Required Texts:
1. Puntos de partida, 7th edition
2. Workbook for Puntos de partida 3. Pink and green Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida
4. Destinos, An Introduction to Spanish [videotapes available in the Abell Library] 5.  Student Viewer's Handbook to Accompany Destinos

WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS!

I. OBJECTIVES.

In Sp 102, the main objective is to develop skills in the four areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the Spanish language. Since the class will be conducted almost entirely in Spanish, your ability to communicate in Spanish will develop along with your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammatical structures of the language.

II. ATTENDANCE.

Attending class everyday is especially important in language classes. Accordingly, I will deduct a point from your total grade for every absence over FOUR (4). Three tardies equal one absence. ALL ABSENCES--NO MATTER IF "EXCUSED" OR NOT--COUNT TOWARD THIS TOTAL.

However, students may make up any exam, quiz, or other assignment if the absence occurs as a result of participation in an official Austin College athletic or other event, a serious illness, or some other unavoidable circumstance beyond the student's control.

III. GRADING.

(Late homework will not receive full credit.)

A. TWO MAJOR EXAMS (20%).

Please mark the following dates on your calendar. Only under extenuating circumstances will a student be granted permission to make up an exam. There will be TWO major exams, according to the following schedule:

Wed., Feb. 18  Examen I (Capítulos 13 y 14)

Wed., Mar. 17  Examen II (Capítulos 15 y 16)

B. CUMULATIVE EXAM (20%).

There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 13-18 on Wed., Apr. 7.

C. WRITING COMPONENT. (6%).

All students will complete three compositions during the semester. Each composition will be a movie review of at least 400 words (approximately 2 pages in length).

D. WORLD WIDE WEB TASKS. (20%).

Each student will complete five Web projects. The instructions for the first four projects is located at this web address: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp12.7-12.html . These projects correspond to the themes of Chapters 7-12 (vacations, holidays, shopping, and health). The projects are due according to the dates listed in the course outline. Each project is worth 3% of your final grade.

The fifth Web project is a virtual journey. You and another student will take a trip to two or three Hispanic countries via the World Wide Web. You will prepare an oral presentation and a diary of your travels complete with pictures and conversations. For complete instructions see http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp12.html . This final Web project is worth 8% of your final grade.

E. WORKBOOK (6%)

You will be responsible for completing the workbook assignments as indicated in the course outline. Regarding the workbook, if the assignment ends in the middle of a page, complete the page, but hold on to it until you turn it in with the next assignment. You will receive full credit only after you have completed the assignment, checked your answers with another color of ink, and handed in the assignment on time.

F.  Destinos (10%).

Students who have never had any experience with Destinos  can view episodes 6 and 11 in order to catch up on the episodes that students saw during the first-semester Spanish course at AC.  The entire group will view episodes 12-17 and 19-24  (episodes 18, 25 and 26 are optional reviews).   Students will also complete and turn in the exercises in the Student Viewer's Handbook, as assigned by the instructor.  Students will view about one episode per week.

G. QUIZZES and lecturas (3%).

I do not believe in pop quizzes, but I am a firm believer in quizzes. We will have about 10 brief quizzes throughout the semester. I will always tell you the day before that we're having a quiz and what it will cover.

The lecturas will consist of three readings which students will analyze outside of class.  Students' grades will be based on short quizzes.

H. ORAL COMPONENT. 15%.

The oral component will consist of three  presentaciones.   Presentaciones are two minute dialogues (with a partner) or monologues presented to the class. Each student will sign up to do 3 presentaciones, about one every three weeks. Points will be awarded according to the following system:

Presentaciones (15 possible points)

5 pts.----good presentation

3 pt.----acceptable presentation

1 pt.-----less than acceptable

The oral component is worth 15% of your total grade, and there are 15  possible points.

IV. Practicing your Spanish: pen pals, the Puntos CD-ROM, and on-line activities.

The point of this class is to teach you as much Spanish as possible. If you want to learn more, and possibly earn some extra credit, here's how:

1. You can get extra practice with grammar and vocabulary at the Puntos website,http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/spain/puntos/student_index.mhtml

2. Get a Spanish-language pen pal via the internet. Go to

Intercambio Cultural Español Inglés http://www.lingolex.com/ceengf.htm

or

http://www.LanguageTrade.com/ LanguageTrade™ Using this site, it is possible to speak to people in Hispanic countries via Yahoo Instant Messenger and your computer's microphone.

3. Do other activities:

a. Practice vocabulary and grammatical structures, using the Puntos de partida CD-ROM, available at the Abell circulation desk.

b. Practice grammatical structures on the web

http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/

©Juan Ramón de Arana

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html

©Barbara Kuzcun Nelson

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/ejercicios.html

©Juan Manuel Soto Arriví

c. participate in Spanish "chat rooms" http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/prechat.htm

d. complete other internet Puntos-related activities http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/sbranch.htm

All extra credit will be awarded at the discretion of the instructor.

V. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

The College's Standards of Academic Integrity are assumed to apply to your work for this course.

VI. Course Outline

**This course outline is tentative, and it is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
Abbreviations

Pdp=Puntos de partida main text

Tarea=Homework for following class day

WKB=Workbook for Puntos

SVH= Student Viewer's Handbook

Week 1

W Sep 1  Introducción. Repaso del presente, los complementos directos Pdp 200-01.  Pdp 224-226

Tarea: 1. Pdp 227-231

2.  WKB 97-98

3.  Destinos, Episodios 6 & 11, if necessary.

F   Sep 3 Destinos, Episodio 12.  Pdp 227-231.
Tarea: 1.  Pdp 232-238

1. WKB  99-103.

2.  SVH, Ep. 12

3. WWW Proyecto #1, para miércoles.

Week 2

M  Sep 6   Pdp 232-238

Tarea: 1.  SVH, Ep 13

2. Pdp 239-246.

W  Sep 8   Pdp 239-246

Tarea: 1. Pdp 247-255.

2. WKB 104-106.

F Sep 10   Entregar  WWW Proyecto #1, . Pdp 247-255.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 258-62.

2. WKB 107-10

Week 3
M    Sep 13  Pdp 258-262
Tarea:  1.  SVH, Ep 14

2.  WKB 111-12

3.  Pdp 263-266

W   Sep 15   Pdp 263-266

Tarea: 1. WKB 113-115

2.  Pdp 267-269

F  Sep 17   Pdp 267-269

Tarea: Más pretérito.

2.  WKB 116-118

Week 4
M    Sep 20   Pdp 270-277
Tarea:  1.  SVH, Ep 15

2.  WKB 119-124.

W   Sep 22  Pdp 270-77.  Repaso para Examen # 1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Tarea:  Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, para lunes.

F Sep 24   NO HAY CLASE

Week 5
M   Sep 27  EXAMEN #1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Tarea: 1. Pdp 286-289

2. WKB 125-128

W   Sep 29   Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, Pdp 286-289
Tarea: 1. Pdp 290-296

2. WKB 129-130

F   Oct 1  Pdp 290-296
Tarea: 1.  SVH, Ep 16

Week 6

M   Oct 4   Pdp 297-305
Tarea: 1. Pdp 314-318.
2.  WKB 131-138

W  Oct 6 Pdp 314-318
Tarea: 1.  WKB 139-140

2.  Pdp 319-322

F Oct 8  NO HAY CLASE

Week 7
M Oct 11   Pdp 319-322

Tarea: 1. WKB 141-4

2. Pdp 323-328

3.  SVH, Ep 17

W   Oct 13  Pdp 323-328. Pretérito/imperfecto.
Tarea: 1.  Pretérito/imperfecto.

F Oct 15  Pretérito/imperfecto.  Repaso para el Examen #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

Tarea: 1. WKB 145-152

Week 8
M Oct 18   EXAMEN #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

W   Oct 20    Película.

F  Oct 22   Película.

Week 9

M Oct 25    Película.
Tarea: 1. Write 250-word review of film ¡en español! (for next Mon.)

W Oct 27    Pdp 349-351

Tarea: 1. SVH, Ep 19

2. WKB 153-156.

F Oct 29    celebramos el DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Tarea: 1. Pdp 352-7.

2. WKB 157-8

3.   WWW Proyecto #3 para lunes.

Week 10

M Nov 1 Pdp 352-357.  Entregar WWW Proyecto #3

Tarea:  1. Pdp 358-363

2.  WKB 159-162

3.  SVH, Ep 20

W Nov 3 Pdp 358-363

Tarea: 1. WKB 163-164

2. Pdp 364-373.

F Nov 5 364-73
Tarea: 1. WKB 165-168

2. Pdp 376-380.

3.  WWW Proyecto #4, para miércoles

Week 11
M  Nov 8    Pdp 376-380. 

Tarea: 1. Pdp 381-385

2. WKB 169-170

3.  SVH, Ep 21

W   Nov 10   Pdp 386-90

Tarea: 1.  Pdp 391-97
2. WKB 171-174

F   Nov 12   Entregar WWW Proyecto #4, . REPASO 

Tarea: 1.  WKB 175-182

Week 12

M Nov 15  REPASO.
Tarea:  1.  SVH, Ep 22

W Nov 17    EL EXAMEN CUMULATIVO

F Nov 19   Recibir instrucciones para el proyecto final.  http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp12.html

Week 13

M  Nov 22   Trabajar en los proyectos

LAS VACACIONES

Week 14

M Nov 29 Latin American Music and Dance ¡en español!

W   Dec 1    Presentaciones del viaje virtual

F   Dec 3   Presentaciones del viaje virtual

Week 15

W Dec 8 Entregar los diarios del viaje virtual  (3PM)