California State University, San Bernardino s1
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO
SPAN 253: Intermediate Healthcare Spanish III
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Course Description
Spanish 253 is the third course in an intermediate-level sequence specifically designed for Healthcare Spanish. The course develops students’ oral and written Spanish language skills, as well as knowledge of Hispanic cultures with particular attention to healthcare related vocabulary, concepts, and situations. The course will review grammar and explore elements of Hispanic cultures as pertinent to healthcare and related fields through oral and written communication. The main goal of this course is for students to develop communicative competence in the Spanish language as needed to interact in healthcare and related fields. Spanish is the primary language to be used.
Note: This is a hybrid/online course taught via Blackboard. This means that you will interact with the professor and your classmates mostly via Blackboard. Make sure to check your e-mails and Blackboard several times a week for updates, assignments, exams, live sessions via Blackboard Collaborate, and announcements. If you wish to practice your Spanish in person, tutors are available in the Multimedia Language Center UH-007 (please check the tutoring schedule).
Objectives
1) To develop the students’ communicative competence in Spanish as pertinent to healthcare and related fields
2) To help with the development of the students’ linguistic abilities in the written and oral areas of the Spanish language
3) To increase the students’ interest in and awareness of Hispanic cultures
Prerequisite
The prerequisite for this course is Spanish 252 or equivalent.
Textbook and Materials
· Specifically designed textbook and accompanying activities to be found online.
· Tell me more software (found in the Multimedia Language Center in UH-007)
Grading Scale
93% - 100% = A 77% - 79%= C+
90% - 92% = A- 73% - 76% = C
87% - 89% = B+ 70% - 72% = C-
83% - 86% = B 67% - 69% = D+
80% - 82% = B- 63% - 66% = D
60% - 62% = D-
59% and under = F
Course requirements
Online Participation (Discussions, Self-assessments, Other tasks) 20 %
Homework 10 %
Composition 5 %
Tell me more/Lab attendance 20 %
4 Online Quizzes (5% each) 20 %
Powerpoint Presentation 5 %
Final Exam 20 %
*Please note: No late work will be accepted unless there is a serious and documented valid excuse that prevents the student from submitting an assignment, taking a quiz, or giving a presentation.
Online Participation (20%)
Regular online participation is mandatory. The course is fast paced and new material is introduced in almost every class session. There will be two class sessions (folders) with activities scheduled for each week. Since this is a hybrid course, participation takes place in the form of online discussions and other interactive tasks as indicated on Blackboard. Each class session (with some exceptions) will have an online discussion posted on Blackboard. Some discussions will occur in determined smaller groups. Active participation in class discussions and group activities is expected from each student in order to earn a good participation grade in this class. Some discussions may occur during particular days/time. You will need to complete each week’s activities by Friday at 8pm. Classwork missed cannot be made up, so you must complete the work in the week being assigned.
Homework (10%; 2.5% for each chapter)
Each textbook chapter comes with accompanying exercises. You will need to turn in these exercises either on paper or as a scanned PDF document (all exercises in ONE scanned PDF file) by the given due date at 8pm. No late work will be accepted. Each of the four chapters counts as ¼ of your homework grade.
Composition (5%)
You will write a 1.5 page composition in Spanish. See the weekly schedule for the due date. The topic will be provided by the instructor. Late work will not be accepted.
Tell me more/Lab attendance (20%)
Lab attendance (in the Multimedia Language Center) is required for a minimum of two hours per week (for a total of 20). It is the student’s responsibility to check into and out of the lab at each use. The student must turn in his/her CSUSB I.D. card at each check-in.
If you have never used this lab before, you must receive an orientation before using it for the first time. If your instructor does not schedule an orientation for the entire class, you need to go to the lab and sign up for an orientation. Please check the updated lab hours online http://flan.csusb.edu/MLC/mlc_home.htm before you go. Lab opening hours vary and are posted at the door of the lab.
Lab assistants will help you when you come in the first time to use the Tell me more software.
Online Quizzes (20%; 5% each)
At the end of each chapter there will be a chapter quiz you will take online using Blackboard during an assigned day/time. You will have a small window of time (a number of hours during a particular day) to take the quizzes. You will have a set time to complete the quiz once you start taking it. There will be no make-ups.
Powerpoint Presentation (5%)
You will prepare a brief (10-12 slides) powerpoint presentation in Spanish about a cultural topic as it relates to Hispanic cultures. Your presentation must include at least 2 discussion questions at the end. You will then post the presentation on Blackboard and lead a discussion on the Discussion Board. You will be graded on your presentation and discussion. Presentations will be scheduled for weeks 3-9.
Final Exam (20%)
This exam will be cumulative and consist of a written and an oral part, both to be taken in the Multimedia Language Lab (UH-007) during assigned days/times.
Extra Credit
Your instructor may give you an extra credit opportunity. The activities for extra credit are established solely by your instructor and only account for up to 5% of the grade. They do not raise your grade from a C to a B. Your instructor is not in any obligation of giving you extra credit.
Plagiarism and Cheating will NOT be tolereated
Plagiarism is the presentation as one’s own, the ideas and writing of another. Plagiarism is academically dishonest and subjects the offending students to penalties up to and including expulsion. Students must make appropriate acknowledgements of the original source where material written or compiled by another is used. Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the Student Discipline Code (see Bulletin of Courses) and may be dealt with by both the instructor and the Judicial Affairs’ Officer. Procedures for addressing cheating and plagiarism are found in the Bulletin. Questions about academic dishonesty and the policy should be addressed to the Office of the Vice President, Student Services.
Students with Disabilities
If you are in need of an accommodation for a disability in order to participate in this class, please inform the instructor as soon as possible, and also contact the Services to Students with Disabilities Offices at UH-183, (909) 537-5238.
Problems or grievances: Any problems or grievances concerning the class should be referred first to the instructor. Next you can contact the Healthcare Spanish coordinator at or 537-7386. If the problem cannot be solved with the instructor and the coordinator, please contact the Department Chair at 537-5849.
Recommended Dictionaries
http://www.rae.es
Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado (u otro diccionario español-español)
COURSE CALENDAR (subject to modifications by the professor, if needed)
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Week 1:
Day 1 Introduction to course, organization of powerpoint presentations, and discussion.
Optional face-to-face meeting. Chapter 9: Geriatrics.
Day 2 Chapter 9: Geriatrics.
Week 2:
Day 1 Chapter 9: Geriatrics.
Day 2 Chapter 9: Geriatrics. Tell me more: Intermediate Lección 10 due.
Week 3:
Day 1 Chapter 9/review. Quiz 1. Homework 1 due.
Day 2 Chapter 10: Community Health.
Week 4:
Day 1 Chapter 10: Community Health. Tell me more: Intermediate Lección 11 due.
Day 2 Chapter 10: Community Health.
Week 5:
Day 1 Chapter 10: Community Health. Tell me more: Intermediate Lección 12 due.
Day 2 Chapter 10/review. Quiz 2. Homework 2 due.
Week 6:
Day 1 Chapter 11: Environmental Health.
Day 2 Chapter 11: Environmental Health.
Week 7:
Day 1 Chapter 11: Environmental Health. Tell me more: Intermediate +
Lección 1 due.
Day 2 Chapter 11: Environmental Health. Composition due.
Week 8:
Day 1 Chapter 11/review. Quiz 3. Homework 3 due.
Day 2 Chapter 12: Health Issues Affecting Latino Community.
Week 9:
Day 1 Chapter 12: Health Issues Affecting Latino Community. Tell me more: Intermediate
+ Lección 2 due.
Day 2 Chapter 12: Health Issues Affecting Latino Community. Quiz 4 (1/2 of chapter 12)
Week 10:
Day 1 Chapter 12: Health Issues Affecting Latino Community.
Day 2 Chapter 12: Health Issues Affecting Latino Community. Review for final. Homework 4 due. Tell me more: Intermediate + Lección 3 due.
Week 11: Final exam
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