Language Study 0102 - Elementary Spanish II

This course is the second semester of first-year, Spanish and students enrolled in this course should have taken LS101 or the equivalent. This class is taught almost entirely in Spanish and focuses on speaking and using Spanish. Students entering this level should be able to use the present, future (ir+a+infinitive) and preterit with some fluency and accuracy. Attention is given to building accuracy with grammatical structures introduced in LS101 and focuses on the differences between the preterit and imperfect tenses along with an introduction to present subjunctive. More sophisticated grammar is also introduced in this course. All four skill areas (speaking, listening, reading and writing) are practiced through activities that are based on real-life situations, the on-line course textbook and the students' experiences. Classroom attendance and classroom participation count for sixty percent of the requirement for credit/evaluation.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Multiple Cultural Perspectives This class is taught by faculty from the International Language Institute of Massachusetts in Northampton (www.ili.edu). For more information regarding placement in this course, please contact Caroline Gear,caroline@ili.edu In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes time spent on on-line homework as well as portfolio work.