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Orange Coast College Fall 2016

Spanish 180 –Syllabus

Fall 2016

Instructor: Jeff Brown

Office: Lit. and Lang. 207

Office Hours: T, Th 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Telephone: Voicemail – (714) 432-5046

E-mail (I prefer emails)

Website: http://spanishclass.happy.to

Text: TU MUNDO (1st. Ed.) by Andrade, Egasse, Muñoz, Cabrera Puche.

!Hola!

The main focus of Spanish 180 is on listening and speaking with reading and writing as supporting skills. Content areas include: expressions relating to daily life, environment, routine activities, and descriptions of people and places. Vocabulary will include simple greetings, leave takings, courtesy expressions, family members, numbers, time, dates, weather, colors, and basic objects in the immediate environment. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to comprehend and produce simple sentences dealing with schedules, addresses, telephone numbers, weather reports, short information articles, signs, and postcards. You will also learn about various aspects of Hispanic cultures.

The course and the text are based on the Natural Approach to foreign language acquisition. That is, you will be acquiring language in the classroom, as opposed to learning it, much like a child acquires a first language. Emphasis will be on acquisition and not on learning.

EXAMS

We will cover chapters 1-6. There will be 3 chapter exams and six vocabulary quizzes, covering chapters 1-6, and no cumulative final exam. You may drop the lowest of the first two chapter exams but not the last exam. The last exam cannot be dropped. If you miss an exam (except for the last exam), that’s the exam you get to drop. Please do not ask if you can make up an exam. You may also drop the lowest of your 6 chapter vocab quizzes.

Exams will be given on the following dates. (Please bring a blue or green scantron)

· Exam 1 (chapters 1/2) Wednesday, Oct. 5

· Exam 2 (chapters 3/4) Monday, Nov. 7

· Exam 3 (chapters 5/6) Wednesday, Dec. 14

Oral exam (extra credit) Monday, Dec. 12

Vocab quizzes

There will be 6 vocab quizzes covering the six chapters. Each vocab quiz will have 25 questions with mostly only pictures. A scantron is not necessary. Each quiz will take 10 minutes only. Yay.

Vocab quizzes will be given on the following days

Chapter 1 Monday, September 12

Chapter 2 Monday, September 26

Chapter 3 Wednesday, October 12

Chapter 4 Wednesday, October 26

Chapter 5 Wednesday, November 16

Chapter 6 Monday, December 5

HOMEWORK: You have 2 outside HW assignments

This course is worth 5 (five) units. The homework is appropriate for a 5-unit course. Plan to study 10-20 hours a week outside of class in order to keep up in class. Homework will be assigned from the Connect online workbook, from the text, and from other outside resources.

I. Connect online homework assignments

· You have online homework to do from the Connect website. Each Connect online workbook chapter is worth 100 points.

· One online homework chapter assignment will be dropped.

· You may do Connect online HW late but will lose 25% per day that it is late. The last connect HW assignment (ch. 6) cannot be turned in late.

· click here for the instructions on how to register for Connect, including the course code

http://connect.mheducation.com/class/j_brown_m_w

Connect assignments are due by midnight the following days

Ch. 1 Thursday, September 15

Ch. 2 Thursday, October 6

Ch. 3 Thursday, October 20

Ch. 4 Tuesday, November 8

Ch. 5 Sunday, November 27

Ch. 6 Wednesday, December 14

I. Text book assignments (infórmate)

· Each chapter contains grammar exercises, at the end of each chapter.

· Students are responsible for reading these pages, before class, and then completing the exercises that go with them.

· Each chapter’s HW assignment should be done on a HW template provided.

· After completing each assignment (template), students need to correct their own work using the back of the book (p. A-1)

· Students need to use a red, green, or purple pen to correct their work.

· Work turned in without corrections will not be accepted and will be late.

Turning in late homework: Students may turn in written homework up to one class period late with a 25% deduction in points.

All infórmate homework assignments are due on the day of the corresponding exam at 8:30 am.

Here is the list of Infórmate HW templates:

Ch. 1 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/Tu%20mundo%20ch%201%20template.pdf

Ch. 2 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/TM02.pdf

Ch. 3 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%203.pdf

Ch. 4 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%204.pdf

Ch. 5 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%205.pdf

Ch. 6 http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/INF%206.pdf

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS

Spanish Dictionary

· Your Spanish dictionary will be your first 5 point assignment due the second week of class Wednesday, September 7.

· I recommend buying a good Spanish dictionary and spending at least $5.00. Electronic dictionaries can be purchased online and are an excellent resource. Smartphone dictionaries/Apps may not be used at any time.

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION:

· Attendance is extremely important.

· Attendance is worth 25% of your grade

· You are allowed 1 free absence

· Beginning with the 2nd absence, you will lose 10 points of your attendance/participation grade which comes out to 2.5% of your final grade for each additional absence.

· Students who leave early will count as ½ an absence.

· 3 tardies equals one absence

· There is no such thing as an excused absence.

English in the classroom

· In class, you’ll be encouraged to speak Spanish at all times.

· Just for fun, during the last hour of class, students who speak English will lose 1 point of their class participation grade.

· Spanglish is not permitted nor can you say, “Como se dice + English word.”

· Proper nouns are fun and are completely acceptable. Those are words that start with a capital letter, such as Walmart, iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Orange Coast College, UCI, Huntington Beach, America’s Got Talent, etc.

· Yay!

EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT:

Your grade will be based on the following criteria:

Exams* 55%

Attendance and participation 25

Connect online HW** 10

Infórmate (textbook) assignments 7

Quizzes, Dictionary, etc. 3

Total 100%

*Can drop one of the first two

**Can drop one

90-100% = A

80-89 = B

70-79 = C

60-69 = D

0- 59 = F

Extra Credit Oral Exam

As a rule, I usually don’t give extra credit. However, this semester we are going through what’s called, “assessment,” which means the state of CA wants to know if you’ve learned anything. Instead of requiring an oral exam and scaring you, the exam will be extra credit. The exam will cover 5 different stories that we’ll be acquiring in class. Students have an opportunity to earn 2% extra credit which will be added to their final grade. A perfect score (5) will earn 2% while a score of (1) will earn .04%. Click here for the rubric for oral exam grading

http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/jbrown/Rubric_Speaking_WL_A180.pdf

CELLULAR PHONES, COMPUTERS, AND SLEEPING IN CLASS

· Cell phones, ipads, and laptops are not allowed at any time

· Do not put them on the desk for any reason

· Students caught texting or looking at their phone will lose 5 pts of their attendance grade per infraction.

· Students who sleep will lose 5 pts (1/2 absence) or 10 pts if they sleep before and after the break.

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE AND STUDY MATERIAL

· Dos Mundos Website ( www.mhhe.com/dosmundos ) under “student edition”

· 501 Spanish verbs,

· English Grammar for Students of Spanish (available at the bookstore).

Student learning outcomes for Spanish 180:

The student will be able to:

1. Recognize and produce the Spanish language at the high-beginning level in the four primary areas of communication: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

2. Demonstrate a better understanding and appreciation of the cultures related to the Spanish language by comparing and contrasting them with the students’ own culture(s).

3. Use current technologies to further develop their language and cultural competencies.

HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE!

Practice! Practice! Practice!

*Some items may be changed or revised as need be.

PRINT THIS PAGE

Calendar. We’ll be working on the following chapters on the following dates. (May be changed as need be.) Remember to read the grammar pages BEFORE class.

INF = Informate textbook HW pages

Date Material Read before class Due

Monday, August 29 Course introduction + ½ of Ch. 1

Wednesday, August 31 Course introduction + ½ of Ch. 1 20-21

Wednesday, September 7 Chapter 1 21-22 Spanish Dict.

Monday, September 12 Chapter 1+Vocab Quiz 23-24

Wednesday, Sept. 14 Chapter 1,2 24-28, 52

Monday, September 19 Chapter 2 52

Wednesday, Sept. 21 Chapter 2 53-54

Monday, September 26 Chapter 2+Vocab Quiz 54-55

Wednesday, September 28 Chapter 2 54-55

Monday, October 3 Chapter 2 54-55

Wednesday, October 5 Exam ch.1/2 + ch. 3 85-86 INF 1, INF 2

Monday, October 10 Chapter 3 87-89

Wednesday, October 12 Chapter 3+Vocab Quiz 90-92

Monday, October 17 Chapter 3 92-94

Wednesday, October 19 Chapter 4 118-119

Monday, October 24 Chapter 4 121-122

Wednesday, October 26 Chapter 4+Vocab Quiz 122-124

Monday, October 31 Chapter 4 125-127

Wednesday, November 2 Chapter 4 125-127

Monday, November 7 Exam ch. 3/4 + ch. 5 152 INF 3, INF 4

Wednesday, November 9 Chapter 5 152-154

Monday, November 14 Chapter 5 156-157

Wednesday, November 16 Chapter 5+Vocab Quiz 158-160

Monday, November 21 Chapter 5 158-160

Wednesday, November 23 Chapter 5 158-160

Monday, November 28 Chapter 6 186-188

Wednesday, November 30 Chapter 6 189-190

Monday, December 5 Chapter 6+Vocab Quiz 191-192

Wednesday, December 7 Chapter 6 191-192

Monday, December 12 Oral exam (extra credit)

Wednesday, December 14 Exam ch. 5/6 INF 5, INF 6