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UNIVERSIDAD INTERAMERICANA - COSTA
RICA |
| ESPAÑOL
500 (PE-500/C500R) |
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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY |
The
Universidad Interamericana teaching philosophy
is to integrate each of the four skills:
reading, writing, listening, and speaking
through task-based activities and link them
to real-world, contemporary topics in order
to provide a global perspective of the Spanish
language. In addition, practical life skills
and learning strategies are taught in a
student-centered, Spanish-only environment. |
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COURSE
GUIDELINES |
1.
This course is taught in Spanish and it
is mandatory that students communicate in
Spanish in the classroom.
2. Classes start on time. Arriving more
than 10 minutes late is equivalent to being
tardy. Three tardies equals one absence.
Students who arrive more than 30 minutes
late are marked absent. A student who accumulates
three (3) or more absences fails the course
unless he/she makes up the missed classes.
A student must attend make-up classes at
his/her level or at a higher level. All
missed classes must be made up within one
week of the missed class. All make ups must
be done before the last two classes. All
make ups must be done before the last two
classes. A professor has the right, but
not the obligation to make special arrangements
to make up missed time when there is an
extraordinary case.
3. Homework assignments and all other assignments
must be handed in on the due date.
4. Quizzes and Exams must be taken on the
assigned date and will only be made up in
case of emergencies. If an emergency occurs,
it is the student’s responsibility
to communicate with the professor and make
arrangements. There is a 10,000 colon charge
for make-up tests/activities which require
the professor’s presence; said fee
may be waived by the academic direction
in the case of documented emergencies.
5. The course evaluation consists of a class
project (20%), an oral exam (20%), a mid-term
exam (25%),
a final exam (25%), and in-class oral grade
(10%). Course evaluation may vary. In said
cases, students are informed of the variation
within the first two class sessions.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION |
This
course continues to develop on the skills
acquired in Español 400, but students
begin to work with more advanced communicative
goals. This course is appropriate
for strong students who have completed four
semesters of strong high school Spanish
or two semesters of strong university level
Spanish. Material seen in this
class is at the B-1 level of the Common
European Framework. |
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COURSE GOALS |
General course
goals for the four areas of language are listed
in the table shown below
| Listening |
Reading |
The student is
able to identify both factual details
and obvious inferences found in commercials
and simple advice. The student can
also now follow a wide-range of sequential
oral directions from various familiar
contexts. |
The student is
able to follow most simple written
instructions having up to ten different
steps. The student can also read two-three
paragraph standard formulaic texts
for both specific details and general
idea. |
| Speaking |
Writing |
The student is
able to relate simple sequences of
events in the past, present and the
future. The student also has a more
advanced level of simple conversations
skills, being able to interrupt and
maintain spoken discourse |
The student is
able to write short personal narratives,
descriptions and explanations. Furthermore,
the student is able to reduce and
expanded one-page text to it’s
ten most important points. |
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REQUIRED TEXT |
En
acción 2 student book. enCLAVE ELE,
2005. A different, but similar text may
be substituted according to the criteria
of the Universidad Interamericana.
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