Welcome to Spanish 002 at Penn State! Spanish 002 is a course within the Spanish Basic Language Program (SBLP) designed for students who are native speakers of a language other than Spanish. The course is a 4-credit class taught with technology. Each week the class will meet for two hours in class and the remaining coursework (Instruction + homework) is completed online on Penn State’s course management system, ANGEL. The purpose of the course is to develop and improve communication skills when listening, reading, speaking, and writing in Spanish. The course follows a communicative information-based task approach, which springs from the idea that languages are best learned when real world information becomes the focus of students’ activities. Therefore, during the semester, you will exchange real-life information about yourself and your classmates.

Prerequisites:

In order to register for Spanish 002, you must comply with several prerequisites. Students who have taken Spanish 001 at Penn State or who have reached the equivalent level at another university may register for Spanish 002. Students who have taken two or three years of high school Spanish within the four years immediately preceding admission to college may also register for the course. However, students who have completed course work equivalent to the level of Spanish 002 will not receive credit for Spanish 002. There are no exceptions.

Materials:

Spanish 002 uses the text book Mosaicos for Penn State Univeristy, Spanish 2. The course covers from lesson 5 to lesson 10.

Topics covered:

The topics covered in the class are as follows:

• Review of regular ar, er, ir verbs
• Review of the verbs ser y estar
• Review of future perifráastico ir a + infinitive
• Review of reflexive verbs
• Review of saber vs. conocer
• Noun adjective agreement
• Preterit of regular verbs
• Direct object pronouns,
• Indirect object pronouns
• GUSTAR and similar averbs
• Vocabulary of clothes, shopping, fabric and designs
• Preterit of er and ir verbs where the vowel changes
• Vocabulary of sports, weather and seasons
• Preterit of verbs SER, IR, TENER, ESTAR
• Verb DAR
• Pronouns and reflexive verbs
• Vocabulary of holidays and traditions, important dates, and other celebrations
• Imperfect
• Constructions with “se”
• Formal Commands
• Present subjunctive

ANGEL

ANGEL will provide PowerPoints and other learning materials to present lessons to  students. Students are required to complete quizzes that follow the presentations in order to receive their homework grade for the class. Students are expected to work a minimum of 6hours per week on ANGEL. The following explains, in more detail, what a typical week of ANGEL work looks like:

• Grammar and vocabulary: each grammar and vocabulary folder includes a presentation (normally a video with English explanations for grammar and a PowerPoint presentation for vocabulary), questions based on the presentation, structured input and structured output.
• Pronunciation (1 activity per week).
• Listening comprehension and culture

      (1 audio/video activity per week).

• Reading comprehension and culture

      (1 activity per week).

Evaluation:

The final course grade is made up of the following:

Participation                                      15%    
On-line assignments                      10%
Writing activities (escrituras)          10%
Exams 

• Exam 1                                                        20%
• Exam 2                                                        20%
• Final exam                                                  20%
• Oral exam                                                   5%

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Grading Scale

95.0-100%           A                        
90.0-94.9%          A-                       75.0-79.9%      C+
87.9-89.9%          B+                       70.0-74.9%      C
83.3-87.8%          B                         60.0-69.9%      D
80.0-83.2%          B-                        59.9% ↓          F

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