Accelerated course reviewing basic principles of the Spanish language for students with some background of high school Spanish. Given in Spanish.
Athena Title
Accelerated Elementary Spanish
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPAN 1002, SPAN 1002E, SPAN 1110E, SPAN 1110H
Non-Traditional Format
This course includes one hour of online coursework.
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will speak spontaneously about oneself and others, maintaining simple and meaningful conversations in the target language about a variety of topics and situations in the past, present, and future contexts.
Students will use grammar and vocabulary to express opinions, present arguments, and narrate events accurately in the target language.
Students will collaborate with peers to develop group projects that explore topics of cultural or social relevance in Spanish-speaking communities.
Students will increase their comprehension of narration from the instructor, authentic materials (from the popular press, media, and literary sources), video components, and classmates.
Topical Outline
Pronunciation: Rhythm, consonants, vowels, dipthongs, stress
and intonation.
Basic Tenses for communication: Present, imperfect, preterite,
future.
Regular verb conjugations: First, second, third.
High Frequency irregular verbs: Ser, estar, tener, hacer,
gustar, poder, querer, venir.
Vocabulary of useful items: personal possessions, food, family
members, clothing, shopping, holidays, and celebrations.
Pronouns: Subject, direct and indirect object, reflexive,
interrogative, and relative pronouns.
Moods: Indicative, subjunctive, imperative.
Vocabulary and structure of conversational topics: Numbers,
time, weather, calender, coursework.
Readings and culture: The Spanish-speaking world, the
university, Hispanic last names, family life, travel and
vacations, household goods, sports, hobbies, holidays,
accidents, health and safety.
