NSCC Online Learning

Hybrid Spanish

101 - 102 - 103

A Web Based Online Course

Course Description

• Basic communicative proficiency in listening, reading, speaking and writing. Oral practice with Dos Mundos video on CD-ROM.

Learning Objectives

• To enhance knowledge of conversational Spanish.

• To practice language standards for language communication such as how to pronounce Spanish words and understand simple written papers in Spanish.

• To raise the general level of language proficiency focusing on Dos Mundos -Audio Program by understanding the culture of different regions.

Course Outline

• Introduction to the cultural elements through Interactive CD-ROM.

• Basic patterns of pronunciation.• Talk about your immediate world.• Talk about your likes and dislikes.• Talk about the details of your daily life.• How to communicate with different members of

a family.• Comparisons between your experience and of

others.

Student Level Placement

• Students will be placed by language proficiency levels.

• There are available written and oral tests to place the students.

• To register for Spanish 102, students need to have completed 101 college level.

Course Requirements

• Regular class participation on campus.

• One hour Destinos viewing per day.

• One hour of homework per day.

Methods of Assessments

• Five chapters exams

• Five vocabulary quizzes

• One five minute oral presentation

Student Computer Requirements

• Computer with Pentium 1 GHz class processor or equivalent

• High speed internet connection (DSL or Cable Modem)

• Windows XP with Service Pack 2• 256 MB of memory (512 MB is preferred)

Communications with Students

• Via student e-mail

• Meet with instructor on campus (50%)

Online Supplementary Material

• Online English to Spanish Dictionary

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html• Online Translation Program

http://www.freetranslation.com/• Online Spanish Verb Book

http://www.auladiez.com/spanish/spanish_grammar.html

Supplemental Traditional Material

• Spanish Pocket Dictionary

Larousse Pocket Dictionary ISBN 2-03-420800• Spanish Verb Book

501 Spanish Verbs by Christopher Kendris

ISBN 0-8120-4362-6• Spanish Grammar Book

By Jarvis, Lebredo and Mena-Ayllón

Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0-395-96297-8