Think of learning a world language as if you were learning to play a musical instrument or a new sport. You can really become good at it only through continued practice. Students are expected to listen and participate frequently during each class. Mistakes are expected, so grades are given for participation on the basis of how often a student tries to understand and speak the language - not on the perfection of the response. Reading and Writing for Homework Since we will focus our class time on listening and speaking activities, reading and writing activities will be assigned regularly as homework.
Homework is considered to be practice work needed to master certain lessons.
If these lessons are practiced and learned by the student, the quiz grades will reflect the result of that work. These assignments form the basis for the quizzes and tests. Students should have a Spanish folder to keep all assignments organized. Discussing the material, or using flash cards to help with vocabulary and verbs helps tremendously. Chapter tests will be given at the end of each text unit, and will be counted as a double quiz grade.