Spanish 201

• Instructor: Carlos R. Arce
  
• Office: Santa Barbara-10
  
• Phone: 562-860-2451 ext.2834
  
• Messages: Voice Mail ext.2834
  
• E-Mail: arce@cerritos.edu
  
• Discussion Forums for Spanish 201
  SPAN201-1649 - for the T/Th 8:30 class.
  

Course Description and Objectives:

Five hours a week plus one hour in the language laboratory per week(see required). This course provides extensive practice in oral and written expression and a thorough review of gramatical concepts. It also introduces the student to the more formal aspects of literary analysis and cultural appreciation through a selection of short stories and essays written in Spanish. Class is conducted in Spanish.

Students taken Spanish 3 must have completed Elementary Spanish at Cerritos College or equivalent approved courses from other institutions.

The objectives of the course are to:

• demonstrate acquisition of intermediate level Spanish vocabulary.
• demonstrate an understanding of, and the ability to correctly use intermediate level Spanish grammatical structures.
• review grammar structures from Elementary Spanish. -recognize and apply the rules of accentuation.
• apply grammar rules in written compositions.
• read and discuss reading assignments in Spanish (short stories and essays).
• distinguish errors is Spanish from English usage.
• demonstrate a general knowledge of culture, literature of Spanish-speaking societies, within and without the US

Required:

• Spanish 2 or equivalent with a grade of Credit or "C" or higher
• Textbook: Zayas-Bazan, Conexiones
• Workbook: Zayas-Bazan, Conexiones
• Lab Manual: Zayas-Bazan, Conexiones
• Laboratory: l 5 hours required. Failure to complete hours will result in an incomplete.
• Students are responsible for all material presented in class, including announcements about changes in course procedures.
• Ability to speak Spanish.

Optional:

• Dictionaries: Spanish-English/English-Spanish and Spanish to Spanish.
• Barron's 501 Verbs.
• Computer usage knowledge is optional but recommended.

Attendance:

• You are responsible for all material presented in class, including announcements about course procedures. Exams, quizzes, language practice and homework often include questions on material presented only in class, so performance on these indirectly reflects attendance.
• Attendance represents 10% of your class grade. Missing one class means 2% of the grade, twice means 5% of the grade and three times means 10% of the grade.
• Students will be dropped from the class after the third unexcused absence. In addition please refer to the Cerritos
  College Catalog for excessive absences policy.

Note: Cellular phone calls or beep sounds are disrupting and therefore not allowed in class. Please be courteous to the classroom environment an turn sound devices off.

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