AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

SPAN 202A.............Spring, 2006

MWTHF, 12:30-1:20PM

(HC 113)

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish

Office: AD 207A

Office Hours: MW 9:30-10am; T 4:30-5:00pm, Fri. 10-11am

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, 3/e by Foerster and Lambright

2.  Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte by Foerster and Lambright

3.  Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte by Lambright, Foerster, and Marcano-Ogando

 Other resources:
ON-LINE:

Online Learning Center for Punto y aparte, 3/e  (http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073124486/student_view0/index.html)

Diccionario VOX Advanced Inglés/Español

Games for Sp 202

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 202 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

20%

Quizzes

6%

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 (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 (20%)

Every Friday during the semester, small groups of students will meet with me for 10-15 minute conversations, during which they will discuss a short story from  Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte.   I will divide the class into two conversation groups, Grupo A and Grupo B.

E. Vocabulary and other quizzes (6%)

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
LL=Lecturas literarias para acompañar Punto y aparte
WKB=Manual que acompaña Punto y aparte

Semana 1

M Jan 30   Introducción. Programa. Repaso de los puntos clave. Para Empezar, 1-11.

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

W Feb 1  PYA 12-15.
Tarea: WKB 7-16

TH Feb 2    Cultura, conversación

Tarea: WKB 16-20.  Para la Práctica Oral (págs. 18-20), debes usar el CD

F Feb 3    CONVERSACION I-grupo A (AD 207A)

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Semana 2

M Feb 6          PYA 17-22

Tarea: WKB 21-25

W Feb 8         PYA 23-32

Tarea: 1. WKB 26-35

TH Feb 9    Cultura, conversación

F Feb 10  CONVERSACION I-grupo B

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Semana 3

M  Feb 13      PYA 33-39

Tarea: 1. WKB 35

2. Lectura: PYA 36-38

W Feb 15       Capítulo 1 Lectura. Preparar las fichas, PYA 40-41.

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.  WKB 38-40, Práctica Oral.

TH Feb 16    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Feb 17  NO HAY CLASE
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Semana 4

M  Feb 20         Capítulo 2 (43-49)

Tarea: WKB 41-43

W Feb 22   PYA 50-56
Tarea: 1. WKB 44-56

TH Feb 23    CONVERSACION II-grupo A

F  Feb 24    CONVERSACION II-grupo B
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Semana 5

M Feb 27            PYA 56-63
Tarea: 1. WKB 57; En la pág. 58, WKB, (vier): haz "Portafolio de lecturas."

W Mar 1          Capítulo 2.  Lectura PYA 63-68.
Tarea: 1. Estudia para Examen I

2. WKB 59-60 (Prueba diagnóstica).  Práctica oral, WKB 61-64.

TH Mar 2    Cultura, conversación y composición

F Mar 3            EXAMEN I

Semana 6

M Mar 6           Capítulo 3 PYA 70-77
Tarea: WKB 65-67

W Mar 8              Capítulo 3 PYA 80-86.
Tarea: 1. WKB 68-74

TH Mar 9    NO HAY CLASE

F Mar 10      NO HAY CLASE

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Semana 7

M Mar 13            Capítulo 3 Las fichas. PYA 87-92

Tarea: 1. WKB 75-81

2. En la pág. 82, WKB, (lun): haz "Portafolio de lecturas,"

3. WKB Haz "¡A escribir!," WKB 83. (Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición I. Es para lunes.

4. Lectura, PYA 90-93

W Mar 15             Lectura, PYA 90-3. Capítulo 4 PYA 97-102.

Tarea: Práctica oral, WKB 84-86.

TH Mar 16    Cultura, conversación y composición

CREDITO EXTRA: Repaso, WKB 87-106

F Mar 17   CONVERSACION III-grupo A   

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SPRING BREAK
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Semana 8
M Mar 27           Capítulo 4 PYA 103-108.
Tarea: 1. WKB 107-113

W Mar 29         Capítulo 4 Lectura. PYA 109-113.

1. WKB 114-119

2. Lectura, PYA 114-119.

TH Mar 30  Cultura, conversación y composición

Tarea: Práctica oral, WKB 126-128.

F Mar 31           Conversación III-grupo B

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Semana 9

M Apr 3                Las fichas. REPASO.

Tarea: Estudia para Examen II

WKB 120-122.

W Apr 5              Examen II

TH Apr 6   Cultura, conversación y composición

F Apr 7           Conversación IV-grupo A

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Semana 10

M Apr 10    Capítulo 5 PYA 126-131.

Tarea: 1. WKB 129-131.

W Apr 12         Capítulo 5 PYA 132-144.

Tarea: 1. WKB 132-135.

2. Lectura (para lunes) PYA 144-152.

TH Apr 13  Cultura, conversación y composición

Tarea: 1. WKB 136-140.

F Apr 14                CONVERSACION IV-grupo B

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Semana 11

M Apr 17        Las fichas. Lectura PYA 152-155.

Tarea: 1. WKB 141-142

2. ¡A Escribir! WKB 143(Te daré un video.) La composición debe ser de 500 palabras. Esta reseña es Composición II. Es para lunes.

W Apr 19   Cultura, conversación y composición

Tarea: Práctica oral, WKB 144-146.

TH Apr 20  Cultura, conversación y composición

F Apr 21                CONVERSACION V-grupo A

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Semana 12

M Apr 24           Capítulo 6 PYA 158-162.
Tarea: WKB 147-150

W Apr 26     PYA  163-168    

Tarea: 1. WKB 151-155.

TH Apr 27   PYA 169-175

F Apr 28                 Conversación V-grupo B

Semana 13

M May 1                  La música y los bailes latinoamericanos
Tarea: WKB 156-159.

W May 3              Las fichas.  PYA 176-180
Tarea: WKB 160-163.

TH  May 4           REPASO para el examen.

Tarea: Práctica oral, WKB 164-166.

F  May 5                  Conversación VI-grupo A

M May 8                Conversación VI-grupo B

F May 12        3-5pm       EXAMEN FINAL