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Andres GMSO - Teaching With Technology |
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Pedagogical Innovation Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese |
Course description: Right now I am not teaching any course yet. The Spring 2009 semester I will probably teach one of these three courses below. Here is a brief summary of each one of them. If you want further detail about the courses, click on the link at the bottom of the page. Spanish 1, 2, and 3Welcome to Spanish at Penn State. Spanish 1, 2, and 3 are courses for students who are native speakers of a language other than Spanish. These courses are divided into two components, in-class and online. Two hours of these 4-credit, one-semester courses are completed in class and the rest (instruction + homework) is fulfilled on-line. The purpose of this 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. Spanish 1Spanish 001 is designed for students who have not previously taken any Spanish or who have completed a maximum of one high school Spanish course within four years immediately preceding admission to college. Students with more course work in Spanish will not receive credit for Spanish 001. There are no exceptions to this policy. Spanish 2Spanish 002 is designed for students who have successfully completed Spanish 001 at PSU, or the equivalent level at another university, or who have had the equivalent of two or three years of high school Spanish within four years immediately preceding admission to college. Students with course work equivalent to the level of Spanish 002 will not receive credit for Spanish 002. There are no exceptions to this policy. Spanish 3Spanish 003 is designed for students who have successfully completed Spanish 002 at PSU, or the equivalent level at another university. For students who have taken and successfully completed 4 years of high school Spanish within four years immediately preceding admission to college, Spanish 003 is the minimum entry level course. Students with course work equivalent to the level of Spanish 003 will not receive credit for Spanish 003. Also, individuals who have taken the AP exam and have received a score of 3 or above or who have taken the IB exam, and have received a score of 5 or higher on the Higher Level exam will receive the 12 credits required to fulfill the language proficiency requirement and will therefore not be able to take Spanish 3 for credit. There are no exceptions to this policy.
Link to the sillabi and policies of the courses: http://sip.la.psu.edu/blp/syllabi.html
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