AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: AD 207A	Office Hours: TWTH, 3-4pm
Office Phone: X2364 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, 6th edition

2) Workbook for Puntos de partida

3) Pink and green Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida

4) Laboratory Manual to Accompany Puntos (audio cassettes are available at the circulation desk, Abell Library).

WELCOME! ¡BIENVENIDOS!

I. OBJECTIVES.

In Sp 23, 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. Two Major Exams		20%
B.Final Exam		20%
C. Writing Component		6%
D. WORLD WIDE WEB TASKS		20%
E. Workbook		6%
F. Lab		4%
G. Quizzes and lecturas(readings)		4%
H. Oral Component		20%

(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. 20 Examen I (Capítulos 13 y 14)

Wed., Mar. 20 Examen II (Capítulos 15 y 16)

B. CUMULATIVE EXAM (20%).

There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 13-18 on Wed., Apr. 10TH.

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 six WWW task as indicated in the Course Outline. Each task correponds thematically to a chapter in Puntos. Go to http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp23new.html.

Cap 13. El arte y la cultura. (10%) Via the internet, students will tour Hispanic museums, listen to Hispanic music, and experience other aspects of this rich cultural heritage.

Cap. 14. El medio ambiente. (10%) Students will purchase a car via the internet and/or will explore websites having to do with Latin American environmental issues.

Cap. 15. La vida social. (10%) Students will use websites to plan a Hispanic fiesta, possibly a wedding or some other significant event.

Cap. 16. ¿Trabajar para vivir o vivir para trabajar? (10%) Students will seek a job by using classified ads in Spanish-language newspapers on the Web.

Cap. 17. Las últimas novedades. (10%) Students will read and comment on an article in an on-line Spanish-language publication.

Cap. 18. En el extranjero. (50%)To be completed after April 11th, this cumulative project accounts for half of this portion of the student's grade. Students will make a weekend trip to a Hispanic country, utilizing Spanish-language websites.

In order to complete these assignments, students will access the websites provided on my webpage, http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html . Guidelines for each assignment are provided at this website. See the Course Outline for due dates.

E. WORKBOOK (6%)

F. LAB (4%).

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. QUIZZES and lecturas(4%).

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 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 two 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 (5 possible points)

5 pts. ----good interview

3 pts ----acceptable

2 pt. -----less than acceptable

The oral component is worth 20% of your total grade, and there are 25 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. 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.

2. 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

Week 1

M Feb 4 Pdp Introducción. Repaso del subjuntivo. Pdp 376-382.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 396-402.

2. WKB 181-183.

T Feb 5 Pdp 396-402.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 402-410

2. WKB 183-186.

W Feb 6 Pdp 402-410.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 411-416.

2. WKB 187-188.

TH Feb 7 Pdp 411-416.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 417-423

2. WKB 188-193.

3. WWW Task #1 due Monday

M Feb 11 Pdp 417-423

Tarea: 1. Pdp 424-429

2. WKB 195-196

T Feb 12 Pdp 424-429

Tarea: 1. Pdp 430-435

2. WKB 197-199

3. Lectura #1 (handout)

W Feb 13 Pdp 430-435

Tarea: 1. Pdp 436-442

2. WKB 199-201

TH Feb 14 Pdp 436-442

Tarea: 1. Pdp 443-449.

2. WKB 202-206

3. LABS 13 & 14 (for WED.)

Tarea: WWW Task #2 due Mon.

T Feb 19 Repaso para EL PRIMER EXAMEN

W Feb 20 EXAMEN UNO (CAPS. 13 y 14)

Tarea: 1. Pdp 450-455

2. WKB 207-210

3. Lectura #2, para lunes, 25 de Feb.

TH Feb 21 Pdp 450-455

T Feb 26 Película

W Feb 27 Película

Tarea: 1. Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Tue.)

2. Pdp 455-459

3. WKB 210-211

TH Feb 28 Pdp 455-459

Tarea: 1. Pdp 460-464

2. WKB 212-213

2. WKB 213-217.

T Mar 5 Pdp 472-476.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 477-483.

2. WKB 219-20.

W Mar 6 Pdp 477-483.

1. Pdp 484-491

2. WKB 220-224.

TH Mar 7 Pdp 484-491

Tarea: 1. Pdp 492-499.

2. WKB 225-226.

3. WWW Task #3 due Monday after spring break.

Week 6
M Mar 18 Pdp 492-499
Tarea: 1. LABS 15 y 16 para miércoles.

2. WKB 227-232.

T Mar 19 Repaso para el segundo examen

W Mar 20 EXAMEN DOS (Caps. 15 y 16)

Tarea: 1. Pdp 500-505

2. WKB 233-235

3. WWW Task #4 due on Mon.

TH Mar 21 Pdp 500-505

Tarea: 1. Pdp 506-509

2. WKB 235-238

Week 8
M Mar 25 Pdp 506-509

Tarea: 1. Pdp 510-514

2. WKB 238-240

T Mar 26 Pdp 510-514

Tarea: 1. Pdp 515-519

2. WKB 240-241

3. WWW task #5 due on monday.

W Mar 27 Pdp 515-519.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 520-523.

2. WKB 242-245.

TH Mar 28 Pdp 520-523.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 524-529.

2. WKB 247-248.

3. Lectura #3, para lunes.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 530-534.

2. WKB 249-250

3. LAB #17 para viernes.

T Apr 2 Pdp 530-534.

Tarea: 1. WKB 251-252

2. Pdp 535-537.

W Apr 3 Pdp 535-537.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 538-541.

2. WKB 253-254

TH Apr 4 Pdp 538-541.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 542-545

2. WKB 255-257

Tarea: LAB #18 para jueves

T Apr 9 REPASO.

W Apr 10 EXAMEN CUMULATIVO (13-18).

TH Apr 11 Explanation of WWW #6.

M Apr 15 Película

T Apr 16 Película.

W Apr 17 Película.

Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Tue.)

TH Apr 18 NO HAY CLASE

T Apr 23 Película

W Apr 24 Película

TH Apr 25 Película

Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Tue.)

T Apr 30 ENTREVISTAS

W May 1 ENTREVISTAS

TH May 2 Oral Presentations (WWWT #6)

M May 6 Oral Presentations (WWWT #6)

T May 7 Oral Presentations (WWWT #6)

W May 8 Oral Presentations (WWWT #6)

TH May 9 Oral Presentations (WWWT #6)