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Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish | ||
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Office: AD 207A |
Office Hours: los lunes y miércoles, 4:30-5:30pm | |
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Office
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HomePage
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texts, other resources, description of course, attendance, grading, academic integrity policy, course outline |
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Suite number: 61555 |
Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu |
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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.
Lecturas literarias para acompañar
Punto y aparte by Lambright, Foerster, and Marcano-Ogando
McGraw Hill website for Punto y aparte
Diccionario VOX Advanced Inglés/Español
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.
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Major exams (2) |
30% |
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20% | |
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Compositions (2) |
8% |
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6% | |
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20% | |
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6% | |
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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.
There will be two major exams, each covering two chapters.
The final exam will be comprehensive.
Each student will write two compositions during the semester, each one of 500 words. The topics of these compositions will be specified later.
Almost every Friday during the semester, small groups of students will meet with me for 10-15 minute conversations, during which they will discuss their "ficha" topic as well as a short story from Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte. (I will explain the "fichas" in class.) I will divide the class into two conversation groups, Grupo A and Grupo B. Students will meet with me in pairs.
E. Vocabulary and other quizzes (6%)
Throughout the semester, I will give quizzes on both vocabulary and grammatical structures and forms.
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.
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.
PYA=Punto y aparte
LL=Lecturas literarias para acompañar
Punto y aparte
WKB=Manual que
acompaña Punto y
aparte
Semana 1
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Sep 1 Introducción.
Programa. Repaso de los puntos clave. Para Empezar, 1-11.
Tarea: 1. WKB 1-6.
2. Escribe una "autobiografía" de 150 palabras.
F Sep 3 PYA 11-16.
Tarea: WKB 7-17
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Semana 2
M Sep 6 PYA 18-23
Tarea: WKB 21-25
W Sep 8 PYA 24-30
Tarea: 1. WKB 26-35
F Sep 10 CONVERSACION I-grupo A
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Semana 3
M Feb 16 PYA 31-35
Tarea: 1. WKB 35
2. Lectura: PYA 36-38
3. Preparar las fichas, PYA 41-42.
W Feb 18 Capítulo 1 Lectura. Las fichas.
Tarea: 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
F Sep 17 CONVERSACION I-grupo B
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Semana 4
M Sep 20 Capítulo 2 (43-49)
Tarea: WKB 41-43
W Sep 22
PYA 50-56
Tarea: 1. WKB 44-56
F Sep
24 NO HAY CLASE
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Semana 5
M Sep 27
PYA 56-63
Tarea: 1. WKB 57; En la pág. 58, WKB, (vier): haz "Portafolio
de lecturas."
W Sep 29 Capítulo 2. Lectura
PYA 63-68.
Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen I
2. WKB 58-9 (Prueba diagnóstica)
F Oct 1 EXAMEN I
Semana 6
M Oct 4 Capítulo 3 PYA 72-80
Tarea: WKB 65-67
W Oct 6 Capítulo 3 PYA 80-86.
Tarea: 1. WKB 68-74
F Oct 8 Conversación II-grupo A
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Semana 7
M Oct 11 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 lunes.
4. Lectura, PYA 92-95
W Oct 13 Lectura, PYA 92-95. Capítulo 4 PYA 102-107.
Tarea: 1. WKB 105-106
F Oct 15 CONVERSACION II-grupo B
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Semana 8
M Oct 18 Capítulo 4 PYA
108-114.
Tarea:
1.
WKB 107-113
W Oct 20 Capítulo 4 Lectura. PYA 109-113. Composición preliminar en clase (114).
1. WKB 114-119
2. Lectura, PYA 212-124.
F Oct 22 Conversación III-grupo A
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Semana 9
M Oct 25 Las fichas. Lectura. REPASO.
Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen II
WKB 120-122. Prueba diagnóstica.
W Oct 27 Examen II
F Oct 29 Conversación III-grupo B
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Semana 10
M Nov 1 Capítulo 5 PYA 132-137.
Tarea: 1. WKB 127-128.
W Nov 3 Capítulo 5 PYA 138-145.
Tarea: 1. WKB 129-132.
2. Lectura (para lunes) PYA 152-155.
F Nov 5 CONVERSACION IV-grupo A
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Semana 11
M Nov 8 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.
W Nov 10 PYA 166-171.
Tarea: 1. WKB 143-145
F Nov 12 CONVERSACION IV-grupo B
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Semana 12
M Nov 15 PYA 172-179
Tarea: WKB 146-150
W Nov 17 Capítulo 6 PYA 180-188.
Tarea: 1. WKB 151-155.
F Nov 19 Conversación V-grupo A
Semana 13
M
Nov 22
La música y los bailes latinoamericanos
Tarea: 1. WKB 157-158.
LAS VACACIONES
Semana 14
M Nov 29 Las fichas. REPASO para el examen.
W Dec 1 REPASO para el examen. La parte oral del examen.
F Dec 3 Conversación V-grupo B
TH Dec 9 9-11am EXAMEN FINAL