AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Sp 24A.............otoño de 2003

lmv, 3:00-4:20PM

(AD 208)

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: AD 207A

Office Hours: los martes, miércoles, y jueves, 4:20-5:20pm

Office Phone: 2364
 

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.  Leyendas Latinoamericanas, ed. by Genevieve Barlow

Other resources:
ON-LINE:

CD-ROM, available on reserve in the Abell Library, and in the Library's computer lab.

McGraw Hill website for Punto y aparte

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 (2)

8%

Attendance/participation

6%

Oral component

15%

Quizzes

5%

Workbook

10%

CD-ROM

6%

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 (8%)

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

D. Oral component (15%)

On six 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 Leyendas latinoamericanas. 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.

G. CD-ROM (6%)

A new, exciting aspect of the Punto y aparte text is the CD-ROM. Six times during the semester, we will meet in the computer lab of the Jordan Family Language House (as indicated in the course outline below). During these class meetings, students will be able to view digital video segments, listen to dictations, and complete interactive readings and exercises. There will also be CD-ROM assignments outside of class, to be completed by using the computers in the Abell Library.

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
LL=Leyendas latinoamericanas
WKB=Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte

Semana 1

MIER               3/IX     Introducción. Programa. Repaso de los puntos clave. Para Empezar, 1-11.

Tarea: 1. WKB 1-6.
2. Escribe una "autobiografía" de 150 palabras.

VIERNES        5/IX         PYA 11-16. La clase será en la CASA JORDAN.

Tarea: WKB 7-17

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Semana 2

LUNES                8/IX                PYA 18-23 La clase será en la CASA JORDAN.

Tarea: WKB 21-25

MIER                     10/IX            PYA 24-30

Tarea: 1. WKB 26-35

VIER                       12/IX CONVERSACION I

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Semana 3

LUN                        15/IX       PYA 31-35

Tarea: 1. WKB 35

2. Lectura: PYA 36-38

3. Preparar las fichas, PYA 41-42.

MIER                         17/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. Tema de conversación: Una descripción de tu personalidad con ejemplos de tus acciones. (Utiliza 10 palabras de PYA 20-21).

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Semana 4

LUN            22/IX         La clase será en la CASA JORDAN. Capítulo 2 (43-49)

Tarea: WKB 41-43

MIER         24/IX PYA 50-56
Tarea: 1. WKB 44-56

VIER            26/IX CONVERSACION II
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Semana 5

LUN             29/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).

MIER            1/X             Capítulo 2 Las fichas. Lectura PYA 63-68.
Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen I

2. WKB 58-9 (Prueba diagnóstica)

VIER            3/X             EXAMEN I

Semana 7

LUN                6/X                 La clase será en la CASA JORDAN. Capítulo 3 PYA 72-80
Tarea: WKB 65-67

MIER             8/X             Capítulo 3 PYA 80-86.
Tarea: 1. WKB 68-74

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

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

VIER            10/X         EL DESCANSO DEL OTONO

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Semana 8

LUN         13/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 I. Es para miércoles.

4. Lectura, PYA 92-95

MIER         15/X             Lectura, PYA 92-95. Capítulo 4 PYA 102-107.

Tarea: 1. WKB 105-106

VIER         17/X           Conversación III

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Semana 9

LUN            20/X             La clase será en la CASA JORDAN. Capítulo 4 PYA 108-114.
 Tarea: 1. WKB 107-113

MIER             22/X         Capítulo 4 Lectura. PYA 109-113. Composición preliminar en clase (114).

1. WKB 114-119

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

3. Lectura, PYA 212-124.

VIER                 24/X         Conversación IV

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Semana 10

LUN                 27/X             Las fichas. Lectura. REPASO.

Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen II

WKB 120-122. Prueba diagnóstica.

MIER                    29/X            Examen II

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Semana 11

LUN            3/XI                 La clase será en la CASA JORDAN. Capítulo 5 PYA 132-137.

Tarea: 1. WKB 127-128.

MIER         5/XI             Capítulo 5 PYA 138-145.

Tarea: 1. WKB 129-132.

2. 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         7/XI                 CONVERSACION V

 

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Semana 12

LUN                 10/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.

MIER            12/XI   La clase será en la CASA JORDAN. PYA 166-171.

Tarea: 1. WKB 143-145

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Semana 13

LUN                 17/XI             PYA 172-179
Tarea: WKB 146-150

MIER                19/XI             Capítulo 6 PYA 180-188.

Tarea: 1. WKB 151-155.

2. Las fichas (PYA 192-193)

VIER                21/XI                 Conversación VI

Semana 14

LUN                24/XI                     La música y los bailes latinoamericanos
Tarea: 1. WKB 157-158.

Las vacaciones del día de gracias

LUNES                  1/XII             Las fichas. REPASO para el examen.

MIER                3/XII             REPASO para el examen.

MIER        10/XII         3-5pm         EXAMEN FINAL