Course Descriptions

If you have any questions about your class or any element involved in it (such as MySpanishLab), email me at jfg14@psu.edu.

This is a brief description of the courses I teach:

The Spanish 2 and 3 courses are divided into two components — in-class and online. Two hours of these 4-credit, one-semester courses are completed in class and the rest (instruction + homework) is fulfilled on-line. 

The purpose of these courses is to develop and improve communication skills when listening, reading, speaking, and writing in Spanish. The courses follow a communicative information-based task approach, which springs from the idea that languages are best learned when real world information becomes the focus of students’ activities. Therefore, during the semester, you will exchange real-life information about yourself and your classmates.

You can find more information about the courses offered by the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese Department at Penn State here: http://sip.la.psu.edu/blp/courses . In addition, here you will also find information about important aspects such as Grading Criteria, Spanish Diagnostic Exam or Enrollment Policies.