Foreign Language 1: Beginning Spanish

As the entry-level foreign language module for students with zero or minimal skills in the target language, this course introduces the students to the fundamental elements of the language, with heavy emphasis on basic vocabulary building and sentence construction, at the end of which students are expected to be able to (1) understand basic spoken or written instructions, (2) take part in a basic factual conversation on a predictable topic, (3) understand basic notices, instructions or information, and (4) complete basic forms, and write notes including times, dates and places. Students with some knowledge of any of the listed foreign language offerings may, however, opt to take a proficiency or equivalency test which, provided they meet the minimum requisites, will allow them to proceed directly to Foreign Language 2.