Prerequisite: None

Overall Goals:

1. Introduce the students, who have basic or no prior knowledge of Spanish, to the basic vocabulary, grammatical rules, and functions necessary for discussing familiar topics like introducing people, talking about their family, and favourite sports, etc.
2. Provide students with various communicative activities for developing their listening, speaking and reading skills, and thus, enable them to function effectively in simple everyday situations.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Carry on a simple conversation in Spanish

Methodology:

• Vocabulary activities
• Modelling and practising short conversations
• Pair and group activities
• Pronunciation activities
• Listening activities (listening for gist and for specific information)
• Reading activities (skimming and scanning tasks)
• Grammar activities and games

Required Material:

Students may choose to purchase either a digital book or a paper book, not both.
The purchase should only be made after the first class.

• Book:

E-Book

Title: Encuentros ¡El español para tí! Libro de aprendizaje 1 (2.a edición) – (For Levels 1 & 2)
ISBN : 9782761786973
Author : Norma Emma López Alvarado
Price : Approximately $ 25.50
Available at: Encuentros – Learning Book 1 – Numérique – Les Éditions CEC

Hardcover and E-Book Combo
Title : Encuentros Cahier d’apprentissage 1, 2e Éd., version papier + Accès étudiants – (For Levels 1 & 2)
ISBN :9782761789424
Author : Norma Emma López Alvarado
Price : Approximately $ 29.95
Available at: Encuentros – Learning Book 1 – Ensemble papier et numérique – Les Éditions CEC