This First year communicative-based course introduces the beginning student to the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn the geography, customs, and culture of the language studied through reading, dialogues, and other communicative activities. There is a strong emphasis on pronunciation, parts of speech, and basic sentence structure. The student gains mastery of the grammar structure necessary to carry out basic communicative tasks. A contextual setting is provided to enhance understanding and to allow for successful communication.Vocabulary building is stressed while oral and listening comprehension is developed. Reading comprehension is elicited through reading of short stories and passages that integrate the culture and every day life of native speakers. The student’s writing progresses from simple but clear sentences to meaningful dialogues and then to basic paragraphs about the individual student and her immediate world. UC A-G approved – e Language Other than English. NCAA approved.

Prerequisite: Proficiency in English grammar

Level: 9-12

Credit: 10