Beginning Spanish I | Weatherford College

Basic Spanish language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students will acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to communicate and comprehend at the beginner level.

Course Learning Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

Engage in conversations using level-appropriate grammatical structures including narrating events that take place in the present and producing questions and responses on a variety of topics dealing with everyday life.
Demonstrate understanding of level-appropriate spoken Spanish.
Write simple sentences and organize them into short paragraphs.
Read and comprehend level-appropriate texts. Identify and discuss traditions, customs and values of the Hispanic world.
Compare and contrast the traditions, customs and values of the Hispanic world with characteristics of their own culture.

Required Textbooks

Course materials are an adaptation of "Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture" by Matthew Dean, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, and edited by Laura Cummins. Originally published by Humboldt State University Press at Digital Commons.

Evaluation Standards

At the beginning of the semester, instructors will provide each student with a course syllabus and outline of the course which includes departmental requirements and the specific requirements of the individual instructor. The grade for the course is weighted as follows:

15% Practice Assignments
15% Application Assignments
20% Quizzes
10% Projects
10% Oral Proficiency Exam (for hybrid sections) Spoken Assignments (for online sections)
10% Participation
10% Midterm Exam
10% Final Exam

Required Materials

Internet access. Chrome is the recommended browser.
The ability to record yourself either with a microphone on your computer, phone or with headphones. It may be required to use submit videos and/or audio recordings.
Photo identification card. This will be used when taking quizzes and tests to verify your identity.

Required Institutional Core Learning Outcomes

Communication (COM), Critical Thinking (CT), Personal Responsibility (PR), Social Responsibility (SR)

Disabilities

ADA Statement:

Any student with a documented disability (e.g. learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) may contact the Office on the Weatherford College Weatherford Campus to request reasonable accommodations. Phone: 817-598-6350 Office Location: Office Number 118 in the Student Services Building, upper floor. Physical Address: Weatherford College 225 College Park Drive Weatherford, TX.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity is fundamental to the educational mission of Weatherford College, and the College expects its students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. Academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials including unauthorized use of Generative AI. Departments may adopt discipline specific guidelines on Generative AI usage approved by the instructional dean. Any student who is demonstrated to have engaged in any of these activities will be subject to immediate disciplinary action in accordance with institutional procedures.

Hope Statement

Any student who faces challenges securing basic resources such as food, clothing, or housing and believes this may affect their performance in their course of study is urged to contact the Director of Student Resources, Dr. Deborah Cregger, for support at (817) 598-6444. Her office is on the first floor of Student Services. If the student prefers, they may contact their instructor, who can reach out on their behalf. Weatherford College also provides the Coyote Pantry. The Pantry maintains boxed and canned foods for students in need. The location of the Coyote Pantry is two blocks west of the Weatherford campus at the Baptist Student Ministry (118 E. Park Ave., Weatherford). Pantry hours are Mon-Thurs. 8:30 am-4:30 pm and Fri. 8.30 am-12:00 pm (817-599-6586).

Student Intellectual Property Rights

A student shall retain all rights to work created as part of instruction or using College District technology resources.

Contact Hours

112

SCH Hours

4

Revised

Fall 2021

Last Modified

Monday, September 20, 2021, 4:21 PM