The course materials for Spanish 201 include the items listed below. If you find that any items are missing from your course package, please contact the Course Materials department of Athabasca University as soon as possible. You may call Athabasca University, toll free, from anywhere in Canada and the United States at 1-800-788-9041, and ask to speak to someone in Course Materials (ext. 6366). Students in the Edmonton and Calgary areas are asked to call the Learning Centres to connect with the automated attendant, and then dial the four-digit extension. You may also send an e-mail message to cmat@athabascau.ca or write in care of Course Materials, Tim Byrne Centre, 4001 Hwy 2 South, Athabasca AB T9S 1A4 Canada.

Although you may be familiar with the material included in your package, it is advisable to check.

Athabasca University Materials

Student Manual: The Student Manual, prepared by Athabasca University, contains essential information about the course and the procedures you should follow to complete it successfully. Please read it through carefully before you begin your studies.

Study Guide and Assignment Manual: This booklet sets out what you are required to do in the course. It lists learning objectives, gives detailed learning activities and provides instructions for your evaluation activities. It contains draft Tutor Marked Written Exercises for you to practice on, as well as the good copies you will complete and send in to your tutor for grading. It also contains the questions you will use to prepare for your Tutor Marked Oral Exercises, as well as the Final Oral Examination. The first exercises are intended to help you review.

Forms: The forms you will need to submit assignments or inform Athabasca University of a change in your status as a student are included in your course materials package.

Textbook and Supporting Materials

Textbook: Destinos: Second Edition of the Alternate Edition. Bill VanPatten, Martha Alford Marks, and Richard V. Teschner. McGraw-Hill, 2002. The textbook contains 52 lessons. For this course, you will be referring to Lessons 27 through 52, and also to Appendix 1: Answer Section.

Listening Comprehension CDs (purple): In Spanish 201 you will use Disks 5 through 7.

Workbook/Study Guide: The Workbook/Study Guide II is designed to help you work on your own. If you follow the steps and instructions provided, you will have no problem working through the 26 lessons in this course.

Student Audio CD Program to accompany Destinos Part B (red): These audio CDs are to be used in conjunction with the corresponding lessons in the Workbook/Study Guide II. In Spanish 201 you will use Disks 8 through 11 (corresponding to Lessons 27 to 52).

Suggested Additional Items

Spanish-English/English-Spanish dictionary: Although a Spanish-English Vocabulary is included in the textbook, an English-Spanish dictionary would be very useful to you. If you already own a dictionary, check with your tutor to see if it is appropriate for this level of study. If you feel you need to buy one, be sure you get one that has lots of examples. Any University bookstore should have a reliable dictionary and verb conjugation books (see Appendix 2 in the textbook). In case your local bookstore does not carry any, they still might be able to recommend (e.g., Oxford or Larousse) and order something for you or, if you do not have a local bookstore, there are many sources from which you can order online or by phone.

An audio CD player: You will need access to this equipment for the audio component of the course.

Video Episodes of Destinos: You can access the video component of this course in a variety of ways:

• scheduled television broadcasts,
• videotapes that you can borrow from the Athabasca University Library,
• video CDs for viewing on your computer that can be borrowed from the Library, or
• Web site for streaming video at www.learner.org/resources/series75.html or ask your tutor to provide the current Web address. You will need quite a powerful computer with the appropriate programs (Windows Media Player or QuickTime for Macs) to allow you to access Destinos online.