FLS 141 - Elementary Spanish I
Course Department: Humanities
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
4 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 60
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This is a beginning course in Spanish. Attention is given to the essentials of the structure, culture, and vocabulary using different resources in structural manner. Class sessions incorporate short, authentic texts in Spanish, audiovisual materials, and film. Cultural topics of the Spanish-speaking world (traditions, art, literature, music) are included. This class will help the student to be prepared for a diverse workforce as well.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): Verbal exam
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
1. Express correctly ideas both written and oral communication in Spanish.
2. Use appropriate reading techniques to explore authentic material in the target language Spanish.
3. Apply the new vocabulary in both written and oral communication in Spanish. 4. Demonstrate a growing awareness of the influence of traditions and culture on a Hispanic population.
Course Objectives
Chapter1: Hola, ¿qué tal?
1.1 Greetings and leave-takings
1.2 Identifying yourself and others
1.3 Expressions of courtesy
1.4 Nouns and articles
1.5 Numbers 0-30
1.6 Present Tense of Ser
1.7 Telling Time
1.8 Cultura: Saludos y besos en los países hispanos
1.9 La plaza principal
1.10 Estados Unidos y Canada
Chapter 2: En la Universidad
2.1 The classroom and academic life
2.2 Fields of study and academic subjects
2.3 Days of the week
2.4 Class schedules
2.5 Present of -ar verbs
2.6 Forming questions in Spanish
2.7 Present tense of estar
2.8 Numbers 31 and higher
2.9 Cultura: La elección de una carrera universitaria
2.10 La Universidad de Salamanca
2.11 España
Chapter 3: La familia
3.1 The Family
3.2 Identifying people
3.3 Profession and occupations
3.4 Descriptive adjectives
3.5 Possesive adjectives
3.6 Present tense of -er and -ir verbs
3.7 Present tense of tener and venir
3.8 Cultura: ¿Cómo te llamas?
3.9 La familia real española
3.10 Ecuador
Chapter 4: Los pasatiempos
4.1 Pastimes
4.2 Sports
4.3 Places in the city
4.4 Present tense of ir
4.5 Stem-changing verbs: e= ie, o=ue
4.6 Stem-changing verbs: e=i
4.7 Verbs with irregular yo forms
4.8 Cultura: Real Madrid y Barca rivalidad total
4.9 Miguel Cabrera y Paola Espinosa
4.10 México
Chapter 5: Las vacaciones
5.1 Travel and vacation
5.2 Months of the year
5.3 Season and weather
5.4 Ordinal Numbers
5.5 Estar with conditions and emotions
5.6 The present progressive
5.7 Ser and estar
5.8 Direct object nouns and pronouns
5.9 Las cataratas del Iguazú
5.10 Punta del Este
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