101A Language laboratory requirements

Spanish 101A: The Laboratory Manual Requirements

You CANNOT pass this course without succesfully completing the Laboratory requirment.

Getting logged into the Virtual On-line Laboratory	Using the Computers on Campus to listen to Laboratory Manual exercises
Things to note about the Online Lab & Workbook Assignments

The listening exercises are very important as they will provide you with critical oral practice. Listening and speaking practice reinforces classroom instruction as well as prepares you for the oral section of the exams.
Spanish is practically phonetic which means that once you have learned the sounds that each letter represents, you will always know how to pronounce and spell a word.

You complete exercises on the screen according to the directions as you listen to the related audiofiles in the lab.
Laboratory manual chapters must be completed before each chapter test. Assignments and due dates are posted on the Quia virtual lab website at http://books.quia.com/books.

I strongly suggest while listening you stop the audio file and replay a section in order to listen several times until you are able to get all of the information you need. Do not expect to understand everything the first time you hear a statement or a question. Listen as many times as is necessary for you to successfully complete the exercise.

Remember that this course requires one hour of laboratory work per week. The Virtual Laboratory tracks when you log in, the time spent listening to each exercise and the success of your answers.
You need to log-in time each week as a CSU/UC requirement. Therefore, I will be reviewing log-in times as well as the lab manual activities.
Logging in from home or work is advantageous; however non-functioning home computers are not an excuse for lack of lab time:

You must use the Ohlone computers if you do not have the ability to log in from home.
Do NOT wait and do the exercises the night before the exam: you will receive no credit for rushed work.

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