| ESPAÑOL 1010-800 MODIFIED COURSE SYLLABUS FALL 2001 Instructor: Anne Becher Telephone: 303-735-3257 (from on-campus: 5-3257) E-mail: bechera@colorado.edu Office: McKenna 103B Office Hours: Tutor: José García Paine, garciapa@colorado.edu MATERIALS: Our text for this course will be Puntos de Partida, th textbook electronic workbook* electronic laboratory manual* student CD rom Exercises These materials will be used for Spanish 1020 and Spanish 2110 as well. * these can be acquired in book form as well; speak to bookstore staff to request this before buying the packet OVERVIEW: Spanish 1010 is a beginning Spanish course which assumes no prior knowledge or experience with Spanish. The course is communicative in approach, and emphasizes the mastery of all four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The overall emphasis is on realistic, practical situations that could prove useful to the student. The modified section of Spanish 1010 is designed for students who have difficulty learning a foreign language. It will be taught using methods recommended for students with this type of difficulty. This course will place even greater emphasis on listening and speaking than the other courses, and will introduce grammatical structures more slowly, more selectively, and with more opportunity to practice them. Despite the modified pace and curriculum, the course is demanding. Plan to dedicate to it at least two hours daily outside of class, and more time on weekends. You must meet with the course tutor once a week outside of class. Set up a regular schedule with the tutor, and keep it. The meetings are obligatory and absences will be recorded and counted when calculating your participation grade. Experience has shown that working regularly with the tutor can improve student grades and reinforce progress in the language. The tutor will help with specific difficulties you are having, or problem areas the instructor wants you to concentrate on. The tutor will also help with homework, quiz and exam preparations, and pronunciation. You may also use your time with the tutor to practice conversation and using the vocabulary and grammatical structures we learn in class. | |
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