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SPANISH 51 "Introduction to Practical Spanish"
This class is recommended for students who have never studied a foreign language or who have found it particularly difficult to study foreign languages. Spanish 51 covers approximately one half of the material of Spanish 101. (Chap. 1-3 in text, Puntos de partida).
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This class is the continuation of Spanish 51. It covers the second half of the material covered in Spanish 101. (Chap. 4-6 in text). Upon successful completion of Spanish 52, a student may attempt to challenge Spanish 101 for transfer credit or may take Spanish 102.
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This class is recommended for students who have never studied Spanish before, students who have had minimal exposure to Spanish (one year or less), or students who have had an unsuccessful experience in previous Spanish classes. The grammar covered includes: present indicative of regular and irregular verbs, reflexive verbs, ser/estar, preterite, comparisons, direct object pronouns, and saber/conocer. (Chap. 1-6 in Puntos).
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PREREQUISITE: Grade of "C" or better in Spanish 101/Spanish 51 and 52, or equivalent (the student is responsible for all material covered in Spanish 101/51 & 52).
Continuation of Spanish 101. Continues activities of Spanish 101 with increased communication and reading skills. Major grammatical structures studied include: commands, complex sentences, subjunctive versus indicative, preterite and imperfect, indirect object pronouns, and relative pronouns. (Chap. 7-12 in Puntos).
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PREREQUISITE: Grade of "C" or better in Spanish 102, or equivalent (the student is responsible for all materials covered in Spanish 101 and 102).
Continuation of Spanish 102. This third semester course completes the basic study of the elements of the language, as well as twelve stories from Lecturas basicas, a beginning reader. The grammar studied includes: subjunctive after nonexistent and indefinite antecedents, subjunctive after certain conjunctions, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future and conditional verb forms, past subjunctive, and conditional sentences. (Chap. 13-20 in Puntos).
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PREREQUISITE: Grade of "C" or better in Spanish 103, or equivalent.
This class is recommended for students who have successfully completed Spanish 103 or native speakers who wish to improve their concepts of Spanish grammar. The grammar includes: a review of ser/estar, por/para, preterite/imperfect, indicative/subjunctive, accentuation, and false cognates. The class is also an introduction to the study of literature in Spanish and includes readings of original works of Spanish and Latin American literature such as short stories, poetry, plays and essays. Students give oral presentations in Spanish and write essays in Spanish.
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SPANISH 111 (Spanish for Spanish Speakers)
PREREQUISITE: Must be fluent in Spanish.
Spanish 111 is designed to address, on a college level, the needs and strengths of students with Spanish speaking background who have not received formal language training in Spanish speaking countries. Emphasis will be placed on skills such as grammar, standard versus vernacular usages, and cross-language interference.
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Introduction to Spanish and Chicano literature. This course is designed to help Spanish speaking students further improve their knowledge and understanding of Spanish and Chicano literature. The course will cover all genres: poetry, theater, short story, and essay. The course aims to portray people's experience through literature and show how that experience is manifested in a given work. Films, field trips, and invited guests will complement the corpus of the class. Course will be taught in Spanish.
Lecture 3 hours. (CSU, UC)
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SPANISH CHALLENGE EXAMS (101-102-103-104)
These exams are recommended for native speakers who have studied in a Spanish speaking country or for non-natives who have studied in a Spanish speaking country and mastered both written and oral Spanish. Students who can speak and understand Spanish but have never studied how to write correctly in Spanish (accents, punctuation, spelling) should not attempt these exams. These students and students interested in pursuing any type of bilingual career should take the Spanish 111-112 series. All of the challenge exams are written exams and include a listening comprehension and a reading comprehension section. The exam lasts two hours and must be arranged in advance with the instructor in charge. The exams cover the same grammar that is studied in Spanish 101, 102, 103, and 104.
Please note the following:
The Challenge Exam is NOT a placement exam. If you wish to take a Spanish class but are not sure of your level, make an appointment to speak with a Spanish Instructor during his/her office hours.
The Challenge Exam is a WRITTEN exam. Spelling, punctuation, and accents will be counted. If you have never studied how to write in Spanish, you should NOT attempt the Challenge Exam. You should enroll in Spanish 111 "Spanish for the Spanish Speaker."
The Spanish 101 Challenge Exam covers Chapters 1 - 7 in Puntos de partida. The Spanish 102 exam covers Chapters 8 - 12; Spanish 103 covers Chapters 12 - 20. A copy of Puntos de partida is on 2 hour reserve for Library Use Only in the MJC Library and is available for purchase in the Pirates Bookstore. The Spanish 104 exam covers all of Pasajes: Lengua and Pasajes: Literatura, also on reserve and available for purchase in the Pirates Bookstore.
The units that you receive upon successful completion of the Challenge Exam will be recorded on your transcript AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. They do not count as part of your course load for this semester. If you need a 12 unit course load for financial aid or for insurance purposes, the Challenge Exam will not help you.
The grade you receive on the Challenge Exam will form part of your PERMANENT RECORD. The instructor in charge will not explain grammatical terms nor translate instructions during the exam. Study the texts on reserve in the Library and make sure you know the terminology so that you can understand the instructions on the exam.
In order to be eligible to take a Challenge Exam you must be currently enrolled at MJC and you must have a grade point average of 2.0 or better.
If you are interested in taking the Challenge Exam, go to the Literature and Language Arts Division Office, in Founders Hall 275a, and request the application for the writing sample.
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