Online Orientation - Spanish 1602

Span 1602-40 Elementary Spanish

Spanish 1602 is an introductory Spanish course where students continue to 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 off-line and on-line classes. The tests will be similar to the workbook. (To purchase the audio CD’s call the bookstore at 661-763-7731). Another option is to go on-line and listen to them. The website is: http://dli.taftcollege.edu/streams/webcast_home.htm (Multimedia 661-763-7737).Student ID is tcstudent and password is taftcollege.

Prerequisite: Spanish 1601 or High School Spanish

Course Details

Instructor: Mr. Martínez

E-Mail: jmartinez@taft.org
Telephone: (661) 763-7702

Units: 4

Class Meets: June 8 – July 30, 2009
The class will be available for access on June 8, 2009.

Textbook & Estimated Costs: $106.00

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 $32.00 (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 $74.00 and the audio CD’s price is about $38.00. (The audio CDs are also online, if the student can not listen to them online, he/she has the option of purchasing them.)

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.

Assignments & Tests: 4 tests on-line, 4 workbook lessons, 1 (on-line) composition.

Proctored Exams: No.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus in PDF format, opens in a new window

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

ETUDES Course: You will log into the Etudes 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 your Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

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 Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

Enter the password YOU set in a previous term

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

Etude link opens in a new window

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