Spanish 101 syllabus fall 2017 PDF

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SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY SPANISH 101- Spring 2019 Instructor: Dr. Marianna Kunow Office: DVIC 243 Phone: Department (985)549-2105, Office (985)549-3994 E-mail: [email protected] Office hours: TBA Note: Please use only your SLU e-mail address for Moodle, course information, and communication! Including ‘Spanish 101- section#’ in the subject line will ensure prompt consideration. Syllabus Validation: Please acknowledge that you have read and understood the course syllabus by checking the appropriate box in Moodle. Required rental textbook and online ancillaries: All sections use the following as a rental text. Do bring your textbook to class meetings! In addition to the rental text, students will need to access MySpanishLab (online materials). Detailed information on this topic TBA. Anda. 3rd edition. Cowell and Heining-Boynton. Pearson-Rental text Anda. (online material via Pearson’s MySpanishLab program) Recommended purchases: 1) Any good Spanish/English Dictionary, such as The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary. 2) 501 Spanish Verbs- By Christopher Kendris or The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs By Gordon Stillman Course Description: Spanish 101, 102, 201, and 202 are the courses in the initial 12-hour sequence of classes required by many majors. Spanish 101 is an elementary level course designed to develop and strengthen oral and written communication, reading, and listening skills. Students will be exposed to the language as a means of communication in order to develop communicative language ability. Therefore, your instructor will speak mainly Spanish in class, and English will be kept to a minimum. This class will cover the preliminary chapter (A) plus Chapters One through Three in the text. You will also be responsible for completing online work in MySpanishLab. Associated Learning Outcomes: The following skills will be introduced: 1. 1) Answering simple questions and describing simple situations in the present tense. 2. 2) Understanding and producing verb conjugations. 3. 3) Developing appreciation of major cultural productions of the Hispanic World.

Grade Distribution: Grades will be given based on a point system that has equivalencies on the traditional 10% scale: Quizzes ----------------------------------------------------- 120 points Lesson Tests (2) ------------------------------------------- 200 points Oral Assessments------------------------------------------- 40 points Written Assessments--------------------------------------- 40 points Homework/In-Class Activities/Participation----------- 75 points MySpanishLab ----------------------------------------------25 points Final Exam ------------------------------------------------ 100 points Grading Scale: A= 600- 540 points B= 539- 480 points C= 479- 420 points D= 419- 360 points F= below 360 points Attendance and Participation: Students are expected to attend all classes regularly and punctually. Students with a valid excuse for missing class are responsible for obtaining class notes from other students and discussing with the class instructor the feasibility of making up any missed exams and/or assignments. The class instructor will work with students who have an excused absence. Please note, however, that it is not always possible to make up some in-class assignments, particularly for laboratory classes and practica. Valid reasons for absences include: H. 1. Documented personal illness or injury I. 2. Illness of a family member for whose welfare the student is responsible (e.g., dependent child, elderly or seriously ill parent) a. 3. Death of an immediate family member b. 4. Court-imposed legal obligations (subpoenas, jury duty) c. 5. Military obligations d. 6. Religious holidays e. 7. Authorized trips from the University or special duties or activities at the University (may be excused by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs only; see the following section on "Southeastern Attendance Procedures") The student is responsible for providing documentation for the absence no later than two class periods following the absence. Absences due to valid, documented reasons will be considered excused. If the instructor and student disagree over the validity of a reason for an absence, the student may appeal to the department head of the course within five working days of the instructor’s decision. If the department head and student disagree, the student may appeal to the academic dean of the course within five working days of the department head’s decision. The dean’s decision is final. Any SLU student who misses 10% or more sessions of any class due to unexcused absences prior to the published withdrawal date may be withdrawn with a grade of ‘W’

Friday, March 29th (12:30 pm deadline) is the last day to withdraw or resign from the University. It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw officially from the class. What is active participation? Be ready to greet the professor in Spanish, try to answer questions in class, read selections from the text, and generally help the class move along as we work through exercises in the text or complete communicative activities! Remember that perfection is NOT the goal here! However, you need to be willing to make the attempt! This is a skills class, so be ready to practice Spanish in class. Homework needs to be completed prior to class and ready for review. Quizzes: There will be a variety of quizzes during the semester. Quizzes will focus on specific points covered in each chapter; format will vary. Duration of each quiz will not exceed 20 minutes. Note: No make-ups will be given for a missed quiz. You will drop one quiz grade at the end of the semester. Exams: Exams are cumulative. There will be two tests plus the final exam. Each test will have sections on listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, reading, culture, and composition. Tests focus on the most recently covered vocabulary and grammatical structures but will also incorporate everything that you have learned so far. Make-ups for exams will be given ONLY if you have an excused absence. The student must bring the excuse to the instructor before the date of the make-up exam. In these instances only you will be able to take the make-up test on the specific date assigned. No other excuses, albeit very good ones (sick at home, headaches, transmission falls out of car onto the road… etc.) will be honored. Please note that make-up tests will have a more challenging format than other exams. Homework: This includes any activity assigned by the instructor to be prepared outside the class, such as translations, lab work, presentations, oral interviews, handouts, readings, compositions, exercises, etc. from any source. Assignments will be completed prior to coming to class. The average student, in order to be successful (i.e., earn a ‘C’ or better), should study at least two hours outside class for every hour he/she is in class. NO LATE homework, papers, presentations, etc. will be accepted or graded after the due date. Tutors: It is not just for students who have poor grades: it is also for those who want to go from good to excellent grades! You do need to sign up early. Contact the Learning Assistance Lab at 985/549-2434 or [email protected]. Written and Oral Assessments: These will emphasize specific vocabulary and grammatical structures. No late submissions will be accepted. Foreign Language Resource Center: The FLRC, located in 211 D.Vickers Hall, is a great resource for students of foreign languages. Housed within are 35 student computers that can be controlled from the teacher console; typically one row is left open for students who wish to work independently. Your instructor will schedule class in the FLRC periodically. Available resources include current texts, videos, foreign language TV stations, Spanish music channels and MORE! It is recommended that you visit the FLRC at least two hours per week during the semester outside of class to make successful progress in this course. Classroom Behavior: As per University policy, the classroom is not a place for children and students are not to bring their family members for day care or babysitting.

Free discussion, inquiry, and expression are encouraged in this class. Classroom behavior that interferes with either (a) the instructor’s ability to conduct the class or (b) the ability of students to benefit from the instruction is not acceptable. Examples may include routinely entering class late or departing early; texting in class, any use of cellular telephones or other electronic devices; repeatedly talking in class without being recognized; talking while others are speaking; or arguing in a way that is perceived as “crossing the civility line.” All cellular telephones must be turned off and stowed out of sight in all instructional areas. In the event of a situation where a student legitimately needs to carry a cellular telephone to class, the student should obtain the approval of the instructor before class, and the device must be set to vibrate or silent ring/page mode. Please do not chew gum or bring food to class. Classroom behavior which is deemed inappropriate and cannot be resolved by the student and the faculty member may be referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs for administrative or disciplinary review as per the Code of Student Conduct which may be found at http://www.selu.edu/StudentAffairs/Handbook/. Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. Behavior that violates these standards is not acceptable. Examples are the use of unauthorized material, communication with fellow students during an examination, attempting to benefit from the work of another student and similar behavior that defeats the intent of an examination or other class work. Cheating on examinations, plagiarism, improper acknowledgment of sources in essays and the use of a single essay or paper in that one course without permission are considered very serious offenses and shall be grounds for disciplinary action as outlined in the current General Catalogue. Students agree by taking this course that all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity to Vericite.com for the detection of plagiarism. Students with Disabilities: If you are a qualified student with a disability seeking accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you are required to self-identify with the Office of Disability Services, in room 1304 of the Student Union. STUDY TIPS: Learning New Vocabulary H. 1. Your different skills and senses reinforce one another, so be sure to say, write, read, and listen to new expressions as you are learning them. Working in a group is always helpful. J. 2. Practice using new words in context. Write down and say out loud short, original sentences using each new word. K. 3. Try brainstorming, too: make lists of all the different expressions you associate with new vocabulary terms. L. 4. gender and articles along with new vocabulary words: el cine, la pared. M. 5. Make index cards for vocabulary: pink for feminine words and blue for masculine. N. 6. Write out each new word and verify spelling and accents. O. 7. Flash cards are extremely helpful, since they allow you to review vocabulary even when on the go. However, they don’t work for everyone. If you find that flash cards are not helpful to you, do not hesitate to abandon them in favor of a more effective strategy. P. 8. Carefully study the words in vocabulary lists and drawings. If a word is a cognate or shares a root with an English word, be especially aware of differences in spelling and pronunciation. Also be aware of false cognates that look like a similar word in English but

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actually have a different meaning. An example of a false cognate is librería, which means bookstore, not library. Learning Grammar f. ♣ Learning grammar is important, but this alone will not make it possible for you to communicate in Spanish. Start by reading the grammar explanations, paying close attention to the examples. The readings that introduce each point are very important, since they illustrate how the grammar is used in everyday communication. Read through them silently several times, and repeat them aloud. g. ♣ Do the exercises in your text. When you are certain your answers are correct, practice out loud with a partner. Keep repeating them until the answers "feel" natural to you. h. ♣ Working with a partner, use the new material to talk about your daily lives. Use the exercises and brief dialogues as starting points, create your own variations, and chat freely. Always remember that learning grammar is only a means to a much more important end: communication. i. ♣ Be sure to learn a complete conjugation for any new group of verbs. Make index cards for model regular verbs and for all irregular verbs. This way you can continue to review them as you learn new ones.

Tentative Class Calendar Week 1-4

Preliminary Chapter (A) Introduction and syllabus Quiz 1 Preliminary Chapter assignments MySpanishLab

Week 5-8

Chapter One Quiz 2 Test One MySpanishLab

Week 9-12

Chapter Two Quiz 3 Test Two Written Assessment One MySpanishLab

Week 13-16

Chapter Three Quiz 4 Quiz 5 Oral and Written Assessments MySpanishLab Final Exams will be administered as per the University Calendar. FYI- You can find your schedule for any class by going to the Southeastern website, clicking on “Current Students” and then “Exam Schedule.”...