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, 4th edition

2) Workbook for Puntos de partida

3) Tan and orange Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida

4) Orange and white 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)

6) Viewer's handbook for Destinos

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. WORLD WIDE WEB IMAGINARY VOYAGE		26%
D. Workbook		7%
E. Lab		3%
F. Destinos video		4%
G. Quizzes		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:

Mon., Sept. 16 Examen I (Capítulos 11 y 12)

Wed., Oct. 2 Examen II (Capítulos 13 y 14)

Mon., Oct. 21 Examen III (Capítulos 15 y 16)

Fri., Nov. 15 Examen IV (Capítulos 17, 18, 19 y 20)

**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, two entrevistas, and participation in the skit at the end of the semester. Presentaciones are two minute dialogues (with a partner) or monologues presented to the class. The two entrevistas are personal interviews with me. They 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

Entrevistas (10 possible points--5 pts each)

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. WORLD WIDE WEB IMAGINARY VOYAGE. 26%.

Following the instructions given in five World Wide Web assignments, each of you will make an imaginary voyage. You will "visit" places in Hispanic countries, becoming a virtual tourist "en el ciberespacio español." You will complete five "scavenger hunt" type activities using the World Wide 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 each assignment. Your compositions will be based on information obtained from these cyberspacial scavenger hunts. FOUR OF THESE WWW ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE WORTH 4% each (for a total of 16%). The final WWW assignment will be a 3-person group project worth 10% and will involve writing, reading, and a final oral presentation.

D. WORKBOOK (5%) AND 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.

E. 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 2 episodes per week, as indicated in the course outline below. 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. We will see Episode 1 in class, and a few other episodes in class thereafter, to be announced. You may view the episodes not seen in class in the Media Center, Abell Library.

F. QUIZZES (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.

IV. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

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

V. Course Outline

Abbreviations

Pdp=Puntos de partida main text

Tarea=Homework for following class day

WKB=Workbook for Puntos

LAB=Lab manual

Week 1

W Sept 4 Introducción. Repaso del petérito.
Tarea: Cap. 11: Pdp 341-350
WKB 151-54

F Sept 6 Pdp 341-350.

Tarea: Pdp 351-59
WKB 156-60

M Sept 9 Pdp 351-59.

Tarea: WWW Assignment #1 para viernes.
Pdp 364-67
WKB 161-65

W Sept 11 Cap. 12: Pdp 364-67.
Entregar LAB #11
Tarea: Pdp 368-74
WKB 165-168

F Sept 13 Pdp 368-74. Entregar WWW Assignment #1.Repaso para Examen # 1
Tarea: Pdp 375-381
WKB 169-72

W Sept 18 Entregar LAB #12Pdp 389-396
Tarea: Pdp 396-402
WKB 179-182

F Sept 20 Pdp 396-402
Tarea: Pdp 403-11 WKB 183-4

W Sept 25 Pdp 413-18
Tarea: WWW Assignment #2 para lunes
Pdp 419-423
WKB 188-90

F Sept 27 Pdp 419-423

Tarea: Pdp 424-29
WKB 191-193

W October 2 EXAMEN #2 (Caps. 13 y 14)
Tarea: Cap. 15: Pdp 435-440
WKB 195-7.

F October 4 Entregar LAB #14Pdp 435-440
Tarea: Pdp 441-445
WKB 198

W October 9 Película.
Tarea: Pdp 445-55
WKB 207-210

F October 11 Pdp 445-55
Tarea: Cap. 16: Pdp 463-69
Tarea: WWW Assignment #3 para lunes
WKB 207-10Entregar LAB #15