Maricopa Community Colleges  SPA095   19972-20016 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  10/22/96
SPA095      19972-20016 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Speak Spanish!
Limited vocabulary and grammar to help develop fluency in Spanish. Emphasis on speaking skills. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
SPA095   19972-20016 Speak Spanish!
1. Create oral discourse within limited Spanish vocabulary and grammar. (I, II)
2. Engage in spontaneous unmemorized Spanish speech. (I, II)
3. Communicate orally in Spanish with confidence and ease. (I, II)
4. Form Spanish sentences orally of increasing complexity. (I, II)
5. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend natural (that is, continuous, unrepeated) spoken Spanish discourse as well as possible without knowing all the words. (III)
6. Demonstrate the ability to read a Spanish text without artificial aids (for example, vocabulary lists, leading questions) and "guess in context." (IV)
7. Write original Spanish dialogues and connected narratives. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
SPA095   19972-20016 Speak Spanish!
    I. Speaking skills
        A. Vocabulary
          1. Approximately 200 words (nouns-45%, verbs-15%, adjectives/modifiers-15%, numerals-7%, adverbs-5%, pronouns-5%, other-8%)
          2. Daily drills and oral quizzes on vocabulary learned by associating meaning with pronunciation
        B. Daily drills following examples of a pattern sentence
        C. Daily "talkathons"-speaking as long as possible without stopping or hesitating
      II. Grammar
          A. Nouns
            1. Masculine and feminine
            2. Singular and plural
          B. Verbs
            1. Present tense, first singular, third singular, and plural
            2. Ser vs. estar
            3. Infinitive
          C. Adjectives/modifiers
            1. Masculine and feminine
            2. Singular and plural
          D. Motion to and from
          E. Possession
            1. With nouns
            2. With modifiers (my, your)
          F. Direct object
            1. Animate (with personal "a") and inanimate nouns
            2. Pronouns (me, you)
        III. Listening skills: exercises and activities for developing "skim-listening" skills
          IV. Reading skills: exercises and activities for developing "skim-reading" skills
            V. Writing skills: weekly assignments to write original dialogues and/or connected narratives
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