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Course Syllabus: SPANISH 110 Fall 2019 - ONLINE Instructor:

Bethany Sanio

Section, time, and location:

online

Instructor Contact Information:

[email protected]

Office hours: 1) 5:00-6:00 p.m. Mondays in 1104 Oldfather Hall 2) 5:30-6:00 p.m. Tuesdays 2) 3:15-4:45 p.m. Wednesdays Online (Big Blue Button or other platform as arranged) or by appointment Program Coordinator*: (Please see “Additional Notes” on p. 5)

Dr. Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto

Coordinator contact information and office hours:

[email protected]; 1139 Oldfather Hall; 12:00-2:00 los martes

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Program Coordinator*:

Dr. Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto

(Please see “Additional Notes” on p. 5) Coordinator contact information and office hours:

[email protected]; 1139 Oldfather Hall; 12:00-2:00 los martes

¡Bienvenidos a Español 110! Welcome to Spanish 110, the accelerated introductory course in UNL’s Basic Spanish Program. Prerequisites: None SPAN110 is a coordinated course. Coordination means that different sections of the course have the same basic structure and content. We use the same core materials, follow the same calendar, use the same grading system and are governed by the same policies. However, classes will differ in their day-to-day execution as instructors implement their individual classroom practices at their discretion and respond to their students with instruction tailored to the section.

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Word of caution: This is an intense course, intended for those students willing and able to invest the time and energy necessary to apply the material. According to UNL policy, students taking a 6-credit-hour course should be prepared to study 12-18 hours/week outside of class. The secret to your success in this class is “The Magic Seven”: 1. COMPLETE ALL ONLINE CLASS ACTIVITIES. Decide from the start that you will make every effort to complete all online class activities. 2. STAY ON PACE with the course calendar. Taking an intensive course means that we will move through a lot of material very quickly. Do not allow yourself to fall behind. 3. PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN ALL ONLINE CLASS ACTIVITIES. Participation is a significant portion of the final grade in this course. Your online participation will be assessed using Canvas, email, and VHL Central. You may also participate by using Skype or Zoom to contact your instructor directly, and by attending in-person office hours. 4. SPEAK AND WRITE IN SPANISH. In this class, we will use the “target language” (Spanish) whenever possible. This policy is not meant to frustrate or discourage you. On the contrary, research shows that the more fully a person is immersed in the language, the more quickly they learn. This is the most efficient way for you to achieve your goal of proficiency in Spanish. You are not expected to understand every single word said or written in Spanish, but through active listening, guessing and participating, you can succeed. Try to use Spanish as much as possible from the beginning!  5. RESPECT YOUR CLASSMATES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUCCEED. Effective language learning requires a comfortable atmosphere in which everyone feels confident to participate. Get to know your classmates and learn from each other. Form study pairs/groups and encourage each other to succeed. 6. STUDY POCO A POCO AND IN CONTEXT. It takes frequent, focused, meaningful study to learn to communicate in another language. That means there are no shortcuts. You will need to study Spanish poco a poco (little by little) and do your online exercises every day. Distribute your studying into frequent, shorter periods interspersed with rest breaks instead of trying to cram it into fewer, longer sessions. Whenever possible, try to practice the language in the context of a real-life situation. 7. ASK FOR HELP AS SOON AS YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT. Consult with your instructor via email or video chat to review difficult concepts and learn effective study skills. We are always happy to help, and the sooner you begin the conversation, the better off you will be. Description of Course Elements: 1. Participation: Participation is your regular demonstration of your engagement with the course, including (but not limited to): posting in the discussion forums; your daily work both individually and in collaboration; assisting others with their work (as appropriate); timeliness in engaging with the course materials; consistent preparation; and active, attentive engagement with course activities. You are expected to participate actively in the target language. Participation grades (like all grades) are not “given,” they are earned. In the online version of the course, the discussion forums are your main avenue of participation. You should contribute several posts per module; they should be in the target language; and they should be substantive, that is, they should be at least 15-20 words long and be a relevant, meaningful contribution to the topic at hand.

Span 110 Fall 2019 p.3 2. VHL Central: Daily homework exercises, practice tests and readiness checks are to be completed online through Pearson’s VHL Central website. At the beginning of class you will register for your section using the access code you have purchased for Portales/VHL Central. You will then follow the steps to select UNL and enroll in your section of this course. Check the Assignment Calendar for each day’s homework. ● Instructions for getting started with Portales can be found at: ● https://support.vhlcentral.com/hc/en-us/articles/214388018 ● The deadline for on-time homework submission is 11:59pm (Central) on the indicated date. Homework for Friday classes will be due the following Sunday at 11:59 pm. You may always complete homework assignments early (in other words, you need not wait until Sunday to begin those assignments.) ● VHL Central will accept late homework submissions. However, it will automatically take a 10% deduction to the grade for each day an assignment is past due. ● You may attempt the homework exercises up to three times. ● For questions or problems about VHL Central, the most expedient solution is to contact their tech support: Vista Higher Learning Technical Support (Portales): http://support.vhlcentral.com/ (800) 248-2813 ● Technical requirements (Portales): Solution: VHL Central HELP TOPIC: Technical Requirements. 3. Exams: There is one exam for every two chapters (except for Chapters 9 and 10, which are evaluated as part of the final exam). The content will come from the textbook and VHL Central exercises. The exams will be taken through Canvas at the Digital Learning Center (DLC) in Adele Coryelle Hall/under the supervision of an approved proctor. You will not be allowed to consult your textbook, notes, or any outside resources while taking exams. ● Students local to UNL have the option of taking their exams at the DLC or working with a proctor from the Spanish Tutoring Center or the Language Lab. If you opt to go through the DLC, you have greater flexibility in scheduling your appointment time, but you will need to work completely on your own. If you arrange to work with a proctor from the Spanish Tutoring Center or the Language Lab, you may consult with them in the same way that you could consult with a classroom instructor during an exam in a face-to-face class; however, the available times are more limited. For Fall 2019, proctoring is available from Montserrat Fuente Camacho and Lara Armenteros Garrido through the Spanish Tutoring Center (1126 Oldfather) on Mondays 10:30-11:30, Wednesdays 9:30-11:30 and Fridays 9:30-11:30. Proctoring is also available with Lara at the Language Lab (302 Burnett) on Fridays from 11-12. If your instructor is available, you may also arrange for them to oversee your exam directly. ● Distance students must identify their own proctor, and it must be a person who meets the criteria described in UNL’s Proctoring Agreement (https://online.unl.edu/faculty/proctoring-exams/agreement). We encourage you to find a proctor with a background in Spanish education who can provide you with an appropriate degree of assistance in an exam, comparable to what an instructor in a face-to-face classroom would permit. Any questions about the degree of assistance permitted can be directed to your instructor or to Dr. Kingsbury Brunetto, the program coordinator. Remember that your proctor needs to be approved no later than two weeks prior to the first exam or composition they will supervise. 4. Compositions: In Spanish 110, you will write one composition for each pair of chapters, based on a selected Escritura activity from one of the chapters. For the final pair of chapters, 9 and 10, you may choose either of the Escritura activities. ● The composition must be completed during a single 50-minute period, either at the DLC or under the supervision of an approved proctor. ● While preparing your composition, you may refer to the textbook, consult with dictionaries and online resources and ask questions of your instructor. When you go to write the actual composition, however, you may not bring any prepared materials with you. You must rely on your memory to help you write the composition and incorporate the material you consulted to prepare for it.

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Students local to UNL have the option of writing their compositions at the DLC or working with a proctor from the Spanish Tutoring Center or the Language Lab. If you opt to go through the DLC, you have greater flexibility in scheduling your appointment time, but you will need to work completely on your own. If you arrange to work with a proctor from the Spanish Tutoring Center or the Language Lab, you may consult with them in the same way that you could consult with a classroom instructor during a composition in a face-to-face class; however, the available times are more limited. For Fall 2019, proctoring is available from Montserrat Fuente Camacho and Lara Armenteros Garrido through the Spanish Tutoring Center (1126 Oldfather) on Mondays 10:30-11:30, Wednesdays 9:30-11:30 and Fridays 9:30-11:30. Proctoring is also available with Lara at the Language Lab (302 Burnett) on Fridays from 11-12. If your instructor is available, you may also arrange for them to oversee your composition directly. Distance students must identify their own proctor, and it must be a person who meets the criteria described in UNL’s Proctoring Agreement (https://online.unl.edu/faculty/proctoring-exams/agreement). We encourage you to find a proctor with a background in Spanish education who can provide you with an appropriate degree of assistance in composition writing, comparable to what an instructor in a face-to-face classroom would permit. Any questions about the degree of assistance permitted can be directed to your instructor or to Dr. Kingsbury Brunetto, the program coordinator. Remember that your proctor needs to be approved no later than two weeks prior to the first exam or composition they will supervise.

5. Interview: Near the midpoint of the semester, you will complete an oral assessment (“Entrevistas” on the course calendar). At your instructor’s discretion, this assessment may take the form of a one-on-one interview with your instructor or a paired conversation with a classmate. You will schedule your entrevista in consultation with your instructor, either as a face-to-face office hours meeting or as an online Skype/Zoom conversation. 6. Presentation: You will give a digital presentation at the end of the semester. You will work on the presentation throughout the semester. You may not read your presentation; you must speak it from memory, with only bullet point notes (words/phrases, not complete sentences). Your instructor will give you more detailed instructions and review your progress over the course of the semester. 7. Final exam: The final exam is a comprehensive, cumulative two-hour exam. It will include all the chapters studied in this course, and thus requires that you synthesize, or draw together, all of the information. The final exam will be given through Canvas at the DLC/under the supervision of an approved proctor. You will not be allowed to consult your textbook, notes, or any outside resources when taking the final exam. 9. Required texts: ● Portales (Vista Higher Learning; ISBN 978-1-68004-216-0) ● access to VHL Central ● Recommended: a good Spanish-English dictionary. Consult your instructor for assistance in evaluating the quality of your bilingual dictionary. Language lab: The Language Lab is provided by the department as a quiet, convenient place to work on language-related activities. It is recently renovated, equipped with iPads, and staffed with graduate teaching assistants from the Department of Modern Languages who can provide you with free tutoring. (Check the schedule to find out when Spanish-speaking GTAs are on duty.) It is located in 302 Burnett Hall, and the hours are posted on this website: www.unl.edu/langlab Extra credit policy: Students in Basic Spanish Program courses may earn up to 10 points of extra credit per course/per semester (up to 1% of the total grade). This limit ensures that extra credit cannot be used to offset poor performance on the core course components. Extra credit may help a student raise their grade by one sublevel if and only if they were already close to doing so anyway.

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Films (either through campus events or independent viewing), participation in Spanish Conversation Table, special events and creative projects may be developed as extra credit opportunities in consultation with the instructor. Students are welcome to participate in as many of these as they want. However, the extra credit is capped at 10 points per semester. Grade Scale A+

97 – 100

B+

87 - 89.9

C+

77 - 79.9

D+

67 - 69.9

A

93 - 96.9

B

83 - 86.9

C

73 - 76.9

D

63 - 66.9

A-

90 - 92.9

B-

80 - 82.9

C-

70 - 72.9

D-

60 - 62.9

F 59.9 – 0 Acceptable passing grades: A+ through DFailing grade: F Passing grade for P/N option: C (73) or higher Evaluation Criteria Your final grade for Spanish 110 will be based on the following components and weights: Participation 15% VHL Central homework 20% Chapter exams (4) 20% Compositions (5) 25% Interview 5% Presentation 5% Final exam 10% TOTAL 100% STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Using another person’s work as your own constitutes academic dishonesty. If a student plagiarizes another student’s work, both students may be charged with academic dishonesty. Students may accept help from a tutor only to the extent that they are not representing the tutor’s work as their own. Students caught cheating will receive a grade of zero* for the test or assignment in question; the instructor may also report the incident to the Director of Student Judicial Affairs and further action will be taken if warranted. Consult your Undergraduate Bulletin for further information. The use of online translators for writing essays, summaries or exams is strictly forbidden. It is obvious to the instructor when such translators have been used; if the instructor suspects that an online translator has been used for an assignment, s/he may discuss it with the student and the course coordinator. The student will receive a zero* for that assignment. (In courses where the lowest exam/quiz/composition grade, etc. is dropped, any grade of zero received due to academic dishonesty will be retained and the lowest nonzero grade will be dropped.) Repeated use of such programs will be reported as an incident of academic dishonesty to the Director of Student Judicial Affairs, and further action will be taken if warranted. Consult http://stuafs.unl.edu/ja/code/three.shtml for further information. CIVILITY CLAUSE By enrolling in this course, you agree to treat the instructor and your classmates in a professional manner throughout the semester. This entails, among other things: ● responding respectfully to the instructor’s directions, comments and guidance ● responding respectfully to the contributions, comments and suggestions of your classmates ● actively contributing to group projects, upholding your commitments to conduct group work outside of class and communicating with group members in a timely manner about schedule changes that affect your availability

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ADDITIONAL NOTES ● For questions about homework, attendance/absences and all matters directly related to your performance in the class, your instructor should be the first point of contact. The program coordinator (Dr. Kingsbury Brunetto) should be contacted for matters relating to clarification of policies and for mediating problems between students and instructors. For questions or problems about VHL Central, the most expedient solution is to contact their tech support directly: Vista Higher Learning Technical Support (Portales): http://support.vhlcentral.com/ (800) 248-2813 ● Please be courteous and culturally appropriate when emailing your instructor or the course coordinator: ✓ Include an appropriate salutation ✓ Address the recipient by the title and/or name they prefer to be called (i.e. the name they give when they introduce themselves on the first day of class) ✓ If you have not met the professor/do not know their preference, use “Dr. LastName” or “Prof. LastName”. (It reflects badly on the student when a professor receives a message that begins with “Hey”/their first name/no salutation at all.) ● Tuesday, Sept. 3rd: final day to drop courses for a 100% refund. ● Friday, Oct. 18th: final day to change course registration to or from Pass/No Pass. ● Friday, Nov. 15th: final day to withdraw from a course. ● Courses in the Basic Spanish Program are coordinated, meaning that they follow a common textbook, calendar, syllabus, grading scheme and set of policies. However, there will be natural variation across sections resulting from different instructors and groups of students. If you are concerned about a perceived discrepancy between your section and another one, please first contact your instructor. If your concerns are not resolved after speaking with your instructor, please contact the coordinator, Dr. Kingsbury Brunetto. ● Cell phones need to be turned off in class and in the language lab (unless your instructor has explicitly permitted their use). ● No texting is permitted in class. If you are found texting, you will be asked to leave and counted absent for that day. ● Any student using a phone or other Internet-connected device during an exam will receive a zero on that exam. In courses that drop the lowest exam grade, a zero due to use of Internet-connected devices WILL be retained and factored into the final grade and the dropped grade will be the lowest one not due to use of a device. ARRANGING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A DISABILITY The University strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you anticipate or experience barriers based on your disability (including mental health, chronic or temporary medical conditions), please let me know immediately so that we can discuss options privately. To establish reasonable accommodations, I may request that you register with Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD). If you are eligible for services and register with their office, make arrangements with me as soon as possible to discuss your accommodations so they can be implemented in a timely manner. SSD contact information: 232 Canfield Admin. Bldg.; 402-472-3787. NB: The Spanish Tutoring Center and/or Language Lab may be able to assist with exam accommodations for students who receive services from SSD and w...