12/21/2024 6:12:23 PM	SPAN 71 Course Outline as of Fall 1987	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SPAN 71	Title:  SPAN FOR LAW ENFOR
Full Title:  Spanish for Law Enforcement
Last Reviewed:10/26/1987

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	.50	Lab Scheduled	0		17 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	1.00			Contact DHR	17.50
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Development of law enforcement-related communication skills through Spanish language activities and exercises relevant to the workplace.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Employed in a law enforcement occupation or related field, an active volunteer law enforcement officer, or employed in SRJC Administrative of Justice Program.

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Development of law enforcement-related communication skills through Spanish language activities and exercises relevant to the workplace.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Employed in a law enforcement occupation or related field, an active volunteer law enforcement officer, or employed in SRJC Administrative of Justice Program.
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1987	Inactive:	Summer 2011
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  Within a specific work situation, students will be able to:

     1. give and follow instructions in the context of law

        enforcement.

     2. ask for clarification in Spanish.

     3. provide feedback in Spanish.

     4. deal with mistakes as seen from a Spanish-speaking

        prospective.

     5. deal with complaints as heard in Spanish.

     6. deal with special requests as they relate to law enforcement.

     7. communicate with coworkers who speak Spanish.

     8. request information from Spanish-speaking population as it

        relates to law enforcement.

     9. follow and explain safety instructions on the job in Spanish.

    10. demonstrate work-related telephone skills in Spanish.

    11. respond appropriately to Spanish-speaker's opinion.

    12. student will learn to understand basic Spanish in the

        context of law enforcement.

    13. student will learn to speak, to communicate, in basic

        Spanish in the context of law enforcement.

    14. practice to learn report writing (in English) for Spanish

        names, etc.

    15. oral situational interchanges on themes listed in course

        outline.

    16. listening comprehension tests presented in Spanish and

        answered in written English.

    17. student creation or oral dialogues on video on pertinent,

        real, subjects.

    18. student self-evaluation process which includes self

        recordings in Lab.

    19. paragraph reporting or explaining or re-phrasing of class

        enacted situations in Spanish.

    20. problem-solving exercises and demonstrations by the students

        in Spanish.

    21. teacher evaluation of each student during each class period

        concerning preparation and performance.

    22. students to discuss readings in text and reference materials.

    23. request permission.

    24. request and offer assistance.

Topics and Scope

  The content, topics and scope of this course involve the students

 in situational interactions modeled on the law enforcement scene

 in order to develop appropriate Spanish language skills for

 communicating with public, and Spanish-speaking agencies.

 Content and topics will vary somewhat, but will reflect beginning

 communicative skills required to function in cross-cultural,

 academic, social, and job-related situations.

 CONTENT (Listening and Speaking):

 Self-identification, personal information; nationalities, occupations;

 basic classroom objects, structures and classes; colors; nunbers

 1-1000,000; money denominations, buying; clothing, shopping;

 telling time; calendar, dates, holidays, celebrations, seasons,

 weather; family members, simple greetings and courtesy expressions;

 understanding directions; interpreting feelings, emotions and

 body language; house, home and society; food and drink; travel,

 transportation; health, body; job search; alphabet; cognates;

 pronunciation; interrogatives.

 TASKS (Listening):

 Listening for the main idea; listening with visuals; graphic

 fill-ins; selective listening; comprehension checks; dictation and

 variations; clue searching such as listening for cues to meaning

 in a text:  syntactic features; actor, action, object; listening

 readiness (pre-listening) activities; information gap tasks.

 TASKS (Speaking):

 Questions; completion and cloze exercises; true or false; matching

 sentence builders; word associations; group puzzles; surveys and

 polls; conversation cards; forced choice; slash sentences; directed

 dialogue; logical conclusions; information gap; conduct simple

 interviews and report back to class.

Assignments:

  Assignments and activities will include individual, pair, and

 small group work, such as role-plays, interviews, problem-solving

 activities, dialogues and skits. Students will perform functional

 assignments in the community, such as requesting information over

 the telephone.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 30%
Written homework, Reading reports, Lab reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 50%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
COMPLETION OF SEMESTER'S LANGUAGE LAB HOURS.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

  SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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