SPN) 101 Basic 西班牙语 I

Throughout the four weeks the student develops a basic linguistic capacity that allows him / her to get along in simple communication situations. He or she gets to know basic grammatical structures, vocabulary and the appropriate expressions to communicate with his / her families and friends, also to interact, handle situations in the restaurant, 这家商店, 公共汽车, 等.

The course answers the question How to use the four skills of the initial level of 西班牙语 language to communicate and perform in everyday and immediate situations?

To answer this question the following topics will be studied:
- Introduction to phonetics: vowels, alphabet, syllables.
- Grammatical structure Affirmative sentences, 负, 问题, 负 and positive answers, regular and irregular basic verbs in the present, verbal periphrasis, periphrastic future, verb gustar in the present, demonstrative and possessive adjectives, prepositional place locutions.
- Basic vocabulary. (personal presentations, descriptive adjectives, 家庭, 房间, 社区, 天气, 服装, human body, occupations, 食物)

The following skills will be promoted throughout the course:
- Basic ability to pronounce in 西班牙语.
- Basic ability to write in 西班牙语 about simple situations.
- Basic ability to understand simple situations in 西班牙语, both oral and written.
- Basic ability to ask and answer 问题 in 西班牙语.
- Basic ability to give personal information

Prior to Fall 2020, this was a 5 credits/80 contact hours course.