Must have documentation supporting any extenuating circumstance which prevents student from finishing the course. Remember that an I has to be removed the following semester or it becomes an F . In order to remove the I in a Spanish class, the entire course has to re-taken. Be comfortable listening selectively. You can't give yourselves unreasonable expectations about understanding a lot of what you hear at this level.
Language is more skill than knowledge.
Your ear and mouth organs need as much re-training as does an arm or a leg when learning a new sport, so listen and speak at every opportunity. M Lose your fear of making mistakes. Five minutes engraving a rule in the brain is worth avoiding five hours of groping and a lifetime of frustration and mistakes. To memorize a rule, say it aloud or write it after a few days have passed, then again after a few weeks have passed. Be able to teach the rule to a colleague.