Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: AD 309	Office Hours: MWF 9:00-10:00 & by appt.
Office Phone: 2364 Home Phone: 892-4474	HomePage Address: http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html
Suite number: 61555	Email: pduffey@austinc.edu

Required Texts:

1) Puntos de partida, 5th edition

2) Workbook for Puntos de partida

3) Tan and orange Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida

4) Laboratory Manual to Accompany Puntos (audio cassettes are available in the Media Center, Abell Library).

5) Destinos videotape, episodes 17-34 (available in Media Center, Abell Library)

Optional:

Kendris, Christopher. 501 Spanish Verbs. New York: Barron's, 1982. (available in bookstore)

Pei, Mario A., El New World español/inglés inglés/español diccionario. Signet. (available in bookstore)

WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS!

I. OBJECTIVES.

In Sp 12, 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.

A. Four Major Exams		40%
B. Oral Component		15%
C. Writing Component		6%
D. WORLD WIDE WEB IMAGINARY VOYAGE		20%
E. Workbook		7%
F. Lab		3%
G. Destinos video		4%
H. Quizzes and lecturas(readings)		5%

(Late homework will not receive full credit.)

A. EXAMS (40%).

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 FOUR major exams, according to the following schedule:

Wed., Sept. 24 Examen I (Capítulos 10, 11 y 12)

Thu., Oct. 9 Examen II (Capítulos 13 y 14)

Thu., Oct. 23 Examen III (Capítulos 15 y 16)

Tue., Nov. 25 Examen IV (Capítulos 17, 18)

**Please note that THERE WILL BE NO FINAL EXAM in this class.

B. ORAL COMPONENT. 15%.

The oral component will consist of three parts: five presentaciones, and oneentrevista. Presentaciones are two minute dialogues (with a partner) or monologues presented to the class. The entrevista is a personal interview with me. It will be approximately five minutes in duration.

Each student will sign up to do 5 presentaciones, about one every two weeks. Points will be awarded according to the following system:

Presentaciones (20 possible points)

4 pts.----good presentation

2 pt.----acceptable presentation

1 pt.-----less than acceptable

Entrevista (10 possible points)

5 pts. ----good interview

3 pts ----acceptable

2 pt. -----less than acceptable

The oral component is worth 15% of your total grade, and there are 30 possible points.

C. WRITING COMPONENT. 6%.

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

D. WORLD WIDE WEB IMAGINARY VOYAGE. 20%.

After the Thanksgiving break, each of you will make an imaginary voyage. You will "visit" places in Hispanic countries, becoming a virtual tourist "en el ciberespacio español." First, you will complete a preliminary "scavenger hunt" activity (worth 2%) in order to familiarize yourself with the Web. By accessing my homepage at http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html, you will find a list of sites in Spanish entitled "Sp 12 Links." Using these resources, you will locate the information requested by this assignment. The final WWW assignment will be a 2-person group project worth 18% and will involve writing, reading, and a final oral presentation.

E. WORKBOOK (7%)

F. LAB (3%).

You will be responsible for completing the workbook and lab book 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.

G. DESTINOS VIDEO (4%).

Beginning in the third week of classes, you will view two episodes of Destinos, a video program which teaches you authentic Spanish by getting you interested in the twisting plot of a "telenovela," a soap opera. In Sp 12, you will view the episodes 17 through 34 of the telenovela. Onthe first day of class you will receive a summary of the preceding episodes. You will continue with Destinos in Sp 23.

You will be required to view 1 or 2 episodes per week. You will also be required to turn in to me the exercises in your Viewer's Handbook for the episodes seen that week. We will have weekly quizzes (on Fridays) to make sure you have seen the episodes. You may view the episodes in the Media Center, Abell Library.

H. QUIZZES and lecturas(5%).

I do not believe in pop quizzes, but I am a firm believer in quizzes. We will have about 15 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 cultural readings which students will analyze and discuss in class. Students' grades will be based on participation in discussions and short quizzes.

IV. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

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

V. 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

LAB=Lab manual

Week 1

T Sept 2 Introducción. Repaso del pretérito/imperfecto.

W Sept 3 Repaso del pretérito/imperfecto.

Tarea: Cap. 10: Pdp 302-306.

TH Sept 4 Cap. 10: Pdp 302-306. Repaso del pretérito
/imperfecto.
Tarea: Cap. 10: Pdp 307-310. WKB 131-133.

F Sept 5 Pdp 307-310.
Tarea: Pdp 311-315. WKB 134-136.

M Sept 8 Sept 4 Pdp 311-315.
Tarea: Pdp 316-321. WKB 137-139.
Laboratorio #10 para miércoles.
T Sept 9 Pdp 316-321.
Tarea: Pdp 321-327. WKB 140-142.

W Sept 10 Pdp 321-327.

Tarea: Prueba: Cap. 10.
TH Sept 11 Prueba: Cap. 10. Empezamos Cap. 11.
Tarea: Cap. 11: Pdp 329-332
WKB 143-5

F Sept 12 Pdp 329-332.
Tarea: Pdp 333-335. WKB 146-7.

T Sept 16 Pdp 339-343.

Tarea: Pdp 343-47
WKB 149-50
Laboratorio #11 para viernes.
W Sept 17 Pdp 348-52.

Tarea: Pdp 354-59
WKB 151-154

TH Sept 18 Cap. 12: Pdp 354-359
Tarea: Pdp 360-4 WKB 155-8.

F Sept 19 Pdp 360-64.
Entregar LAB #11
Tarea: Pdp 365-68
WKB 159-160

T Sept 23 Pdp 369-376. Repaso para Examen # 1
Tarea: Pdp 377-84
WKB 164-70
W Sept 24 EXAMEN #1 (Capítulos 10, 11 y 12)
Tarea: Cap. 13: Pdp 386-390
WKB 171-173

TH Sept 25 Pdp 386-390

Tarea: Pdp 391-394
WKB 174-175

F Sept 26 Entregar LAB #12Pdp 391-394
Tarea: Pdp 395-398
WKB 176

T Sept. 30 Pdp 399-402
Tarea: Pdp 403-410
WKB 179-81

W October 1 Entregar LAB #13Pdp 403-410
Tarea: Pdp 412-15

WKB 183-185.
TH October 2 Pdp 412-15
Tarea: Pdp 416-19.
WKB 185-186.

F October 3 Pdp 416-19
Tarea: WKB 187.

T October 7 Pdp 419-423
Tarea: Pdp 424-29
WKB 191-193
W October 8 Pdp 424-29.
Tarea: Estudiar para el examen.

TH October 9 EXAMEN #2 (Caps. 13 y 14)
Tarea: Cap. 15: Pdp 435-437
WKB 197-8.

F October 10 Pdp 435-37
Tarea: Pdp 438-440. WKB 199-200.

T October 14 Película

W October 15 Película

TH October 16 Pdp 441-445.
Tarea: Pdp 445-452
WKB 204-208.

F October 17 Pdp 445-452
Tarea: Cap. 16: Pdp 460-65
WKB 209-212Entregar LAB #15

T October 21 Pdp 470-75
Tarea: Pdp 476-82. WKB 215-17

W October 22
Pdp 476-82
Tarea: WKB 218-220.Tarea: Estudien para el examen.

TH October 23 EXAMEN #3
Tarea: Cap. 17: Pdp 485-488. WKB 217-220

F October 24 Pdp 485-88.
Tarea: Pdp 489-491. WKB 221-22.

T October 28 Pdp 492-495.

Tarea: Pdp 496-498. WKB 224-227.

W October 29 October 24 Pdp 496-498
Tarea: Pdp 499-503. WKB 228-30.

TH October 30 Pdp 495-503
Tarea: Cap. 18: Pdp 508-511
WKB 227-230

F October 31 Entregar LAB #17. PROYECTO:

El Día de los Muertos

El Día de los Muertos

T Nov 4 Película: Macario
Tarea: Proyecto--El Día de los Muertos

W Nov 5 Película: Macario
Tarea: Composición 2.

TH Nov 6 Cap. 18: Pdp 508-511
Tarea: Pdp 511-14.

WKB 231-232. F Nov 7 Pdp 511-14.
Tarea: Pdp 515-517.
WKB 233-5.