SPAN 3
Elementary Spanish
Description: Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 2 with grade of C or better or Spanish placement test. Taught in Spanish. Laboratory is online. Introductory Spanish language and culture course that is proficiency-oriented, communicative, and task-based to help develop communicative competence in four skill areas (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as cultural competence. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2020 - Taking Spanish 3 after not having taken a Spanish class for nearly four years was very daunting, but Cristina made the class so enjoyable and doable. She was very helpful and even took the time to recommend specific ways we could get more exposure to the language outside of class materials in order to be more successful - she even recommended a few Netflix shows. It was a flipped classroom format so most of the learning was done on MySpanishLab (super overpriced combined with the price of the book but I’m pretty sure every Spanish 3 class requires it), but when the class came upon topics that were more difficult or we were struggling, she would give presentations in class to clarify or give extra exercises during class time so that we could get more comfortable with the topic. If you have to take Spanish 3 and you have the option to take it with Cristina, I’d highly recommend.
Winter 2020 - Taking Spanish 3 after not having taken a Spanish class for nearly four years was very daunting, but Cristina made the class so enjoyable and doable. She was very helpful and even took the time to recommend specific ways we could get more exposure to the language outside of class materials in order to be more successful - she even recommended a few Netflix shows. It was a flipped classroom format so most of the learning was done on MySpanishLab (super overpriced combined with the price of the book but I’m pretty sure every Spanish 3 class requires it), but when the class came upon topics that were more difficult or we were struggling, she would give presentations in class to clarify or give extra exercises during class time so that we could get more comfortable with the topic. If you have to take Spanish 3 and you have the option to take it with Cristina, I’d highly recommend.
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Summer 2022 - Prof Calderon is a very clear lecturer and also understanding if you have a problem. However, the grade was split up into 6 different categories so you have to keep up with everything in order to do well. The weekly VHL assignments took a lot of time, though were not necessarily difficult.
Summer 2022 - Prof Calderon is a very clear lecturer and also understanding if you have a problem. However, the grade was split up into 6 different categories so you have to keep up with everything in order to do well. The weekly VHL assignments took a lot of time, though were not necessarily difficult.
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