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SPAN 50 Beginning Conversation

Section Number 71929

Catalog Description:

This is the first course in the two-course series of Beginning Spanish Conversation. Emphasis is on speaking and listening through the use of everyday vocabulary and communicative skills. Reading and writing skills will be developed from involvement with the spoken language. The course will also introduce students to the cultures of the Spanish - speaking world. This class is not transferable.

Instructor:

Carlos Castellanos

Class Meetings:

9:00-11:50am
On the following Saturdays: Oct. 20, 27; Nov. 3, 17; Dec. 1, 8
Room F-8

Broadcast Days and Times:

Times & days for Cox Cable North – Channel 16 and Time Warner Cable North – Channel 16:
Sunday 5:00-6:00am OR Wednesday 10:30-11:30pm OR Friday 7:30-8:30am

Viewing Options

If this course does not air in your area or you don’t have cable you have two options. The first option is you can check out video tapes from the Learning Resource Center on the San Marcos Main Campus Library or the Escondido, Ramona or Mt Carmel Education centers. The second option is watching the lessons online. All of our classes are video streamed and available for viewing on the course’s Blackboard website (see below about Blackboard log in instructions).

Class Outline

Course materials are available the Friday prior to when classes begin. Access your course outline, assignments, handouts and announcements, as well as view video lessons in Blackboard. Log in Blackboard instructions:

Lesson USERNAME: STUDENT ID Number
PASSWORD: Palomar eServices Password

To log in go to: http://www.palomar.edu/pconline/

Textbook and Other Required Materials:

Conversemos! : (Let’s talk) A Beginning Spanish Conversation/ workbook, Janet Hafner & Carlos Gómez, Publisher Kendall/Hunt

Video Series Entitled:

Lesson Conversemos

Video Lesson Descriptions:

Lesson 1
Introduces the vowel system, pronunciation techniques, and some simple commands, adverbs, nouns and the Article System.

Lesson 2
reviews vowel sounds and introduces the consonants "ñ," "qu," and "j." It describes objects using common adjectives and introduces the concept of noun and adjective agreement.

Lesson 3
Introduces vocabulary for eating utensils and reviews the content of the Melodrama. Limited commands and indirect object pronouns.

Lesson 4
Discusses demonstrative adjectives and a visit to a restaurant and uses new adjectives to compare two Melodrama characters.

Lesson 5
Presents a simple dialogue about problems, and introduces the consonants "ll" and "ch."

Lesson 6
explains intonation and interrogative form to be used in asking question in Spanish. Ser vs. Estar

Lesson 7
Reviews the expressions used to count and tell time. Descriptive adjectives and phrases are used to compare two of the Melodrama characters. Expressing possession with "de"

Lesson 8
clarifies the relationships between each of the Melodrama characters and introduces the verb, "llamarse."

Lesson 9
introduces the consonant "g" and demonstrates the simple present tense for regular verbs.

Lesson 10
Reviews the vocabulary and grammar introduced in the first nine lessons and two important verbs ser and estar.

Lesson 11
explains how to express future time using "ir" + a + infinitive.

Lesson 12
discusses vocabulary used when shopping for clothes and demonstrates the pronunciation of the consonants "h" and "d."

Lesson 13
Discusses the days of the week, seasons and month and explores the use of the verbs "ir," "estar," "dar," and "ser."

Lesson 14
presents a version of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk," and includes vocabulary for making a salad.

Lesson 15
explores vocabulary used in a visit to a doctor's office, and explains the use of formal and familiar commands.