This course is taught in Cal Poly's Polylingual International Resource Center (PIRC). At the right is a photo of one the classes taught in PIRC by Dr. William Little. (Note: the hat sitting on the computer monitor at the lower right is Dr.William Little's. He commissioned it from a fine leather artesano in Buenavista de Cuéllar, Morelos (south of Cuernavaca) while he was directing Cal Poly's International Study Program in Cuernavaca, México.)

COURSE GOALS:

• This course focuses on the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking peoples. It will introduce students to the last third of the basic aspects of this language spoken by the five hundred million people who speak Spanish as a first language.

• Above all, we hope to enrich our lives here and now in California. To achieve this goal the course balances theoretical knowledge about Spanish grammar with classroom and web-based experience of the culture by means of art, music, literature, photography, videos, film, in-class conversation, oral and written grammar practice, and much more.

TEXTBOOKS:

• Puntos de Partida
• Puntos de Partida; Cuaderno de Ejercicios
  
  

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	LECTURE NOTES