<p>I took a placement test and barely got into SPAN 140 (just by like 7 points). I'm kind of worrying though because I actually dropped out of Spanish after my junior year and didn't take AP Spanish, so I'm really rusty on vocab/reading/speaking/listening and was hoping I could go down to SPAN 130 to review. </p>
<p>To especially students who just took SPAN 140, how was it? Do SPAN 130 and SPAN 140 use the same book? Is SPAN 140 heavily graded on listening/speaking? Just any comments/reservations about 140 (ESPECIALLY BEFORE 11:59PM TOMORROW) is greatly appreciated :).</p>
<p>They do use the same book. Span 130 will cover the first half of it and 140 the second.</p>
<p>The expectations are pretty low, I think. Most students in HS have very easy foreign language classes, that are taught entirely in English, where this one will be entirely in Spanish. But don't be intimidated. The majority of students will be lost and most of it will probably be review.</p>
<p>There are generally two oral exams (10 minutes each), but there is no specific listening grade. But the entire class is in Spanish, so listening skills are imperative.</p>
<p>If you want to just get your language requirement out of the way, do Spanish 140. If you are considering pursuing your language study further, I might recomend starting with 130 to rebuild your skills.</p>
<p>I don't know if my class was an anomaly, but it was extraordinarily easy. I never took AP Spanish (neither did a lot of my classmates) but the material was stuff I'd learned in my 2nd or 3rd year of high school. Our class average was in the 90s for the most of the semester. Take 140 unless you're just REALLY not a language person.</p>
<p>Also, most speaking, aside from the oral exams, was graded more on effort than accuracy. Most people in 140 classes are freshman and there is the assumption that students come from a wide spectrum of language backgrounds.</p>