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Span 1: Elementary Spanish

Spanish 1 is an introductory Spanish course where students study pronunciation, vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and cultural readings that develop the four language skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. The final goal of the course is to provide the foundations for oral comprehension and proficiency in using the Spanish language in real communicative situations at the introductory level. The audio CD’s are very important for the distance learning classes. The tests will be similar to the workbook. (Please call the bookstore for information on the audio CD’s 763-7731. The audio CD’s are NOT optional).

Prerequisite: none

Course Details

Instructor: Martínez

E-Mail: jmartinez@taft.org
Telephone: (661) 763-7702
Address: J. Martinez Taft College 29 Emmons Park Dr. Taft, Ca. 93268

Units: 4

Class Meets: June 16 – August 7, 2008
The class will be available for access on June 16, 2008.

Textbook & Estimated Costs:

Rental Textbook: ¡Hola, amigos! (6th Edition) Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. ISBN: 0-618-01183-8. It’s available as a rental from the Taft College Bookstore. Rental Price is 20% of the cost of the textbook.
Purchase Workbook: ¡Hola, amigos! (6th Edition) Houghton Mifflin Company (2004) workbook and audio CD’s. The workbook price is about $62.05 and the audio CD’s price is about $55.40. Bookstore:(661) 763-7731 LRC: (661) 763-7783. The audio CD’s are available at TCI for TCI students.

Estimated Time Per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 10 hours per week reading, studying, completing the workbook/lab manual and taking quizzes and exams.

Special Requirements: The entire course will be conducted on-line. There are four on-line quizzes, a mid-term exam, and a composition for lesson 6 that must be submitted on-line. Also, students are required to mail in their workbook/lab manual or they may turn in assignments in the LRC.

Assignments & Tests: Students will complete 6 lessons in the workbook/laboratory manual (Lesson 1 to lesson 6), a composition (in Spanish), 4 on-line quizzes, and a Mid-Term exam.

Proctored Exams: None

New to ETUDES-NG: Be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with ETUDES-NG. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES-NG.

ETUDES-NG Course: You will log into the Etudes-NG classroom with log-in information provided below:

New Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of SSN

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
SSN: 111-22-3333

Username = joga23333

MonthDay of birth in school records

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)

Password = 0411

Previous Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of SSN

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
SSN: 111-22-3333

Username = joga23333

Enter the password YOU set in a previous term

If you cannot remember your password, go to the ETUDES-NG login screen and reset the password. Be sure to use the email address you used on your application.

Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.