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Class Information:SPANISH 100SPRING, 2013
Sections Information:Span 100 (02) CRN 214129:30-10:50 MWT.T. Allain 323
Span 100 (06) CRN 2142011:00-12:20 MWT.T. Allain 323
Instructor:Dr. Carmen del RíoOffice:326B T.T. Allain
Telephone: 771-2431
771-3030
Email:
Office hours:MW and TR8:30- 9:30
MW 12:30—1:00
TR11:00—12:30 AND BY APPOINTMENT
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
2006-2008 Catalog B Southern University and A&MCollege: SPAN 100 B Elementary Spanish I (Credit, 3 hours).
Catalogue Description: Introduction to elementary structures in the Spanish language. Emphasis on listening comprehension, pronunciation, basic vocabulary and grammar structures necessary for developing oral proficiency skills.
MISSION STATEMENTS:
1) Southern University and A&MCollege:
The mission of Southern University and A&M College, an Historically Black, 1890 land-grant institution, is to provide opportunities for a diverse student population to achieve a high-quality, global educational experience, to engage in scholarly, research, and creative activities, and to give meaningful public service to the community, the state, the nation, and the world so that Southern University graduates are competent, informed, and productive citizens.
2) Department of Foreign Languages
The Department of Foreign Languages is committed to excellence in instruction, and to the promotion of global awareness and the appreciation of other cultures and peoples.
The Department offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish; it also offers German , Chinese, Arabic and African languages.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
AIf a student=s major requires six or more hours of language, these hours must be taken in the SAME language, otherwise the student will not receive degree credit for those foreign language courses (Exceptions: Chinese 100/101)@(Southern University and A&M College, 2004-2006 Catalog, page 87). Furthermore, students are strongly encouraged to fulfill their foreign language requirement without skipping a semester to avoid loss of knowledge and additional costs in purchasing access codes and/or other class materials.
CREDIT EXAMINATION:
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Students may earn credit (maximum six semester hours) for beginning foreign language classes (100 level), by passing credit examinations. Students with two or more years of high school credit and native speakers should consult the department chairperson prior to registration for classes they would like to exempt. Native speakers cannot receive credit for 100 level courses.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
SPANISH 100Students will be able to: / Specific assessment measure for outcome:
1) Understand short, simple conversations and narratives (live or recorded material) in the target language, within highly predictable and familiar contexts / At least one listening comprehension section in:
$Each chapter tests during the semester.
$Minimum of four electronic workbook exercises
$Final Oral Exam
2) Read very short simple texts (in their textbooks and on the electronic workbook) in the target language and find predictable information and vocabulary in simple everyday familiar topics. / Students should be able to participate in class discussions about the readings and translate them in class.
At least one reading comprehension section in:
$Each chapter tests during the semester.
$Final Written Exam
3) Write short compositions in the target language, by recombining learned vocabulary and structures to form simple narratives on very familiar topics / One writing sample/composition
$ in each chapter test
$ in the Final Written Exam
4) Demonstrate continued developing awareness of cultural values, beliefs, and ideologies of the Francophone world / At least one cultural section in:
$ the chapter tests
$ the Final Written Exam
5) Demonstrate oral proficiency to the ACTFL NOVICE LOW (100) level / One Final Oral Exam that is
$ conducted face to face in pairs with the instructor, but each student graded individually.
$ based on a modified oral proficiency interview for the novice level
LIVE TEXT SUBSCRIPTION STATEMENT:
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Southern University and A&M College-Baton Rouge, has entered into partnership with Live Text, Inc. To provide online academic resources for student collaboration and learning outcomes assessment. Therefore, all students enrolled in this course are required to purchase a subscription from Live Text, Inc. through the Southern University Bookstore. Live Text, Inc. provides students with the electronic tools and services needed to serve them in their courses and in their career or academic pursuits beyond graduation.
Live Text is a dynamic tool that will enable you to:
B Create Electronic Portfolios for storing an displaying coursework for use any time and any place;
BShare your résumés, professional portfolios and virtually any projects that can be photographed, video recorded, and uploaded to prospective employers and others who need or want to know about your accomplishments;
BEngage in discussion boards with other students, exchange feedbacks, and create study groups and other types of social networks;
BComplete assignments in key/required courses where Live Text has been embedded (without Live Text, you will not be ablecomplete these assignments);
BCreate a complete record of your academic career that is malleable and easily accessible;
BEngage in developing a results driven culture of assessment at Southern University;
BParticipate in a process that will allow for data-driven curricular improvements that foster improved student learning and performance.
COURSE MATERIALS:
1) Textbooks: Required package
Dos Mundos En Breve, 4TH edition (2009). This package includes main textbook, internet lab workbook (MANDATORY), interactive CD program for practice, audio CD to accompany main textbook. Website: ISBN: 972-0-07-336532-7
2) Internet Lab: CENTRO
Course: Spanish 100 (02) Spanish 100(06)
Course Code: Course Code:
Lab Book: Dos Mundos: En breve, Online Cuaderno de Actividades (4thEd.)
All Spanish 100 Students are required to complete a set of lab assignments given by their instructor. These assignments once completed on time and satisfactorily are worth 10% of your total course grade. Your Instructor will explain and discuss the LAB in class and provide you with your Course Lab Code.
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION POLICY: Attendance & participation in this course is MANDATORY. You are allowed two (2) unexcused absences. After that, every time you are absent, YOUR FINAL GRADE IN THE COURSE WILL BE LOWERED BY 3 POINTS PER ABSENCE.
POLICY ON THE USE OF PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
Students may NOT use personal technology devices in the classroom without permission of their Instructor. Such devices include mobile email devices, smartphones, mobile phones, iPods, iPads, laptops and similar technologies. All phone devices must be turned off during class and put away. Any student who fails to follow these guidelines will be asked to leave class, and will be marked absent for that day. Also, any student who leaves the class without the Instructor’s permission to answer a telephone call and/or text will not be allowed to come back to class and will be marked absent for that class period.
GRADE SCALE:
100 to 90------A
89 to 80------B
79 to 70------C
69 to 60------D
59 & below------F
COURSE GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
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Final Exam------15%
Chapter Exams------50%
Class Quizzes & Assignments------25%
Language Lab------10%
COURSE TOPICS/CALENDARI0
SPANISH 100, SPRING 2013
This is a tentative Calendar showing weekly progress. Daily assignments and changes will be announced in class , as well as Chapter Exam dates.
JANUARY
14 16INTRODUCTION: PASO A
1.Nombres/Saludos (pp2, 7); 2. )Quién es? (p.3); 3. Colores y la ropa (p.4); 4. Números 0-39 (p.5)
Grammar: 1. Llamarse/Llevar (pp.12-13), Ex. 1 (13); 2.The
Span. Alphabet (p.14); 3. Ser/To be (15-17), Ex. 3 & 4 (17);
4. Gender (17-20), Exs. 5 & 6 (20).
21MLK HOLIDAY
23PASO A (Cont.)
28 30PASO A (Cont.)
FEBRUARY
4 6 PASO B
1. Tú vs. Usted (23); 2. El Salón de clase (24-25); 3. El cuerpo humano (26); 4. Descripciones (27).
Grammar: 1. Tú/Usted (31-32); 2. Hay (32), Ex.2 (32-33); 4.
Negation (33), Ex. 3 (33); 5. Plural forms(33-35), Ex.5(35);
6.Adjective/Noun Agreement(35-37), Ex. 6, 7, 8 (36-37).
11-12[M T]MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY
13 PASO B (Cont.)
18 20 PASO C
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1. La Familia(39); 2. Idiomas/Nacionalidades(43-44), Actividad 11(44).
Grammar: 1. Possession: Tener(48); 2. )De quién es/son?
(48-49), Ex. 2 (49); 3.Possessive Adjectives(49-50), Ex.3 (51); Hablar (54-55), Ex. 8, 9 (55).
25 27PASO C (Cont.)
MARCH
4 6CAPITULO UNO
1. Fechas/Cumpleaños(58); 2. La Hora(63), Actividad 7(64);
3. Deportes(66), Actividad 10, 11 (67); 4. Cultura: AFrida y Diego(68); Lectura: Los Deportes(72).
Grammar: 1. Números 100-1000/Dates(76); 2. PresentTense -ER & -IR VERBS(77) Ex.2, 3(77-78); 3. GUSTAR (82-83), Ex. 8,9 (83)
11 13CAPITULO UNO (Cont.)
MID-TERM EXAMINATION PERIOD: 3/11—3/16
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13 18 20CAPITULO DOS
1. Los Planes(86), Actividad 2 (87); 2. Las clases(89-90); 3.PREFERIR/QUERER(93-94); 4. El Tiempo (99), Actividad 16 (101).
Grammar: 1. Future/Ir a + Infinitive(107), Ex.1(107-108); 2.Sequencing (108), Ex.2(108); 3. QUERER/PREFERIR (109), Ex.3(109), Ex. 4,5 (110-111); 4. El tiempo (111-112),
Ex. 6 (112); 5. Demonstrative Adjectives(112-113), Ex. 8, 9,
11 (114-115).
25 27CAPITULO DOS (Cont.)
29—APRIL 7SPRING BREAK
APRIL
8 10CAPITULO TRES
1. Los lugares/Prepositions of place(118); 2. Actividades diarias (125), Actividad 9(127); 3. Las 3 Comidas(129).
Grammar:1. ESTAR EN vs IR A (138), Ex. 1, 2 (139-40); 2.
Present Tense -ER, -IR VERBS(140-141);
HACER/SALIR/JUGAR(142-144); 4. SER DE vs ESTAR EN (146-147), Ex. 9 (147).
15 17CAPITULO TRES (Cont.)
22 24 CAPITULO CUATRO:
1. Los Días Feriados(150); 2. La Rutina Diaria(153-155), Actividad 9 (156);3. Estados físicos/emocionales(158), Actividad 11, 12 (159); 4. Cultura: AVersos sencillos@(161).
Grammar: 1. Stem-Changing verbs(169); 2. Reflexive verbs
(172-173), Ex. 3(175); 3. Estar +Adjectives(176-77), Ex. 9(177); 4.Tener + Nouns(178), Ex 10, 11(179); Vida y Cultura: AShakira: Volcán de sonido@ (181).
MAY
1LAST DAY OF CLASS: FINAL EXAM/PART I: LISTENING- COMPREHENSION IN CLASS.
3—5 CONCENTRATED STUDY DAYS
6 10FINAL EXAMINATION PERIOD
FINAL EXAM /PART II (WRITTEN)
FG CLARK ACTIVITYCENTER
DATE TBA
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