Department or Program: Foreign Languages

Course Number: 101 Number of Credits: 04

Course Title: Elementary Spanish I

Catalog Description: Introductory Spanish for students with little or no prior training in Spanish. Instruction in speaking, listening, reading and writing through classroom drill and language lab work. Prerequisite: none. Offered yearly.

This is an existing course that has previously been approved by A2C2: Yes

This is a new course proposal: no (If this is a new course proposal, the WSU Curriculum Approval Form must also be completed as in the process prescribed by WSU Regulation 3-4.)

Department Contact Person for this course: Monica Revak, 124 Minné

This course fulfills four credits of the Arts and Sciences Core Requirement in the Humanities area of the University Studies Program.

Email: mrevak@winona.edu

Addendum:

This paragraph will be added to the course description in the WSU UG Catalog for 2002-2004:

As the student learns the language he/she becomes acquainted with the way Spanish people experience and perceive their world. Through the language, the student is introduced to the customs, the arts, and the culture of Spain/Latin America and the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.

Course: Spanish 101, Elementary Spanish I, 4 S.H.

Instructor: Mónica Revak, M.A., M.S., Foreign Languages Department

124 Minne (507) 457-5664

Textbooks: ¿Cómo se dice….? 6^th edition Jarvis, Lebredo, Mena-Ayllón, 1998. Workbook and laboratory manual.

Description: Introductory Spanish for students with little or no prior Spanish training.

Be covered: Preliminar chapter through 9 chapter.

Tests: One after each chapter, a cumulative midterm, and a comprehensive final examination.

 

Course Objectives: Aural Comprehension: It emphasizes the use of Language for oral

communication. The ability to perceive all Spanish sounds and being able to distinguish them from one another.

Speaking: The ability to pronounce all the Spanish words with sufficient accuracy and being able to engage in simple conversation with native speakers of Spanish.

Reading: The ability to understand simple Spanish prose on non-technical topics.

Writing: The ability to create in Spanish a short paragraph on the topics presented in the text.

Culture: To gain elementary knowledge of important aspects of the culture

in Spanish-speaking countries.

a. Identify and understand specific elements and assumptions of a particular humanities discipline:

The students will learn the terminology and methodology of language acquisition and grammatical analysis through lectures, exams, classroom practice, their own written dialogues, and listening to tapes. They will also become aware of the different aspects involved in the learning of a language through their own analysis done while learning a foreign language.

b. Understand how historical context, cultural values, and gender influence perceptions

and interpretations:

The students will learn about the Hispanic history, socio-economic situation, culture, gender perception and interpretation through videos, class discussions, the news, and dialogues. The Hispanic worldview is different than their own, so it is important for the students to be educated about it.

c. Understand the role of critical analysis (e.g. aesthetic, historical, literary, philosophical,

rhetorical) in interpreting and evaluation expressions of human experience.

It is very important that the students of this class learn to respect other human experiences that differ from their own. They will be acquiring new skills in understanding and speaking Spanish. And these skills will help them to expand not only the knowledge of the language but also to learn, and respect, a different perspective of seeing the world.

101 Elementary Spanish I