s Spanish 102?
Sign up for our free review program!
HOW IT WORKS:
1. Sign up by the deadline. See www.csusm.edu/loter for more information coming soon!
2. Attend Sessions.
3. Test.
4. Register for CSUSM’s Spanish 102 for the following term.
1. SIGN UP BY THE DEADLINE.
Submit enrollment form to llc@csusm.edu or Kellogg 1107.
Submit proof that, over two years ago, you took either at least one year of high school Spanish OR one
semester of college Spanish . (Proof may be informal, eg. screen shot of your unofficial transcript.)
Note that placement is first-come, first served!
Please note that freshmen are not eligible for this program.
3. ATTEND SESSIONS
Sessions run mid-February to end of March. Choose either 6 Thursday afternoons or 6 Friday mornings.
Each meeting is 2.5 hours long and covers roughly 1 chapter from Plazas, 4th Edition.
Stop by the LLC in Kellogg 11o7 to look through Plazas for more information or see list on next page.
Missing more than 1 meeting WILL result in not being allowed to take the Placement Exam
at ANY point in your CSUSM career.
4. TEST
Testing is mandatory and will occur during the sixth meeting.
If you need to test on a different day, you must consult with the LLC Director ahead of time.
Failing to test on the arranged date WILL result in not being allowed to take the Placement Exam
at ANY point in your CSUSM career.
5. REGISTER FOR CSUSM’s SPANISH 102 FOR THE FOLLOWING TERM
*Note: About 2/3 our students place into 102; the other 1/3 place into 101. Know yourself!
If you plan to take Spanish in the next term, register for 102.
Results come mid-semester, so you will have time to adjust your next term’s registration if needed.
LLC Director will alert you informally via email of your placement, from llc@csusm.edu.
LLC Director will send a formal notice to Modern Language Studies instructors listing placements.
Placement status expires after 1 year. It may be used for Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017.
Note that this free program does NOT give units or grades, nor meet any area requirement.
CSUSM Language Learning Center’s
Fall 2015 Spanish 101 Review, to Place into 102
Think you’re ready for 102?
What you would need to know (and what the sessions will cover):
Vocabulary:
 Greetings and meeting people…page 2 in Plazas, 4th Edition (available in the LLC for review)
 Numbers 0-1,000,000…pages 12,72,134
 In the classroom…20
 The colors…21
 The university campus, academic courses and foreign languages…30,38
 The time and days of the week…38
 The family, physical features and personality…50,60
 Nationalities…66
 Leisure time activities and sports…84
 Places in and around town…94
 Months and seasons…102
 Home, furniture and appliances…114
 Household chores…126
 The human body, health care, illnesses, symptoms, and medical treatments…160
Structure:
 Subject pronouns and present tense of the verb ser/estar ( to be)… pages 10, 58
 The verb form hay (there is, there are)…12
 Question words…14
 Definite and indefinite articles, gender and quantity agreement…26
 Present tense of regular –ar verbs…34
 Possession with de(l) and possessive adjectives…56
 Agreement with descriptive adjectives…60
 Present tense of –er and –ir verbs…68
 Common uses of the verb tener (to have)…70
 Gustar +infinitive and gustar +nouns…90
 Ir and Ir a…96
 Verbs with irregular yo forms…98
 Saber and Conoser (to know)…100
 Affirmative tu commands…128
 Estar and the present progressive…130
 Present tense of stem changing verbs e/ie, o/ue, u/ue, e/ i…120
 Reflexive pronouns and present tense of reflexive verbs
 Acabar de + infinitive…156
 Demonstrate adjectives and pronouns…168