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Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish | ||
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Office: AD 207A |
Office Hours: los martes, miércoles, y jueves, 4:20-5:20pm | |
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Office Phone: X2364
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Suite number: 61555 |
Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu |
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Required Texts: |
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1. Puntos de partida, 6th edition |
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2. Workbook for Puntos de partida 3. Pink and green Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida |
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4. Laboratory Manual to Accompany Puntos |
Audio cassettes are available at the Circulation Desk, Abell Library. You may listen to them in the carrels near the microfiche readers, 1st floor, Abell. NEW!! You can now do the LAB in your PJs.....that's right! You can now listen to the langauge lab on-line. In other words you can complete the lab book assignments (at the end of each chapter in the GREEN book) ON_LINE. Just go to this website: http://playlist.roanoke.edu/spanish/puntos/ |
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.
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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., Sep. 19 Examen I (Capítulos 13 y 14)
Wed., Oct. 19 Examen II (Capítulos 15 y 16)
B. CUMULATIVE EXAM (20%).
There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 13-18 on Fri., Oct. 31.
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 WWW task as indicated in the Course Outline. Each task corresponds thematically to a chapter in Puntos. Go to http://artemis.austincollege.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. Una fiesta. (10%) Students will plan a party in Argentina.
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. (60%)To be completed after November 3rd, 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.
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. 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
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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
Week 1
W Sep 3 Pdp Introducción. Repaso del subjuntivo. Pdp 376- 402.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 402- 410.
2. WKB 181- 186.
F Sep 5 Pdp 402-410.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 411-416.
2. WKB 187-188.
Week 2
M Sep 8 Pdp 411-416.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 417- 429
2. WKB 188- 196.
3. WWW Task #1 due Monday
W Sep 10 Pdp 417- 429
Tarea: 1. Pdp 424- 435
2. WKB 195- 199
3. Lectura #1 (handout)
F Sep 12 Pdp 424-435
Tarea: 1. Pdp 436-442
2. WKB 199-201
Week 3
M Sep 15 Pdp 436-442
Tarea: 1. Pdp 443-449.
2. WKB 202-206
3. LABS 13 & 14 (for WED.)
W Sep 17 Pdp 443-449. Repaso para EL PRIMER EXAMEN.
Tarea: WWW Task #2 due Mon.
F Sep 19
EXAMEN UNO (CAPS. 13 y 14)
Week 4
M Sep 22
Película
W Sep 24
Película
Tarea: 1. Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Tue.)
2. Pdp 450-459
3. WKB 207-211
4. Lectura #2
F Sep 26 Pdp 450-459
Tarea: 1. Pdp 460-464
2. WKB 212-217
Week 5
M Sep 29 Pdp 460-464
Tarea: 1. Pdp
465-483.
2. WKB 218-220.
W Oct 1 Pdp
465-483.
1. Pdp 484-491
2. WKB 220-224.
F Oct 3 Pdp 484-491
Tarea: 1. Pdp 492-499.
2. WKB 225-226.
3. WWW Task #3
Week 6
M Oct
6 Pdp 492-499. Repaso para el
segundo examen.
Tarea: 1. LABS 15 y 16 para lunes.
2. WKB 227-232.
W Oct 8 EXAMEN DOS (Caps. 15 y 16)
Tarea: 1. Pdp 500-505
2. WKB 233-235
F Oct 10 EL DESCANSO DEL OTONO
Week 8
M Oct13 Pdp 500-505
Tarea: 1. Pdp 506- 514
2. WKB 235- 240
W Oct 15 Pdp 506- 514
Tarea: 1. Pdp 515-519.
2. WKB 238- 241
3. WWW Task #4 due on Mon.
F Oct 17 Pdp 515-519.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 520-523.
2. WKB 242-245.
Week 9
M Oct 20 Pdp 520-523.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 524- 534.
2. WKB 247- 252
3. Lectura #3, para lunes.
W Oct 22 Pdp 524- 534.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 530- 537.
2. WKB 249-250
3. LAB #17 para viernes.
F Oct 24 Pdp 535-537.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 538-541.
2. WKB 253-254
Week 10
M Oct 27 Pdp 538-541.
Tarea: 1. Pdp 542-545
2. WKB 255-257
W Oct 29 Pdp 542-545. REPASO.
Tarea: LAB #18 para viernes
F Oct 31 EXAMEN CUMULATIVO (13-18).
Week 11
W Nov 5
Película
F Nov 7
Película.
Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Mon.)
Week 12
M Nov 10
Película
W Nov 12
Película
F Nov 14
Película
Week 13
M Nov 17
Película
Write 400-word review of film ¡en español! (for Mon.)
W Nov 19 Latin American Music and Dance
¡en español!
F Nov 21 ENTREVISTAS
Week 14
M Nov 24 ENTREVISTAS
W Nov 26 NO HAY CLASE
LAS VACACIONES DEL DIA DE GRACIAS
M Dec 1 Oral Presentations (WWW #5)
W Dec 3 Oral Presentations (WWW #5)
F Dec 5 Oral Presentations (WWW #5)
F Dec 12 12-2pm
Turn in
WWW Task #5: El Viaje
Imaginario.
A. Two
Major Exams