By preparing all the exercises in advance, students can focus on consolidating vocabulary, grammar and usage during class rather than looking at materials for the first time. There is one quiz per lesson, and one exam per unit and a final exam. Most quizzes will be done as take home with only the oral comprehension section done in class. Students will prepare all exercises as indicated on the Course Outline, in this order. Instructor will cover some, but not all, exercises and readings during class time.
Students are responsible to prepare the exercises and ask questions about difficult materials.
After many years of correcting student homework, I have learned that students often overlook the corrections and notes that I have worked hard to provide. This is why we self-correct. Our campus LRC's and the public libraries have a surprising array of titles and the Internet has a vast number of resources. You will give a short presentation on your selected person and the resources you found during the lesson when that person is studied. Audio tapes and the cultural video are available in the LRC and Spanish lab.