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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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SPA 100 - Quick, Basic, and Fun Spanish for Travelers and Pre-Beginners
Description: Introductory Spanish phraseology as well as parts of speech for the would-be traveler and/or the most basic pre-beginner. Vocabulary terms akin to functional Spanish interactions in specific contexts for travelling and other specialized interests. Focuses on augmenting the most basic Spanish speaking/listening skills, and increasing understanding of cultural products and practices in Spanish speaking countries.
Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Formulaic, courtesy and other basic expressions
- Basic parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs and syntax
- Contextualized vocabulary based on a functional syllabus (e.g., vocabulary in restaurants, in the airport, etc.)
- Periphrastic future constructions
- Regular ar/er/ir verbs and their present tense conjugations
- Ser and estar
- Agreement (number and gender)
- Articles (definite and indefinite)
- "Favor de" and "hay que" imperative constructions
- Cultural products and practices of Spanish speaking countries
- Basic geographical knowledge of Spanish speaking world
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify parts of speech (e.g., noun, verb, adjective, etc.). (2)
- Use formulaic and courtesy expressions and other phrases to perform basic day-to-day functions. (1,4,5,7-9)
- Employ highly contextualized vocabulary to interact with a highly sympathetic native speaker. (3)
- Recognize various products and practices of target Spanish speaking cultures/regions. (10)
- Label maps and regions important to the Spanish speaking world. (11)
- Narrate in the present tense. (5,6)
- Create future narrations using the periphrastic future construction. (4)
- Make basic imperative constructions. (9)
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