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An introductory language course for students with no previous knowledge of Spanish.
This is a course designed to offer students the opportunity to acquire initial knowledge of the Spanish language as well as the appreciation of different Hispanic cultures. This paper is a half-year beginning language course that assumes no prior knowledge or experience with Spanish. The course is based on the communicative approach to language learning: All four of the basic communication skills will be developed and students will practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. The overall emphasis is on realistic situations that could prove useful in a practical sense to students. Since reading and writing can be practiced outside of the classroom, class time will be devoted mainly to listening and speaking activities.
1. Understand the main idea and most of the supporting details of spoken and written Spanish geared for university students of Spanish on current affairs and topics related to students’ daily life;2. Speak in complete sentences about familiar topics with sufficient grammatical accuracy;3. Read edited articles with an understanding of the main ideas and most of the supporting details;4. Write brief and coherent paragraphs on a familiar topic with sufficient grammatical accuracy as to be understood by a native speaker of Spanish;5. Understand significant cultural traits (i.e., lifestyles, attitudes, customs, and geography).
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences Head of Department
Please ensure you purchase the 9th edition of the textbook. This has been substantially revised, so earlier editions cannot be used.Note: This textbook will be used for SPAN102 (in the second semester) and SPAN201. Those students planning to take these two courses will not need to purchase a new book.Optional Texts:• "501 Spanish Verbs" by Christopher Kendris (any edition)• Any English/Spanish DictionaryUseful Websites:• wordreference.com – an excellent online dictionary• quizlet.com – useful for learning vocabulary
Library portalLEARN The full Course Outline is available on LEARN (only for students enrolled in this course).
Domestic fee $697.00
International fee $2,913.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .