SPANISH 201
Intermediate SpanishI
Otoño del 2009
Course website: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/goetzla/201/
Phone: (434) 395-2158 / Office hours: MW 1:30-4:00
E-mail: / and by appointment, but not the hour before class
Descripción del curso:
Course Description (From Longwood catalog): A course designed to help students develop skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in Spanish, and apply these skills in a context that recognizes and explores the particularities of Spanish and Latin American cultures. Prerequisite: Spanish 102 or an appropriate placement test score. Followed by Spanish 202. 3 credits.
Objetivos del curso:
Course objectives:
General Objectives for all Spanish 201 courses, including this one:
(This course satisfies General Education Goal 10 Foreign Language. GE course criteria numbers refer to the General Education Requirement criteria that this course satisfies.)
Students will demonstrate an ability to:
1. Learn progressively and employ cumulatively certain grammatical, syntactical, and phonetic structures of the language. (GE criteria 1, 6)
2. Acquire a vocabulary appropriate for performing certain tasks in Spanish, such as asking or inviting someone to do something, responding to an invitation, expressing a judgment about something (GE course criteria 3), expressing agreement or disagreement, indicating personal preference, asking someone's opinion, proposing to do something, accepting or rejecting a suggestion. (GE criteria 1, 2, 3, 6, 9)
3. Communicate in Spanish by speaking Spanish, understanding spoken Spanish, and writing in Spanish at the ACTFL intermediate level (GE course criteria 6,7), view and comprehend videos that inform them of or represent the perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish and Spanish American culture. (GE criteria 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
4. Identify and describe various aspects of Spanish and Spanish American culture, such as food, music, celebrations, social customs, landmarks, art, political and historical events. (GE course criteria 2, 5, 8)
6. Identify and interpret, through extensive use of internet, satellite TV, videos, and other electronic means, the connection of Spanish with other disciplines and and a means to acquire information. (GE course criteria 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9)
7. Describe the nature of language and culture by making comparisons of Spanish with the students' native language and by making comparisons of Spanish-speaking cultures with the students' own. (GE course criteria 1, 5, 9)
8. Participate in Spanish-speaking communities at home and around the world, through the use of electronic communication and attendance at planned college and local Hispanic cultural activities. (GE course criteria 1, 6, 8, 9)
Texts and Materials Required:
Textos y Materiales:
· Hershberger, et. al. Plazas: Lugar de encuentros, 3rd edition. Boston: Thomson Heinle, 2008.
ISBN 978-1-4282-0504-8
1-4282-0504-8
· Text Audio CDs (free with Student Text)
· QUIA Online Workbook/Lab Manual
· A medium-sized 3-ring notebook cuaderno de anillos.
· A stapler grapadora for your homework.
Horario de Clases:
Class Schedule:
Deberes para el miércoles:
1. Completa la hoja "Foreign Language Learning Autobiography"
2. Imprime el sílabo en la página web y léelo; prepárate para una prueba sobre el contenido el viernes.
3. Mira el formato del libro de texto; (look through the chapters of your textbook and become familiar with how each chapter is set up. We will be using Chapters 11-14 this semester.
4. Crea tu cuenta para QUIA. (Set up your QUIA account; your course code is: ______)
5. ¡Habla español! Con tus amigos, con los árboles, con los muebles, en el baño, en todas partes.
Deberes para el viernes:
1. Texto: Repaso...
2. Estudiar el sílabo: ¡prueba el viernes!
Semanas 2, 3, 4: Lección 11
Semanas 5, 6, 7: Lección 12
Semanas 8, 9, 10, 11: Lección 13
Semanas 12, 13, 14: Lección 14
Semana 15: Repaso y Actividades
Semana 16 Examen Final:
SPAN 201-01: 9 de diciembre, 8:00-10:30am
SPAN 201-02: 9 de diciembre, 11:30-2:00pm
SPAN 201-05: 7 de diciembre, 8:00-10:30am
Requisitos del curso:
Course Requirements:
15% Participación en la clase
15% Deberes Diarios (ejercicios del libro de texto, hojas para periódicos/revistas, otros deberes)
15% Deberes del Laboratorio (ejercicios de QUIA,videos y películas,programas de televisión, etc.)
15% Ensayos y Proyectos
25% Pruebas y Presentaciones Orales
15% Examen Final
15% Participación. You are expected to actively participate in class activities. It is recognized that there are many different kinds of personalities represented among students in a class, and that some are more outgoing than others. People who normally speak a lot find it easy to participate in these activities, while more quiet personalities sometimes hesitate to join in. This is quite natural and you are not expected to try to change your particular comportment. Nevertheless, it is necessary to make every effort to join in the activities, and you will find that the more you do so, the easier it becomes to speak Spanish, and as Spanish begins to become easier to speak, the more you will want to join in. There will be a lot of partner and group conversation activities; you will not be asked to get up in front of the class until everyone is comfortable with one another; you will do a few short (2-3 min.) presentations on various topics. We will concentrate mostly on speaking and listening in our class activities, reserving reading and writing activities for homework assignments. Attendance is of utmost importance if you are to be able to participate. If you are not in class, you can not participate, and you make participation extremely difficult after returning from an absence. Attend class every day!
15% «Deberes Diarios». (ejercicios del libro de texto, hojas para periódicos o revistas, otros deberes).
15% «Deberes del Laboratorio» (ejercicios de QUIA,videos y películas,programas de televisión, etc).
These two "deberes" portions of your grade are based primarily on assignments you do outside of class. To achieve a satisfactory grade in any college-level class, one should expect to spend at least two hours outside of class for every hour spent in class. Therefore, you should expect to dedicate six hours per week outside of class in homework and other activities for this Spanish class. The following are the components which make up these parts of your grade. All of the necessaryworksheets are available here for you to print out. You will not receive these in class. Please staple any multiple sheets together before handing them in. Your lowest "homework" grade in each category will be dropped--so if you get a zero it can be dropped, but no more than one grade in each category will be dropped. Late homework will be accepted no later than one class period after it is due, and the grade will be lowered one letter grade. Homework later than one class period after it is due will not be accepted. Remember also that if you do not have your homework on time, you can't very well participate and your grade will suffer. Keep up with all assignments. Check with classmates to make sure you have the assignments for every class.
A. Deberes diarios (15%): You will have textbook activities as well as some newspaper or magazine reading assignments. At times there may be other kinds of homework assignments. All assignments will be explained clearly, but if you do not understand the instructions, please ask for clarification. The assignment and explanation will be made near the end of every class period, and will usually be written on the board. In addition to specific assignments, you should spend time in vocabulary practice for the current topic. Homework will usually be "gone over" in class, although there won't be time to "go over" all of it. Many assignments will also be collected for a grade. Be prepared with your homework done or you will not be able to participate (see Participación above). Remember to staple multiple sheets together and bring to class ready to hand in -- don't expect to staple things once you are in class. Please do not ask me if I have a stapler. There are no staplers in the classroom.
Revistas y periódicos: The library subscribes to several Spanish language magazines, which are found in the Periodical room on the first floor of the library, and are shelved in alphabetical order. The most recent ones are in the reading area, in alphabetical order on display shelves. You will fill out a revista worksheet for each article you read. Longwood's library receives Geomundo, Muy Interesante, Clío (Revista de Historia) and El País. If you have trouble finding a magazine, please ask for help. You may read them in the library or photocopy articles to read at your leisure, and you may choose articles from any magazine, as long as it is in Spanish. If you have been asked to read a magazine article, it must be a paper article, not from the internet. However, at other times you will be asked to choose an article from a Spanish newspaper on the internet instead of a magazine, so that you can get the most up-to-date information on a particular topic, and so that you have a greater range of cultural content.
B. «Deberes del Laboratorio» (15%):
You will have assignments from your QUIA online Workbook and Lab Manual. This will be explained clearly in class. Using this program, you will have a chance to listen to authentic Spanish conversations and to complete activities to practice grammatical structures and vocabulary usage. You should complete and correct all exercises for each lesson. Grading will be based upon completion and quality.
Video, Televisión, Películas: Now and then you will watch a video segment from the "Mosaico Cultural" series, or a movie or TV show in Spanish, sometimes in class, but usually in the Language Lab, and will complete accompanying information sheets. You will receive the Mosaico Cultural worksheets in class, but you will get the TV-show sheets and movie sheets from this website and print them out to take to the lab. The Language Lab has a satellite which receives programming from all over the world. Choose a channel and a program by going to the Dish TV site and following instructions.
15% Ensayos y Proyectos. You will compose some projects or essays during the semester; you will receive detailed instructions and in some cases will be able to make revisions before receiving the grade for the assignment. You must use Microsoft Word in Spanish [with spell-check and thesaurus in Spanish], which is available in the Language Lab and if you have Windows 98 or later, on your own computer. You will receive a copy of the keyboard layout. Ask for help if you need it. Try doing your homework on the computer, too, if you like--you will learn to use the correct accent marks, and all of the other diacritical marks [¡¿ñÑáéíóúü])--and just think what you can do with the thesaurus. Assignments that have not been "spell-checked" will not be accepted--don't forget this important step! Remember to use your stapler too! Late Proyectos will NOT be accepted. They must be completed on time or they will receive a grade of zero. No Proyecto or Ensayo grades will be dropped.
25% Pruebas y presentaciones orales. There will be many short 5-, 10-, or 15-minute quizzes. Most of these are not "pop" quizzes; they will all be announced, except for some quizzes on Fridays, which may be "pop" quizzes. So don't miss class on Fridays! Some quizzes will be written, dealing with grammar, a few will be vocabulary quizzes, some will be speaking quizzes (you will speak to a partner, not in front of the class), and some will be quizzes on the content of what we are studying (cultural aspects of Hispanic countries, etc.). There may also be a few longer quizzes (I prefer not to call them tests; but they may cover more than one topic or grammatical item from a chapter). Oral presentations during the semester will count the same as quiz grades. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped (if you miss a quiz while absent, that will be the one dropped--there are no "make-up" quizzes; quizzes missed after that will receive a zero). Please do not ask when you can make up a quiz.
15% Examen Final. The final exam will contain a communicative test of the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, as well as culture, and will have the same format as many of the quizzes, so by the time you take it, you are familiar with how you will be tested. If you are keeping up with homework, activities, and participation, you should not need to "study" for the final. We are building skills, not accumulating memorized knowledge, so it is important to keep pace with your assignments. We will review before the final exam and discuss the format of the test. The date and time of the final exam is listed in the class schedule above. According to Longwood policy, if you have 3 exams on one day, you may ask to have one of them on another day. If you choose this exam to request a change, please keep in mind that we usually involve listening segments and speaking segments so it is very difficult to change it. When requesting, you must have proof of your schedule, and you must request the change at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date.
Calificaciones:
Grading: 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 59 F