SPANISH 126 PRACTICUM I

This course aims at the continued acquisition of verbal and written communication skills in Spanish while developing competence in Spanish coaching through peer tutoring. Emphasis is also on technology, cultural learning, learning strategies, and grammatical and lexical development that will give you insight on the process of aiding other studentsÕ language acquisition. This course is one of the components of the requirements for the Spanish teaching endorsement.

Pre-requisite: Students must have completed DILS Spanish 150 (Advanced Spanish) and have demonstrated Spanish competency at the ACTFL Advanced Low guidelines in order to register for DILS Spanish 126.

Textbooks:

  • A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, John Butt and Carmen Benjamin. McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN: 0658008730.
  • Diccionario de la lengua espa–ola, Real Academia Espa–ola, ISBN 8423968146 (hardback, 2 volumes), or ISBN 8467003170 (multiplatform multimedia CD-ROM).