SPANISH

SPANISH

Linguistics 19 Syllabus

PURPOSE: Speaking conversational Spanish with minimal emphasis on grammar. Extra work

on pronunciation in the beginning of course.

MATERIAL ASSIGNED:

Paul Pimsleur, Speak and Read Essential Spanish (PS). LL Call No.: PC/4121/P5

Berlitz Self-Teaching Record Course: Spanish (BZ). LL Call No.: PC/4121/B5

RESTRICTION: None

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE: 6 units

FOR EACH LESSON:

1. Listen to the entire dialogue while following the English translation in the book to tell you what

the foreign sentences mean.

2. Listen again while following the foreign transcription to help you with details in the pronunciation.

3. Listen again with the book half closed look inside only when you need reminders about the

meaning or pronunciation.

4. Replay individual phrases and say them aloud without referring to the book if possible. Imitate the

voice on tape as closely as you can. Replay and repeat each phrase, then add phrases together to build

a full sentence. Continue to build phrases into sentences in this way, until you can say the complete

sentence easily and in unison with the tape while understanding what you are saying. Use the book

only for occasional reference.

5. Say the sentences of the dialogue along with the speaker on the tape again and again until you can

produce the foreign sentences easily and quickly given only the English ones as cues.

EXAMINATION:

Supervisor says the English version of sentences chosen at random from conversations in the assigned material;

the student says the Spanish equivalent. The grade is based on both fluency and accuracy. All exams are 30

minutes. Final is not cumulative.

ASSIGNMENT:

Berlitz Self-Teaching Record Course: Spanish (BZ)
Block 1: BZ Lessons 1-7	Block 4: BZ Lessons 22-27
Block 2: BZ Lessons 8-14	Block 5: BZ Lessons 28-34
Block 3: BZ Lessons 15-21	Block 6: BZ Lessons 35-40