SPANISH 121 COURSE OUTLINE Name of Course: SPANISH FOR PROFESSIONALS Instructor: Dr. Jorge A. Santana, Units: 3.0 Catalogue description: Designed to teach acting and future public servants the necessary vocabulary and structures for effective communication in interviews, home visits, health and other questionaires, parent-teacher conferences, etc. Some attention will be given to local and Southwestern dialect differences. Conducted in Spanish. Course CAN fulfill major elective or minor requirements. Required background experience: Preferably two or more years of high School Spanish or one year college Spanish minimum. Also by instructor's permission. Coordination of language levels and vocational area interests: At the start of each semester the professor will group the class into 2 levels: Level II. Intermediate, with some basics as experience. 2A or 2B college level. Level III. Advanced, native speakers, travel or other experience. As a rule both groups will work separately but at times may work together. The vocational area will be decided according to student demand and professor discretion. Generally different areas will be covered each semester. Texts: Santana, Jorge A. Spanish for the Professions. 2nd Ed. Sacramento: ETL/HISPANIC Press, 1988. Also: University of Chicago Dictionary (Spanish/English) paperback. References: Any specialized dictionary to suit one's occupational needs. See textbook bibliography. Minimum student material: A notebook is optional. Two blank sixty-minute tape cassettes of good quality is recommened for the least experienced students. Cassette players may be borrowed from the campus media center (U.M.S.) at no expense, or tapes may be listened to at the campus library, 3rd floor. Minimum college facilities: Regular classroom and language lab. Small study rooms are also needed. Occasional video-tape facilities for advanced students. Method used: Audio-lingual. Primarily to develop speaking and listening ability of the language as these pertain to job-related situations. Grammatical emphasis will be held to a minimum. Vocabulary development will be a major objective. On many occasions students will work with classmates, class aids and also individually. The use of Spanish at all times is recommended. Content: To be decided upon surveying the students' needs. This will depend upon the vocational interest of each student. All first-time students will demonstrate comprehension of "the basics" or undertake a refresher of the Basics Chapter prior to studying actual areas. The vocational areas are: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Education, Welfare, Business. Tests: Periodical oral and listening comprehension tests. Also occasional writing tests. Main emphasis will be on vocabulay exams. Enactment of situation skits, etc. Grading Policy: A composite of the test scores. Updated: August 18, 2003 - jas