SPA 101 ELEMENTARY SPANISH Course Package Approved May 6, 2005 Effective Summer 2005 Modified 4/3/2009 effective Fall 2009
COURSE INFORMATION Is this a new course or a proposed modification to an existing course? New Course Course Modification to an existing course Title Spanish 101 Elementary Spanish Number SPA101 Catalog Course Description: This course develops the fundamental language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, writing and reading comprehension. Four lecture; one lab. Credit hours 4.0 Lecture hours 4.0 Lab hours 1.0 Prerequisites Appropriate score on Reading assessment test with a placement exceeding ENG 089 or ENG 089 Identify any risk management issues. Reading assessment is vital for success in this course. L1 proficiency must be demonstrated before L2 acquisition can begin. Explain the proposed modifications, if applicable. Contact person(s) Todd Miller, BHC (928) 758-3926 xt 4602 Date 03/14/05 Effective date of changes Summer 2005 To align the Spanish 101 curriculum with that of Arizona Universities Is there a similar course in the college bank? Articulation: Is this course or an equivalent offered at other two- and four- year universities in AZ? Yes NO If yes, identify: Spanish 101 Yes No If yes, identify the college, subject, prefix, number, and title: Northern Arizona University, ASU, U of A Elementary Spanish, SPA 101 Writing Across the Curriculum Rationale: Mohave Community College firmly supports the idea that writing can be used to improve education; students who write in their respective content areas will learn more and retain what they learn better than those who don t. Courses in the core curriculum have been identified as Writing Across the Curriculum courses. Suggested minimum standards for the Writing Across the Curriculum component are as follows: 1. The writing assignments should total 1500 2000 words. For example, a single report which is 1500 words in length could fulfill the requirement, or a series of essay questions and short papers (example: four -375 word assignments) which total 1500 words could meet the requirement. 2. The writing component will represent at least 10% of a student s final grade in the course.
Is this a course identified as a Writing Across the Curriculum course? Yes No Intended Course Outcomes Course Goals 1. Primary goal: To communicate in Spanish (given a highly sympathetic audience) at a beginning survival level of proficiency as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) and in compliance with the basic communication competencies set for Spanish 101 by the Arizona Languages Articulation Task Force (LATF) and NAU (Northern Arizona University) 2. Communicate in Spanish by: A. Responding to formulaic questions on familiar material, utilizing and recognizing frequently used expressions to describe self and others, writing simple sentences using formulaic expressions and learned vocabulary in the writing system of the Spanish language and formulating questions to satisfy basic needs. 3. Identify, recognize and use basic grammatical features of Spanish with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy in the areas of grammar, vocabulary, verb tense conjugations and cultural knowledge. Course Competencies and Objectives Competency 1 Student will be able to conjugate regular, irregular and stem-changing -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present tense. Objective 1.1 Learn and explain rules and conjugations regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs Objective 1.2 Learn and explain rules and conjugations irregular -ar, -er, -ir verbs Objective 1.3 Learn and explain rules and conjugations stem-changing -ar, -er, -ir verbs Competency 2 Student will be able to explain uses of verbs Ser and Estar Objective 2.1 Describe summary of uses Objective 2.2 Conjugate both verbs in the present tense Objective 2.3 Use Ser for personal description Competency 3 Student will be able to explain uses of verbs Saber and Conocer Objective 3.1 Describe summary of uses Objective 3.2 Conjugate both verbs in the present tense Objective 3.3 Be able to implement the appropriate verb in any setting Competency 4 Student will be able to conjugate verbs in the present progressive tense (Estar + -ndo) Objective 4.1 Describe summary of uses of the present progressive form Objective 4.2 Conjugate -ar, -er, -ir verbs in the present progressive tense Objective 4.3 Conjugate irregular verbs in the present progressive tense
Competency 5 Student will be able to use idioms in the tener verb and the ir + verb format Objective 5.1 Utilize ir + verb to express destination or future actions Objective 5.2 Utilize tener idioms to express themselves Objective 5.3 Utilize the verb tener to express age Competency 6 Student will be able to utilize vocabulary used in everyday life using vocabulary, greetings and expressions of courtesy. Objective 6.1 Tell time, days of the week, months of the year, the four seasons and weather, colors Objective 6.2 Student will be able to recite and write the Spanish alphabet and the numbers 0-1,000,000 and be able to show expressions of courtesy and common greetings or salutations. Objective 6.3 Name, in Spanish, common items: classroom objects, course names, family members, clothing, furniture, rooms in a home, foods. Competency 7 Student will be able to construct formal commands in Spanish Objective 7.1 Describe summary of uses for the formal command Objective 7.2 Conjugate formal commands with regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs Objective 7.3 Conjugate formal commands with irregular -ar, -er, -ir verbs Competency 8 Student will be able to pronounce words and stress them properly using rules of Spanish Objective 8.1 Identify Spanish dipthongs and their stress rules Objective 8.2 Identify Spanish stress and accent mark rules Objective 8.3 Explain Spanish dipthong, stress and accent mark rules Competency 9 Student will be able to identify nouns and articles in Spanish and their usage. Objective 9.1 Identify nouns in Spanish and their gender Objective 9.2 Identify articles and their gender Objective 9.3 Identify singular and plural nouns and articles and their gender Competency 10 Student will be able to identify subject pronouns and their usage in Spanish Objective 10.1 Identify subject pronouns in Spanish Objective 10.2 Identify subject pronouns in Spanish, their use and omission Objective 10.3 Identify direct object pronouns Competency 11 Student will be able to identify different types of pronouns in Spanish and their usage. Objective 11.1 Identify demonstrative pronouns Objective 11.2 Identify reflexive pronouns Objective 11.3 Identify prepositional pronouns Competency 12 Student will be able to identify types of adjectives and their usage in Spanish. Objective 12.1 Identify describing adjectives; gender, number, position Objective 12.2 Identify possessive adjectives Objective 12.3 Identify demonstrative adjectives Competency 13 Student will be able to identify prepositions and their usage in Spanish. Objective 13.1 Describe the different uses of por and para Objective 13.2 Use prepositions to explain reasoning
Objective 13.3 Competency 14 Student will be able to form comparisons in Spanish. Objective 14.1 Form adjective comparisons Objective 14.2 Form adverb comparisons Objective 14.3 Use comparisons to describe frequency or quantities Competency 15 Student will be able to form questions Objective 15.1 Identify forming yes or no questions Objective 15.2 Identify and utilize indefinite negative words Objective 15.3 Construct answers using negation Competency 16 Student will be able to describe cultural differences in the Latin world Objective 16.1 Identify and be able to form Hispanic last names Objective 16.2 Identify and correctly state and write their nationality following Spanish rules. Objective 16.3 Discuss cultural notes in textbook and any video presentations informing of the Latin American culture Competency 17 Student will be able to conjugate and utilize the verbs gustar and encantar Objective 17.1 Identify rules of conjugation for gustar and encantar Objective 17.2 Identify rules of the reflexive quality of gustar and encantar Objective 17.3 Conjugate gustar and encantar in the present tense Competency 18 Student will be able to conjugate and utilize the verb acabar + de to show termination or finalization of an activity. Objective 18.1 Identify when to use acabar + de Objective 18.2 Conjugate acabar + de and the action verb following Spanish grammar rules Objective 18.3 Use acabar + de to show termination or finalization of an activity
Teacher s Guide Software Course Materials and Equipment Textbook(s) Title Puntos De Partida, 8 th ed. Txtbk, Wkbk, Lab Bookrequired Author(s) Sablo-Yates Publisher McGraw-Hill ISBN 978-0-0-7332550-7 Title Puntos de Partida - 9 th ed Listening CD recommended. Author(s) Publisher McGraw-Hill ISBN 978-0-0-73325620 Equipment Other Professor will need a CD player to perform Laboratory Activities in class. Cultural materials, videos, or other educational ideas at professor's discretion which support course goals and objectives. Writing Across the Curriculum *(See addendum for grading rubrics) This course emphasizes and supports writing across the curriculum... Students will write journals on a weekly basis. Students will write sentences in class and in homework assignments to demonstrate efficiency in the use of Spanish, verb conjugation, etc. This total will greatly exceed 1500 words per semester. Learning Units Learning Unit Topic 1: Antetodo (Preliminary Chapter) Competency: 2,3,6 Objectives: 2.3, 6.2, 6.1, 17 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp2-23, Workbook pp1-10, Laboratory pp 1-14 Learning Unit Topic 2: En la Universidad (At the University) Chapter 1 Competency: 1, 6, 9, 10, 15, Objectives: 1.1, 6.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 15.1, 15.3 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp24-57, Workbook pp11-24, Laboratory pp15-28 Learning Unit Topic 3: La familia (The family) Chapter 2 Competency: 1, 2, 6, 10, 12
Objectives: 1.1, 2.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10.1 12.1, 12.2 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp58-93, Workbook pp25-40, Laboratory pp29-40 Learning Unit Topic 4: De Compras (Shopping) Chapter 3 Competency: 1, 5, 6, 11, 12 Objectives: 1.2, 1.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2, 6.3, 11.1, 12.3 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp94-125, Workbook pp41-54, Laboratory pp41-50 Learning Unit Topic 5: En Casa (At Home) Chapter 4 Competency: 1, 6, 11, 13 Objectives: 1.3, 6.3, 11.2, 13.1, 13.2 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp126-155, Workbook pp55-68, Laboratory pp51-60 Learning Unit Topic 6: Las estaciones y el tiempo (Seasons and Weather) Chapter 5 Competency: 2, 4, 6 Objectives: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp156-189, Workbook pp69-82, Laboratory pp61-72 Learning Unit Topic 7: Qué le gusta comer? (What do you like to eat?) Chapter 6 Competency: 3, 7, 10, 15, 18 Objectives: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 15.2, 18.1, 18.2 Activities/ Assignments: Book pp190-221, Workbook pp83-96, Laboratory pp73-82 Course Assessment Information Description of Course Assessments (Essays, multiple choice, etc.) Are exams standardized in your department? No Yes Classroom quizzes may be designed by the instructor, chapter exams which assess: reading, writing, listening comprehension, verb conjugations and grammar proficiencies are to come from the Puntos testing program, ISBN 0-07-295123-0 Are the exams required by the department? Yes NO
Where can faculty members locate or access the exams for this course? Available through Todd Miller (BHC) or a free copy for instructors may be ordered through McGraw-Hill