Required Texts:
1. Puntos de partida, 7th edition
2. Workbook for Puntos de partida 3. Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida

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 (25%).

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:

Fri., Sept. 22, 2006.   Examen I (Capítulos 13 y 14)

Mon., Oct. 16, 2006.  Examen II (Capítulos 15 y 16)

B. CUMULATIVE EXAM (15%).

There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 7-12 on Wed., Nov. 15, 2006.

C. WRITING COMPONENT. (5%).

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/course/sp102_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, using PowerPoint^®.  For complete instructions see  http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/course/sp102viajeimag.html.

This final Web project is worth 8% of your final grade.

E. WORKBOOK (10%.

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. QUIZZES and lecturas (5%).

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 (20%).

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 (21 possible points)

7 pts.----good presentation

4 pt.----acceptable presentation

1 pt.-----less than acceptable

The oral component is worth 20% of your total grade, and there are 21  possible points.

IV. Practicing your Spanish: the Puntos website, pen pals, 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 are some possibilities:

1.  According to the Puntos website:  "This Online Learning Center is designed to enhance your learning. Book-specific content like quizzing, cultural activities with Web links, audio, and video can all be accessed by choosing from the list.... These materials are designed to help you succeed in your course."  Here is the address:  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072873949/student_view0/index.html

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 on-line activities.  For example, you can 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

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

Week 1

W Aug 30  Introducción. Repaso del presente, los complementos directos Pdp 200-01.  Pdp 224-226

Tarea: 1. Pdp 227-231

2.  WKB 97-98

TH  Aug 31 Pdp 227-231.
Tarea: 1.  Pdp 232-238

1. WKB  99-103.

2. WWW Proyecto #1, para miércoles.

F   Sep 1  La cultura

Week 2

M  Sep 4   Pdp 232-238

Tarea: 1. Pdp 239-246.

W  Sep 6   Pdp 239-246

Tarea: 1. Pdp 247-255.

2. WKB 104-106.

TH Sep 7   Entregar  WWW Proyecto #1, . Pdp 247-255.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 258-62.

2. WKB 107-10

F Sep 8  La cultura

Week 3
M    Sep 11  Pdp 258-262
Tarea:  1.  WKB 111-12

2.  Pdp 263-266

W   Sep 13   Pdp 263-266

Tarea: 1. WKB 113-115

2.  Pdp 267-269

TH  Sep 14   Pdp 267-269

Tarea: Más pretérito.

2.  WKB 116-118

F  Sep 15   La cultura

Week 4
M    Sep 18   Pdp 270-277
Tarea:  1.  WKB 119-124.

W   Sep 20  Pdp 270-77. 

Tarea:  Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, para lunes.

TH Sep 21  Repaso para Examen # 1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

F Sep 22   EXAMEN #1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Week 5
M   Sep 25  Pdp 286-289

Tarea: 1.  WKB 125-128

W   Sep 27   Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, Pdp 290-296
Tarea: 1.  WKB 129-130

TH  Sep 28  Pdp 297-305
Tarea: 1. Pdp 314-318.
2.  WKB 131-138

F   Sep 29   NO HAY CLASE
 

Week 6

M   Oct 2   Pdp 314-318

W  Oct 4   Pdp 319-322
Tarea: 1.  WKB 139-140

TH  Oct 5  La cultura

F Oct 6  NO HAY CLASE

Week 7
M Oct 9   Pdp 323-325

Tarea: 1. WKB 141-4

2. Pdp 326-328

W   Oct 11  Pdp 326-328. Pretérito/imperfecto.
Tarea: 1.  Pretérito/imperfecto.

TH  Oct 12  La cultura

F Oct 13  Pretérito/imperfecto.  Repaso para el Examen #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

Tarea: 1. WKB 145-152

Week 8
M Oct 16   EXAMEN #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

W   Oct 18    Película.

TH  Oct 19  Película.

F  Oct 20   Película.

Week 9

M Oct 23    Write 250-word review of film ¡en español! (in class)

W Oct 25    Pdp 349-351

Tarea: 1. WKB 153-156.

TH  Oct 26  Pdp 352-4.

1. WKB 157-8

2.  WWW Proyecto #3 para lunes.

F Oct 29    celebramos el DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Week 10

M Oct 30 Pdp 355-357.  Entregar WWW Proyecto #3

Tarea:  1. Pdp 358-363

2.  WKB 159-162

W Nov 1 Pdp 358-363

Tarea: 1. WKB 163-164

2. Pdp 364-373.

TH  Nov 2  Pdp  364-73
Tarea: 1. WKB 165-168

2. Pdp 376-380.

3.  WWW Proyecto #4, para miércoles

F Nov 3   la cultura

Week 11
M  Nov 6    Pdp 376-380. 

Tarea: 1. Pdp 381-385

2. WKB 169-170

W   Nov 8   Pdp 386-90

Tarea: 1.  Pdp 391-97
2. WKB 171-174

TH  Nov 9  Entregar WWW Proyecto #4, . REPASO 

Tarea: 1.  WKB 175-182

F   Nov 10   La cultura

Week 12

M Nov 13  REPASO.

W Nov 15    EL EXAMEN CUMULATIVO

TH  Nov 16  Recibir instrucciones para el proyecto final.  http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/course/sp102viajeimag.html

F Nov 17   Trabajar en los proyectos

Week 13

M  Nov 20   Trabajar en los proyectos

LAS VACACIONES

Week 14

M Nov 27 Latin American Music and Dance ¡en español!

W   Nov 29    Presentaciones

F   Dec 1   Presentaciones

Week 15

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