Class attendance is essential. Unless you are in class to hear spoken Spanish geared to your level of acquisition, you will not acquire the ability to understand and interact in the language. You can (and should!) memorize vocabulary, study grammar, and learn key phrases on your own, but in order to develop the skills and strategies needed to comprehend rapid oral Spanish, you need to attend class daily. With this in mind, the Spanish Language Program has a strict attendance policy:

*ten percentage points off for each successive absence

Note that three tardies are taken as equal to one absence.

Any tardy of more than 15 minutes will count as one absence.

Attendance is 10% of your final grade. (See Grading for more information.)