SPAN 1411 - BEGINNING SPANISH I
Basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the beginner level.
Upon completion, students will be able to:
Engage in conversations using level-appropriate grammatical structures including narrating events that take place in the present and producing questions and responses on a variety of topics dealing with everyday life.
Demonstrate understanding of level-appropriate spoken Spanish.
Write simple sentences and organize them into short paragraphs.
Read and comprehend level-appropriate texts.
Identify and discuss traditions, customs and values of the Hispanic world.
Compare and contrast the traditions, customs and values of the Hispanic world with characteristics of their own culture.
Grade Basis: L
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture hours: 64.0