Conversational Spanish
Introduction
This “Conversational Spanish” class is a crash course on how to approach foreign language learning. Unlike other college courses, there will not be extensive grammatical lectures. This class will concentrate on oral practice. The students will be required to practice conversation out of the classroom. Do not expect to become bilingual by this course. This class will begin on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in Wehner Room TBA, located in the Mays Business School on west campus of Texas A&M University. This blog will be providing students with weekly handouts and assignments, which will be discussed and used in in class. Please make sure to print and look over assignments prior to class lectures.
Conversational Spanish – Spring 2012 Course Outline:
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Conversation%20Spa%20Spring%2012.pdf
Handouts:
The following handouts can be accessed by clicking in the respective link. Handouts are saved in PDF format. Handouts will include the option to type in answers for users of Adobe Acrobat. Please print out and complete assignments that need to be turned in to your professor. Note that there are several ways to complete assignments:
- Print out the handout once it pulls up, and fill in the empty spaces by hand, using a pen or pencil
- Fill in the blanks using your computer keyboard- Adobe Acrobat users only- and print
If e-mailing the assignments is permissible:
- If you have the software, Adobe Acrobat Professional, you can OPEN the PDF, SAVE the file to your computer, TYPE in your answers, and RE-SAVE the file, then EMAIL it to the professor.
- If you do not have that software, you will need to OPEN the PDF, complete the assignment, PRINTOUT the assignment, then SCAN in the printout as a PDF, and then EMAIL.
Week One (1) Handouts-
- Common Phrases – Ice Breaker (Print by 2/7)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/FrasesComunes.pdf - Class Presentation (Due 2/7)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/presentation.pdf - Infitivos Comunes (Print by 2/9)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/infinitivos.pdf - Present Tense Worksheet (Print by 2/9)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/PresentTenseWorksheet.pdf - Repaso de Verbos Regulares (Print by 2/9)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/RepasoVerbosRegulares.pd
Week Two (2) Handouts-
- Idiomatic Expressions (Print by 2/14)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/IdiomaticExpressions.pdf - Possessive Adjectives (Print by 2/14)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/PossessiveAdjectives.pdf - Demonstrative Adjectives (Print by 2/14)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/DemonstrativeAdjectives.pdf - Key to Spanish Book (Print if needed)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/AnswerKeyBook.pdf - Homework Week 2 (Due by 2/16)
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Homework923.pdf
Week Three (3) Handouts-
- Questions, Chapter 4 through 6:
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/VerbosyPreguntas.pdf - Verbs, Chapter 4 through 6:
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/VerbosCapt4al6.pdf
Week Four (4) Handouts-
- Chapter 10 and 11 Past Tenses (Due 2/28)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Chap10and11Past.pdf - Chapter 11 (Er, Ir) (Due 2/28)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Chap11FrasesERIR.pdf - Chapter 11 (Ar) (Due 2/28)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Chap11FrasesAR.pdf
Week Five (5) Handouts-
- Ser/Estar/Tener/ Hay Homework-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/SerestartenerHay-010A.pdf - Verbs + Infivitive (Print before week 6)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/VerbPlusInfinitive.pdf - Vocabulary Check-Up (Due 3/7)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/VocabularyCheckUp.pdf
Week Six (6) Handouts-
- Preterito/Preterite (Due 3/14 )-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Preterito.pdf - Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns (Due 3/14)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/DirectAndIndirectObjectPronouns.pdf - Capitulo 14: Reflexivos (Print by 3/14) -
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap14Reflex.pdf - Capitulo 14: Reflexivos Preguntas (Print by 3/14) -
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap14ReflexPreguntas.pdf - Capitulo 14: Reflexivos Frases (Print by 3/14) -
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap14ReflexFrases.pdf - Capitulo 18: Gustar (Print by 3/14) -
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap18Gustar.pdf - Capitulo 18: Gustar Preguntas (Print by3/14) -
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap18GustarPreguntas.pdf - Capitulo 18: Gustar Frases (Print by 3/14)-
http://cibs.tamu.edu/Span/Cap18GustarFrases.pdf
Week Seven (7) Handouts-
- No handouts have been e-mailed by your professor for this week.
CLASS IS ALMOST OVER – Please let us know about the class
Click here to take the 2011 Conversational Spanish Course Evaluation
Week Eight (8) Handouts-
- This week will be an overview of the entire semester.
Interactive Websites:
Listed below are a few interactive websites that can be visited for extra help.
- Interactive Alphabet
http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/alphabet
- Alphabet and Vocabulary Practice:
http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet
- Teacher Tube Alphabet Song:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=123598&title=Spanish_Alphabet_Marching_Song
- Practice Pronunciation Flashcards:
http://www.spanishdict.com/flashcards
- Study Spanish Web Site:
http://www.studyspanish.com/ - Children Stories in Spanish:
http://teacher-supplies.carsondellosa.com/search?w=bilingual




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