SPAN 301 consists of four integrated components: grammar, vocabulary, culture, and literature. The course reviews and further develops basic language skills acquired in First Year Spanish. The emphasis is on learning grammar structures and on vocabulary acquisition. The objective of SPAN 301 is to strengthen both written and oral skills that will enable students to communicate in a variety of contexts. The lessons in the main textbook En contacto: Gramática en acción are integrated with the laboratory component of the course. The literary component from En contacto: Lecturas intermedias consists of excerpts and short stories that are read mainly for aesthetic pleasure, comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition. Students are also expected to do simple literary analysis exercises.
Outline
Students acquire written and oral practice in each unit of SPAN 301 by doing many written and oral learning activities.
Unit 1: Gramática en acción Capítulo VII
Gramática: Afirmativos y negativos, El uso de ‘gustar’, ‘faltar’ y verbos similares, Uso del subjuntivo en descripciones de lo desconocido, indefinido y en ciertas conjunciones adverbiales.
Video cultura: El baile flamenco
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias - Capítulo VII
Unit 2:En contacto: Gramática en acción Capítulo VIII
Gramática: Revisar los usos básicos de los verbos reflexivos y aprender los verbos reflexivos que cambian de significado, El uso de los verbos reflexivos con el imperativo. El “se” impersonal y el “se” pasivo.
Video cultural: El chocolate en la cocina mexicana
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias - Capítulo VIII
Unit 3: En contacto: Gramática en acción Capítulo IX
Gramática: El imperfecto del subjuntivo, Los adverbios y sus usos, El uso correcto del infinitivo.
Video cultural: Las mariposas en Ecuador
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias Capítulo IX
Unit 4:En contacto: Gramática en acción Capítulo X
Gramática: El participio pasado y su uso como adjetivo - Los tiempos compuestos.
Video cultural: De compras en Madrid
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias Capítulo X
Unit 5: En contacto: Gramática en acción Capítulo XI
Gramática: El uso de tiempos verbales en frases complejas, Usos de las clausulas con “si”.
Video cultural: Los cibercafés
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias Capítulo XI
Unit 6:En contacto: Gramática en acción Capítulo XII
Gramática: El uso del participio presente y las formas progresivas, Usos de pronombres neutros
Video cultural: El Nuyorican Poets Café
En contacto: Lecturas intermedias Capítulo XII
Evaluation
To receive credit for SPAN 301, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the written examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Activity
Weight
6 Written Exercise
30%
6 Oral Exercises
15%
Final Essay
15%
Final Exam
40%
Total
100%
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
McVey Gill, Mary, Brenda Wegmann, and Teresa Méndez-Faith. En contacto: Gramática en acción. Novena edición. Boston, MA: Thomson-Heinle, 2015. Capítulos 7-12. (Print)
McVey Gill, Mary, Brenda Wegmann, and Teresa Méndez-Faith. En contacto: Lecturas intermedias. Novena edición. Boston, MA: Thomson-Heinle, 2012. Capítulos 7-12. (Print)
En Contacto: iLrn Licence and Access (Online)
Other Materials
All other course materials are available online.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the SPAN 301 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the final written examination.
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