AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Sp 24A.............otoño de 2002

lmv, 1:30PM-2:50PM

(AD 203)

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: AD 207A

Office Hours: TWTH 3-4pm and by appt.

Office Phone: 2364
Home Phone: 892-4474

HomePage Address:
http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html

texts, other resources, description of course, attendance, grading, academic integrity policy, course outline

Suite number: 61555

Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu

Required Texts:

1.  Punto y aparte, 2a edición by Foerster, Lambright and Alfonso-Pinto

2.  Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte by Foerster, Lambright and Alfonso-Pinto

3.  Cinco maestros: Cuentos modernos de Hispanoamérica. Ed. Alexander Coleman

Other resources:
ON-LINE:

Diccionario VOX Advanced Inglés/Español

Games for Sp 24

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. 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

I. Description of the course. Sp 24 is the fourth course in AC's Spanish language program. This course focuses on communicative skills. Class time will be devoted primarily to discussions of readings, oral practice, listening comprehension practice, and vocabulary acquisition. Students are expected to review grammar rules and forms outside of class. Most of the grammar encountered in this class will not be new to you. This is because the purpose of the course is not to learn new rules and forms, but rather to learn to apply the rules in communicative situations.
 
 

There are seven communicative goals for this course:

  • describing and comparing in detail
  • narrating in the present
  • narrating in the past
  • narrating in the future
  • giving advice, expressing opinions and reacting to dramatic events and situations
  • talking about likes and dislikes and explaining why
  • hypothesizing about both personal and impersonal topics

In both oral and written work, you will learn to support your opinions clearly and convincingly. The course will be taught entirely in Spanish.
 
 

II. Attendance. Regular attendance is especially important in language classes. Students may make up any exam, quiz, or other assignment only 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.

 

Major exams (2)

30%

Final exam

20%

Compositions (3)

9%

Attendance/participation

6%

Oral component

20%

Quizzes

5%

Workbook

10%

N.B. Late homework will not be accepted unless it is due to circumstances beyond the student's control. If you must turn in an assignment late, please let me know in advance.

A. Major exams (30%)

There will be two major exams, each covering two chapters.

B. Final exam (20%)

The final exam will be comprehensive.

C. Writing assignments (9%)

Each student will write three compositions during the semester, each one of 500 words. The topics of these compositions will be specified later.

D. Oral component (20%)

On seven Fridays during the semester, small groups of students will meet with me for 10-minute conversations, during which they will discuss a short story from Cinco maestros. The other Fridays during the semester, we will not have class.

E. Vocabulary and other quizzes (5%)

Throughout the semester, I will give quizzes on both vocabulary and grammatical structures and forms.

F. Workbook (10%)

You will be responsible for completing the workbook assignments as indicated in the course outline. 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. An answer key is provided at the back of the Manual so that students may check their own work.

IV. Academic integrity policy

It is understood that all students are subject to the rules of conduct set forth in the Austin College academic integrity policy. It is also understood that the instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus as needed during the semester.

V. El bosquejo del curso.

PYA=Punto y aparte
CM=Cinco maestros
WKB=Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte

Semana 1

miér. 4/IX Introducción. Programa. Repaso de los puntos clave. Para Empezar, 1-11.
Tarea: 1. WKB 1-6.
2. Escribe una "autobiografía" de 150 palabras.

vier. 6/IX PYA 11-16.
Tarea: WKB 7-17

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Semana 2

lun 9/IX PYA 18-23
Tarea: WKB 21-25

miér 11/IX PYA 24-30
Tarea: 1. WKB 26-35

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Semana 3

lun 16/IX PYA 31-35
Tarea: 1. WKB 35

2. Lectura: PYA 36-38

3. Preparar las fichas, PYA 41-42.

miér 18/IX Capítulo 1 Lectura. Las fichas.

Tarea: 1. WKB 36 **(para lunes): En la pág. 36, WKB, haz "Portafolio de lecturas "usando las publicaciones de la lista o en esta dirección: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/noticias.html

2. Haz "¡A escribir!," WKB 37. (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición I. Es para miércoles.

3. Tema de conversación: CM 3-8. Una descripción de tu personalidad con ejemplos de tus acciones. (Utiliza 10 palabras de PYA 20-21).

vier 20/IX CONVERSACION I

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Semana 4

lun 23/IX Capítulo 2 (43-49)

Tarea: WKB 41-43

 

miér 25/IX PYA 50-56
Tarea: 1. WKB 44-56

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Semana 5

lun 30/IX PYA 56-63
Tarea: 1. WKB 57; En la pág. 58, WKB, (vier): haz "Portafolio de lecturas."

2. La preparación de la "ficha" (PYA 70).

miér 2/X Capítulo 2 Las fichas. Composición preliminar en clase (63).

Tarea: 1. Lectura PYA 63-68, PARA LUNES

2. WKB 58-9 (Prueba diagnóstica)

3. Tema de conversación: CM 18-25

vier. 4/X CONVERSACION II

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Semana 6

lun 7/X Lectura PYA 63-68.
Tarea: Estudia para Examen I

miér 9/X Examen I
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Semana 7

lun 14/X Capítulo 3 PYA 72-80
Tarea: WKB 65-67

miér 16/X Capítulo 3 PYA 80-86.
Tarea: 1. WKB 68-74

2. La preparación de la ficha (99-100).

3. CM 50-54 para viernes. Tema de conversación: Una descripción de una cita desastrosa en el pasado (Utiliza 10 palabras de PYA 74-5).

vier. 18/X CONVERSACION III

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Semana 8

lun 21/X Capítulo 3 Las fichas. PYA 87-92

Tarea: 1. WKB 75-80

2. En la pág. 80, WKB, (lun): haz "Portafolio de lecturas,"

3. WKB Haz "¡A escribir!," WKB 72-3. (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición II. Es para miércoles.

4. Lectura, PYA 92-95

miér 23/X Lectura, PYA 92-95. Capítulo 4 PYA 102-107.

Tarea: 1. WKB 105-106

2. lectura de Canícula de Norma Cantú

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Semana 9 CREDITO EXTRA: Los eventos de "Deep in el corazón: A Week of Texas and Mexican Culture"

lun 28/X Lectura de Canícula de Norma Cantú. Capítulo 4 PYA 108-114.
Tarea: 1. WKB 107-113

martes
11:00am, Hoxie Thompson Auditorium "Portraits from the Border," a talk by renowned Texan photographer, Bill Wright
4:30pm, Inaugural Reception, Photographic Exhibition, Wright Center Gallery
Bill Wright will present his works. Wright's photography is in the permanent collections of the National Archives, the National Museum of American Art, the Amon Carter Museum, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. (check out his website: http://www.wrightworld.com/ )

miér 30/X 11am , una conversación privada con Norma Cantú

Capítulo 4 Lectura. PYA 109-113. Composición preliminar en clase (114).
Tarea: CREDITO EXTRA:

Una conferencia de Norma Cantú, 4:30pm, Hoxie Thompson

1. WKB 114-119

2. La preparación de la "ficha" (lun) (PYA 130).

3. Lectura, PYA 212-124.

jueves

11am Panel Discussion on NAFTA, the border, and immigration (Scott Whiteford, Dir., Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Michigan State University, and others)

viernes

8pm, Sid Richardson Auditorium, Ballet Folklórico Anita N. Martínez.

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Semana 10

lun 4/XI Las fichas. Lectura. REPASO.

Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen II

WKB 120-122. Prueba diagnóstica.

miér 6/XI Examen II

Tarea: CM 59-61; 81-86

vier 8/XI CONVERSACION IV

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Semana 11

lun 11/XI Capítulo 5 PYA 132-137.

Tarea: 1. WKB 127-128.

miér 13/XI Capítulo 5 PYA 138-145.

Tarea: 1. WKB 129-132.

2. Termina CM 88-97 para viernes. Tema de conversación: Tus opiniones sobre tres temas políticos (Utiliza 10 palabras de PYA 135).

3. La preparación de la "ficha" (PYA 163).

4. Lectura (para lunes) PYA 152-155.

vier 15/XI CONVERSACION V

 

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Semana 12

lun 18/XI Las fichas. PYA 146-151. Lectura PYA 152-155.

Tarea: 1. WKB 133-138

2. ¡A Escribir! WKB 139 (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición II. Es para lunes.

miér 20/XI PYA 166-171.

Tarea: 1. CM 117 -126

2. WKB 143-145

vier 22/XI CONVERSACION VI

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Semana 13

lun 25/XI PYA 172-179
Tarea: WKB 146-150

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LAS VACACIONES

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Semana 14

lun 2/XII Capítulo 6 PYA 180-188.

Tarea: 1. WKB 151-155.

2. Las fichas (PYA 192-193)

miér 4/XII Las fichas. REPASO para el examen.
Tarea: 1. ¡A Escribir! WKB 156 (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición III. Es para viernes 13/XII.

2. WKB 157-158.

3. Termina CM 223-225; 256-262 para viernes.. Tema de conversación: TEMA LIBRE.

vier 6/XII CONVERSACION VII

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viernes 13/XII 12-2pm EXAMEN FINAL