Basic Spanish

SPAN 1001 & 1002

Structure

There are face-to-face sections, where students have live class instruction and activities with an instructor and classmates, along with homework in Contraseña and Canvas, in addition to other platforms on occasion. There is work due three days a week. 

There are some asynchronous online sections, where students will meet live online with their instructor, group, or coach at various times throughout the semester.  Homework is completed in Contraseña, LinguaMeetings and Canvas, in addition to other platforms on occasion. There is work due four days a week.

Homework is completed in Contraseña, Voicethread, and Canvas. There is work due three days a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) during Fall and Spring semesters. During summer semesters, there is work due three or five days a week (Mondays to Fridays) depending on the modality of the course. 

  • SPAN 1001 and SPAN 1002 are each worth five credit hours.
  • There are multiple sections of SPAN 1001 and SPAN 1002 offered each semester, including the summer.
  • Successful completion of SPAN 1002 fulfills the foreign language requirement for students in the College of A&S. Students should consult with their advisor for details.
Materials
  • Contraseña, published by Lingro Learning 
  • LinguaMeetings (in online asynchronous)
  • UC-sponsored platforms such as Canvas, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams
Topics

SPAN 1001, Units 1-7, 9                                                                                                                               Unit 1

  • Vocabulary: Social Media profile vocab (name, age, city interests etc) and numbers
  • Grammar: Ser and Estar, Gender agreement
  • Culture: Social Media
  • Project: Create social media profile in LingroFolio

Unit 2

  • Vocabulary: Greetings, simple questions, classes
  • Grammar: Ser and estar, asking questions in Spanish
  • Culture: Use of formal and informal ways of address
  • Project: Record an interview with a native speaker

Unit 3

  • Vocabulary: Calendar and daily activities
  • Grammar: Time, present tense of ir and tener
  • Culture: Explore, compare, and contrast daily routines
  • Project: Create and discuss your weekly schedule

Unit 4

  • Vocabulary: Campus life
  • Grammar: Me gusta, hay, ser, estar, present tense of –ar verbs
  • Culture: University life
  • Project: Create video about favorite places on campus

Unit 5

  • Vocabulary: Personal qualities
  • Grammar: Present tense of –er and –ir verbs, saber and conocer
  • Culture: Explore admirable figures in Spanish-speaking world
  • Project: Write a nomination letter about a person you admire

Unit 6

  • Vocabulary: Family
  • Grammar: Possessive adjectives, stem-changing in the present tense
  • Culture: Equal marriage rights
  • Project: Create a video about your family

Unit 7

  • Vocabulary: Sports
  • Grammar: Irregular verbs in the present tense, informal commands
  • Culture: Sports and gender
  • Project: Create a newsletter about a club or activity on campus

Unit 9

  • Vocabulary: Body and health
  • Grammar: Reflexive verbs, formal commands
  • Culture: Health and well-being
  • Project: Create a flier about taking care of yourself

SPAN 2016 Units 21-24

 Unit 8

  • Vocabulary: Food
  • Grammar: Gustar, Preterite of regular verbs
  • Culture: Typical comfort food
  • Project: Create a video about a dish you made

Unit 10

  • Vocabulary: Professions
  • Grammar: Present progressive, preterite of regular verbs
  • Culture: Professions and gender roles
  • Project: Create a video about your current and future profession

Unit 11

  • Vocabulary: Clothing and Fashion
  • Grammar: Direct and indirect object pronouns
  • Culture: Body positive movement
  • Project: Create a clothing style guide

Unit 12

  • Vocabulary: Travel
  • Grammar: Imperfect, comparatives and superlatives
  • Culture: Environmental challenges and polices
  • Project: Create a travel video

Unit 13

  • Vocabulary: Immigration
  • Grammar: Preterite vs. Imperfect, Demonstrative adjectives
  • Culture: Immigration trends
  • Project: Create a graphic novel

Unit 14

  • Vocabulary: Art
  • Grammar: Preterite vs. Imperfect, Hace time expressions
  • Culture: Popular types of art
  • Project: Create narration and timeline explaining historical context of a work of art

Unit 15

  • Vocabulary: Literary Analysis
  • Grammar: Past participles, present perfect and past perfect tenses
  • Culture: Famous literary authors
  • Project: Create a short story exploring the reinterpretation of a historical event

Unit 16

  • Vocabulary: Technology and Personal Relationships
  • Grammar: Future and Conditional tenses
  • Culture: Explore how technology is changing patterns of social interaction
  • Project: Develop a text message dialogue that can lead to misinterpretation