The goal of Spanish instruction at Cuyamaca College is to help students develop communicative and sociolinguistic competence.
Communicative competence is the ability to use language to negotiate meaning.
This includes the development of grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and communicative strategies in the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and culture. Sociolinguistic competence is the knowledge and ability to communicate appropriately in various social settings. Since our focus will be on basic communication skills, the class will be conducted in Spanish as much as possible. While becoming familiar with the Spanish speaking world, students will learn structures that will enable them to function in Spanish in everyday contexts. Knorre, et al.