<p>Hello!! I'm an incoming freshmen at Revelle and I just got my list of recommended courses. So far, I decided to take Chem 6A, Math 10B, a Fine Art (any recommended classes?), and an American Cultures Class. The problem is that I was placed in Lang 1C and 1CX for spanish and I could only take that during the winter quarter. My Spanish isn't that great and I was thinking about taking an easier Spanish class during the fall quarter and then take Lang 1C. How hard is Lang 1C? and which GE should I tackle (American Cultures or Spanish)? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated! Thank you :)</p>
<p>from what people are telling me, spanish 1c/cx is easy as spanish 3h in high school. it’s not like super easy, but it will be somewhat difficult. you can manage it if you can read paragraphs in Spanish and grasp the basic meaning and actually have a continuing conversation with no silent moments. </p>
<p>if you can’t handle that, you might have some difficult, but it’s won’t be hard at all like spanish 4 ap in high school.</p>
<p>Thank you!! I took Spanish 3 in high school and I forgot most of the stuff I learned. I know that I can’t read paragraphs in Spanish 
How hard is Spanish 1b?</p>
<p>Are they just placing you in Spanish 1C/CX based on what you took in high school? If yes, then I think you can take a placement test when you get to UCSD. Your score on the test may be a better predictor of which class you should start with.</p>
<p>I took the placement test and it placed me in Spanish 1C/CX. I didn’t take the test seriously and I completed it in less than half the time given and to get placed into Spanish 1C/CX is a total shock for me. I think I just got really lucky in guessing. I’m wondering if they offer Spanish 1B fall quarter because I can’t seem to find it. & can anyone please give me more insight on how challenging the spanish classes are. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Hmm… well I’ve only taken Spanish 1A/AX and 1B/BX, and had only taken Spanish for one semester in 8th grade before that. Personally, I didn’t think the classes were too challenging - I would say more time-consuming than challenging, because the class meets 5 days a week, and I remember having quite a few quizzes and homework assignments. Maybe you can sign up for 1C/CX this quarter to try it out, and if it’s too difficult for you, ask to switch to 1B/BX? As long as you’re honest about your ability, I’m pretty sure they’ll let you start with 1B/BX instead. I also do remember that not all of the beginning language classes were offered every quarter - so if it you can’t find 1B/BX listed for fall quarter, it’s probably not :-/ If 1C/CX doesn’t work out, try fulfilling some other GE requirements this fall instead.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply TwylaBloo!! Can you please elaborate on 1B/BX more? What was the work like? Was it conjugating words and writing sentences?</p>
<p>I took it 3 1/2 years ago, so I don’t remember too many details… what I do remember is that for an hour a day, 3 days a week, you have a conversation-based class, and for 1 1/2 hrs a day, 2 days a week, you have a grammar/writing-based class. One of these is 1B and one of these is 1BX, but I can’t remember which is which. All of the classes were taught entirely in Spanish - no English. For the conversation class, we had vocab quizzes once a week. Most of the class involved going through the conversation exercises in the textbook, in which you would speak in Spanish with a partner, a group, or the whole class would engage in a conversation. For the grammar class, yes, there was a lot of conjugation and learning the different tenses, and a little bit of conversing with other classmates as well. I remember the homework all coming from this part of the class. As I said before, the homework wasn’t difficult, just a bit time-consuming. A lot of it involved listening to audio from the textbook website and answering questions based on what you heard. </p>
<p>The final for the conversation class involved having a 5-10 minute conversation in Spanish, one-on-one with your teacher. I can’t remember the exact format of the grammar final, but I know part of it involved listening to audio and answering questions based on that (like for the homework). </p>
<p>As long as you complete your homework on time, participate in class, and put effort into learning Spanish, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Thank you so much !!</p>