SPANISH I
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This grammar course is intended for students who have never before studied Spanish or for those who have not used the language for so long that they need to start over. The class period is 1 1/2 hours long.
Prerequisite: None.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Completion of the following chapters and topics:
Lección Preliminar: Greetings, Introductions, and Other Expressions
Introduction to the world of Mariana
The Spanish alphabet
The verb ser
Interrogative words
The verb estar
The numbers 0-20
Definite articles, indefinite articles, and nouns
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Cultural readings
Lección 1: En la Universidad
Dialogue - Así es Mariana – En el campus
Vocabulary
The present indicative of –ar verbs
The numbers 21-100
Telling time
The verbs hacer and ir
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 2: En clase
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La clase de Mariana
Vocabulary
The present indicative of –er and –ir verbs
Adjectives
Placement of adjectives
More about ser, estar, and hay
The contractions al and del
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 3: Necesito trabajar
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – El nuevo empleado
Vocabulary
Stem-changing verbs - the present tense of e > ie
Stem-changing verbs - the present tense of o > ue
Expressions with the verb tener
Possessive adjectives
Indefinite and negative expressions
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
COURSE MATERIAL:
Así Es (textbook): Fourth Edition
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN: 0-8384-5815-7
ISBN-13: 978-0838458150
Workbook/Lab Manual for Asi Es 4th
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN-10: 0838459285
ISBN-13: 9780838459287
INSTRUCTOR: María Tapia-Belsito
SPANISH II
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This grammar course is for students who have been introduced to the Spanish language but are still at a beginning level. The class period is 1 1/2 hours long.
Prerequisite: The material covered in Spanish I at La Causerie, in Así Es Preliminary Lesson and Lessons 1, 2, and 3, or the equivalent.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Completion of the following chapters and topics:
Lección 4: Así es mi familia
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La familia de Mariana
Vocabulary
More irregular verbs in the present tense
The personal a
The verbs saber and conocer
Weather expressions
The seasons, months, and days of the week
Numbers above 100
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 5: Así es mi casa
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La tarea doméstica
Vocabulary
Prepositional Pronouns
The present progressive tense
Stem-changing verbs: The present tense of e > i
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Direct object pronouns
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 6: Pasando el día en casa
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La tecnología
Vocabulary
Indirect object pronouns
Direct and indirect object pronouns used together
The preterit tense of regular verbs
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 7: En el restaurant
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – Un plato cubano
Vocabulary
Gustar and similar verbs
The uses of por and para
The preterit of more irregular verbs
The preterit of stem-changing verbs
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
COURSE MATERIAL:
Así Es (textbook): Fourth Edition
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN: 0-8384-5815-7
ISBN-13: 978-0838458150
Workbook/Lab Manual for Asi Es 4th
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN-10: 0838459285
ISBN-13: 9780838459287
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Siqueiros
SPANISH III
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This grammar course is for students who have learned the basic elements of the Spanish language. This course builds on what has been learned in Spanish I and II and introduces the present subjunctive tense. The class period is 1 1/2 hours long.
Prerequisite: The material covered in Spanish II at La Causerie, in Así Es Lessons 4, 5, 6, and 7, or the equivalent.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Completion of the following chapters and topics:
Lección 8: ¡Qué comida más fresca!
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – En el supermerdado
Vocabulary
The imperfect tense
The use of the preterit and imperfect
Se to express an indefinite subject
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 9: ¡Toma y pruébatelo!
Dialogue – Así es Mariana - Ropa y más ropa
Vocabulary
Reflexive verbs
Formal commands with usted and ustedes
Informal commands with tú
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 10: En la agencia de viajes
Dialogue – Así es Mariana - ¿Dónde está mi boleto?
Vocabulary
The present subjunctive: form and meaning
The present subjunctive with impersonal expressions
Relative pronouns
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 11: En la gasolinera
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La llanta desinflada
Vocabulary
The present subjunctive in noun clauses
Se to express unplanned occurrences
Commands: Nosotros
Pronunciation
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
COURSE MATERIAL:
Así Es (textbook): Fourth Edition
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN: 0-8384-5815-7
ISBN-13: 978-0838458150
Workbook/Lab Manual for Asi Es 4th
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN-10: 0838459285
ISBN-13: 9780838459287
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Siqueiros
SPANISH IV
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This grammar course builds on the foundations of what you have learned in Spanish I, II, and III, continues with the present subjunctive, and introduces the past subjunctive and perfect tenses. The instructor will assign lessons from the workbook and will answer questions about them but will not review the answers in class, thus the purchase of the workbook for Spanish IV is optional. The class period is 1 hour long.
Prerequisite: The material covered in Spanish III at La Causerie, in Así Es Lessons 8, 9, 10, and 11, or the equivalent.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Completion of the following chapters and topics:
Lección 12: Busco un hotel que tenga…
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – Una visita a México
Vocabulary
The present subjunctive in adjective clauses to express the indefinite/nonexistent
Ordinal numbers
Comparatives and superlatives
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 13: Cuidando el cuerpo
Dialogue – Así es Mariana - ¡Me duele todo!
Vocabulary
The past participle
The present perfect and the pluperfect tenses
Se to express passive action
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 14: La vida deportiva
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – El gran campeón
Vocabulary
The future tense
Adverbs
The present subjunctive in adverial clauses of time
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 15: Hay que divertirse
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – San Diego y sus atracciones
The imperfect subjunctive
The subjunctive in adverbial clauses of purpose and dependency
Sequences of tenses I: the present and present perfect subjunctive
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
COURSE MATERIAL:
Así Es (textbook): Fourth Edition
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN: 0-8384-5815-7
ISBN-13: 978-0838458150
Optional:
Workbook/Lab Manual for Asi Es 4th
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN-10: 0838459285
ISBN-13: 9780838459287
INSTRUCTOR: Douglas Eikermann
SPANISH V
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The grammar part of this course continues the subjunctive and introduces future and conditional verb forms. This course will also use selected readings to provide exposure to written Spanish in literary, historical, and cultural contexts. The instructor will assign lessons from the workbook and will answer questions about them but will not review the answers in class, thus the purchase of the workbook for Spanish V is optional. The class period is 1 hour long.
Prerequisite: The material covered in Spanish III at La Causerie, in Así Es, Lessons 12, 13, 14, and 15, or the equivalent.
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Completion of the following chapters and topics:
Lección 16: Con todo mi corazón
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La telenovela
Vocabulary
The conditional
Conditional if- clauses
Sequence of tenses II: the imperfect subjunctive
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 17: Problemas sentimentales
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La pareja ideal
Vocabulary
Review of the subjunctive mood
Adjuctives used as nouns
Possessive pronouns and the stressed form of possessive adjectives
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lección 18: Celebraciones
Dialogue – Así es Mariana – La fiesta de fin de año
Vocabulary
Review of the use of the preterit and imperfect
Reciprocal actions with se
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises
Lecturas: Supplementary readings
Along with the grammatical study outlined above, students will read advanced supplementary material in the form of novels, essays, and other original Spanish writings. Roughly one-third of the class time will be spent reviewing grammatical points presented in the textbook, and two-thirds will be spent discussing the supplemental reading. The focus of the discussion will be on reading comprehension and sentence structure and not on literary analysis. The class will read two novels during this academic year. The first novel will be El Beso de la Mujer Araña, by Manuel Puig.
COURSE MATERIAL:
Así Es (textbook): Fourth Edition
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN: 0-8384-5815-7
ISBN-13: 978-0838458150
El Beso de la Mujer Araña
Author: Manuel Puig
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 1. ed. Vintage espanol edition (October 4, 1994)
Language: Spanish
ISBN-10: 0679755454
ISBN-13: 978-0679755456
Optional:
Workbook/Lab Manual for Asi Es 4th
Publisher: Thomson Heinle
Authors: Nancy Levy-Konesky and Karen Daggett
ISBN-10: 0838459285
ISBN-13: 9780838459287
INSTRUCTOR: Douglas Eikermann
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CONVERSATION
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This conversation course is intended to help students gain fluency and confidence in speaking and understanding spoken Spanish. The instructor will facilitate the conversation and assist with the correct use of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. The class period is one hour long.
PREREQUISITE: Spanish III or IV at La Causerie, three years of high-school Spanish, three semesters of college Spanish, or the equivalent.
COURSE MATERIAL: There is no required textbook. The purchase of Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Vocabulary, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2007, by Dorothy Richmond is optional. The topics to be discussed will be determined by the instructor.
INSTRUCTOR: Douglas Eikermann