Heartland Community College Division of Humanities and Fine Arts Course Syllabus Date Prepared: August 9, 2014

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1 Heartland Community College Division of Humanities and Fine Arts Course Syllabus Date Prepared: August 9, 2014 Course Prefix and Number: SPAN Course Title: Spanish I Credit Hours: 4.00 Contact Hours: 4.00 per week Effective date of first class: August 18, 2014 Meeting times: MW 6:00-7:50 P.M. (ICB 1706) Catalog Description: Spanish 101 is beginning course in Spanish, with emphasis on the development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Course content includes basic vocabulary, essentials of Spanish Grammar and syntax, correct pronunciation and intonation, and the use of actual speech patterns. Students with two or more years of high school Spanish should not enroll in SPAN 101. Instructor Information: Instructor name: Phone number: Instructor s Office hours: Required Textbook: Recommended Material: Supplies (recommended): Marinelly Castillo-Zuniga Marinelly.CastilloZuniga@heartland.edu Before and after class or by previous appointment Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, 6 th edition. Castells Matilde, Guzmán Elizabeth, Lapuerta Paloma, Liskin-Gasparro Judith. 2-year Acess code for MySpanishLab for Mosaicos, 6e. Class CODE for MySpanishLab (MSL): CRSKLCT Class name on MSL: Spanish I - SPAN Spanish Dictionary (Spanish English, English - Spanish). A three ring binder (for handouts and notes), paper, and a pen or pencil. Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer: SPAN 101 fulfills 4 hours of elective credit in the Humanities/Fine Arts required for the A.A. and A.S. degrees. This course should transfer as part of the General Education Core Curriculum described in the Illinois Articulation Initiative to other Illinois colleges and universities participating in the IAI. However, students should consult an academic advisor for transfer information regarding particular institutions. Refer the IAI web page for information as well as COURSE OBJECTIVES (learning outcomes) The objectives of this course are for the students to interpret oral and written Spanish and to respond correctly within the Spanish culture. In addition to personal study, the method to achieve this end is to use the classroom as a safe environment where the students are challenged to speak Spanish and to respond orally and in writing to stimuli in Spanish.

2 OUTCOMES STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT 1. Using entry level vocabulary and grammar concepts, the students will demonstrate understanding by using correct responses in oral and written interactions CO3 Final conversation with instructor Tests which include responses in writing to oral stimuli Responses to reading selections in exam situations. In reflecting on personal growth the student assesses his/her participation in oral assignments and pronunciation. Homework assignments. Quizzes. 2. Using entry level vocabulary and grammar concepts, the students will compose oral and written messages in Spanish. CO1 Present oral projects to the class Exams which require the composition of written messages, questions and answers Oral presentation on the Spanish Culture 3. Using entry level vocabulary and grammar concepts, the students will identify beliefs, values of the Spanish people: i. e. What they do, when, where, and why they do it. D14 Exams which require responses to items addressing Spanish culture Homework assignments 4. Using entry level vocabulary and grammar concepts, the students will compare the uniqueness of the Spanish language CT1 Exams which require responses to items comparing the two languages Quizzes 5. Using entry level vocabulary and grammar concepts, the students will identify the power of learning Spanish as they interact in the language within and without the school setting 6. Identify the characteristics of a successful Spanish student. PS4 CO4 Exams which require responses to items concerning the value of learning a second language to meet global and local needs Homework assignment Completion of the personal growth form. Course Outline (order is variable): (Please see: Calendar of Class Meetings for daily topics of study Vocabulary relating to greetings, meals, eating out, classroom and house objects, family relations, daily activities, the house, colors, descriptive words, and states of mind. Numbers Singular forms of ser Cognates Gender of nouns and forming plurals of nouns and adjectives Using articles and nouns Agreement of the adjective with the noun Present tense of regular ar, -er, -ir verbs Present tense of stem-changing verbs: e ie, o uo, and e i The Spanish Alphabet Reflexive verbs and pronouns Interrogative words Present tense of <hacer> <poner><salir><traer> and <oír> <Saber> and <conocer> Some of por and para Using <tener> que + infinitive Expression with tener Present progressive Pronouns: subject, direct object, demonstrative and with a preposition Using <gustar>. Tell time, days, months, seasons, dates, and holidays

3 Use introductions, tell, and ask personal data. Asking questions with and without interrogative words. Tell and ask needs, plans, wants, preferences, and obligations. Using <ir + a + infinitive> to express a simple future. Weather expressions Adjectives: possessive, descriptive, demonstrative, and with a preposition. Uses of present tense of <SER and ESTAR> Estar + location Ser and estar with adjective Comparing people and things. Expressing possession with <de> Cultural topics: such as formal and informal you, holidays, greetings, foods, meal times, the use of two last names, close family ties, the Hispanic world, Hispanics in the USA., politeness, etc., etc. Required writing and Reading (Methods of Instruction): For this class the students should plan to spend a minimum of four hours per week outside the classroom completing on line or on paper homework assignments, listening to audio materials, studying vocabulary and grammar and preparing for written and oral evaluations, conversations and class activities. The main method of instruction used in this class will be based on the Natural Approach of Language Acquisition Method. This method requires total class participation and student interaction throughout the semester. This method will rely on the following instruction techniques: (of course, we are not limited by this list) Kinesthetic movements (students/teacher) Role playing activities Oral and written practice drills on vocabulary and grammar concepts Listening and imitating sounds and word patterns Choral repetition to hone intonation skills Small group interaction with roles defined Textbook guided lecture presentation, completion of workbook exercises, etc. Use of props, media aides, slides, teacher prepared material (text), Conversations between the instructor and students and among students Discussions on the Spanish Culture and the need to learn Spanish globally and locally. Evaluation by instructor (See Method of Evaluation below.) Method of Evaluation: Grading System The following describes a general breakdown of the percentage values to be assigned student performance based on each category of course activities: Written work: 70% quizzes, online homework, exams and other written work Oral Work: 15% oral projects and conversations with the professor Personal Growth: 15% Attendance and class participation. (Preparedness, participation, work habits, positive attitude and influence in class, and demonstrated commitment to learning) Evaluation: Final grades will be determined according to the following scale: Hourly Exams 20% A = Final Exam 25% B = Quizzes 10% C = Writing Assignments 10% D = Oral Exams 15% F = Below 65 Homework n 15% SAM-Web activities (10%) Prácticas ( 5%) In-class participation 5% Exams and Quizzes: There will be three chapter exams (100 pts. each); the first exam will include the preliminary, and the first chapter; the second exam will include chapter 2 and 3; and the third exam will include chapters 4 and 5. They will test your basic understanding

4 of each chapter. Your Mid Term grade will be based on the first exam and the first two quizzes. Each exam will have a small listening section, plus vocabulary, reading comprehension, basic grammar, and writing components. There will be three quizzes (#1 = Preliminary chapter; #2 = chapter 2; #3 = chapter 4). Each quiz is worthy 20 points, mainly on grammar and vocabulary, during the semester. These quizzes cannot be made up. However, the lowest score will be dropped at the end of the semester. The final exam will be comprehensive; that is, it will cover all chapters (Preliminary - 5). It will be worth 20% with an oral (listening) and a written component. The oral component will consist on answering simple questions read by the test proctor. It will last between 10 to 15 minutes. The written component will be similar to the chapter exams except that the final will cover all the grammar points learned during the semester. You must take the final exam during the regularly scheduled time (this semester is scheduled for Monday, December 8 th 2014 at 6pm. Oral Exams An important part of this class is to improve oral proficiency. Your spoken Spanish will be evaluated during two (2) formal oral exams. Oral Exam 1: More information will be provided later in the semester. Oral Exam 2: More information will be provided later in the semester. Writing Assignments In order to promote both fluency and accuracy in written Spanish, students will have various short writing/diaries assignments. As part of the writing process common errors will be examined and assignments will be graded on form and content. Your instructor will provide more information during the semester. Homework: Homework will have two components. One will be 6 written exercises (10 pts. each), during the semester. They will play an important role in your final grade. The second component of the homework will be the Online work MySpanishLab (MSL) Student Activities Manual (SAM): The textbook is complemented by an online lab (MySpanishLab) Each student will have to register using the key # bundled with the purchase of your textbook. ATTENTION: The lab work will constitute 10% of your final grade; therefore, is imperative to register and start working as soon as possible to meet the datelines. For MySpanishLab (MSL) Student Activities Manual (SAM) will due at midnight of the date that a chapter is covered. Assignments are listed in your syllabus, and you will be responsible for regularly checking the website. All assignments may be done prior to the actual due date and are available at the beginning of each chapter. If you work from home make sure your internet connection is high speed and reliable, if not, please use the computer labs on campus. We are giving you MANY CHANCES to do well in MySpanishLab. PLEASE, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE to raise any concerns you may have or complete exercises. If we receive a concern the day a lesson is due, we know you have not been responsible since you have days to complete lessons in MySpanishLab and at that point we may not be able to help you. We will NOT open or extend due dates for exercises you did not complete unless there is a documented unexpected personal emergency that did not allow you to complete all assignments on time. Attendance and Participation: Attendance is mandatory. If a student does not need to be in class to pass the chapter exams, he/she does not belong in this Spanish class. He/she needs to be in a more advanced class. Attendance will be checked every class period. Class participation is a vital part of your language learning experience. You can improve your grade by coming to class prepared to participate and consistently interact with the instructor and classmates. Make-up of tests and assignments: Every effort should be made to take the exams on the scheduled date. There must be a compelling reason, amply supported by the student, to convince me to allow a make-up. Exceptions may be made, but the policy will not be abused. All make up exams will be proctored by the Testing Center staff. Student Conduct: Proper academic etiquette and questions of conduct will be addressed in the first hour of class. It is my policy, as well as Heartland s policy, that students will always display respectful behavior. Please be considerate of others and turn off your cellular phone during the entire class period. Do not engage in private conversations nor sleep in class.

5 Academic Integrity Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College and is essential to the credibility of the College s educational programs. Cheating in any way is not tolerated on either exams or homework. Anyone caught copying from others or allowing others to copy his or her work will be subject to severe discipline including receiving a failing grade in this class. Support Services: Heartland Library Information The new Heartland Community College Library provides students with a variety of on-campus resources that support both class work and personal inquiry. These include: reference tools (print and non-print), periodicals, audio-visual materials and equipment, reserves, a general circulating collection, and a fiction collection. Computer terminals provide access to various electronic resources, including Info-Trac Search Bank, First Search, and News Bank databases; CD-ROMs, ILLINET Online (includes Milner s collection), and Internet access. Several electronic resources are accessible from computers off campus. Students may borrow books from the fiction and general collections and may renew materials, in person or by phone, if requests have not been placed on them. Heartland students also have full borrowing privileges at ISU s Milner Library; a student Heartland ID card serves as a library card. The Library maintains a quiet study environment. Assistance is available for all library and information needs. Heartland Library is open Monday-Thursday 7:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M., Friday 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., and Saturdays from noon to 5:00 PM, when the college is in session, but is closed on holidays that Heartland observes. Intersession and summer hours are reduced. For more information about Library services please call the Library at (309) Tutoring and Academic Support Heartland Community College offers learning assistance in various forms at no cost to the students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Bloomington and at the Pontiac and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week. Study groups and group tutoring, are also available by request. Help is also provided through instructional materials, study skills workshops, open computing, and the Library. For more information about services available at each location, please call the ASC in Bloomington at (309) Notes to the syllabus Students are responsible for learning all new vocabulary and grammar, for studying the assigned materials, and for writing out assigned exercises before class time. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what material was covered during your absence and what assignments are due next class. Write the names and contact information of two classmates here in case you need to contact someone for an assignment: Classmate #1 Classmate #2 All the homework assigned for class is indicated in the schedule or mentioned in class and therefore, it is your responsibility to come to class prepared with the assignments. There will be times that you will have more homework than others. It is advisable that you work on your assignments early in advance so you don t feel overwhelmed. No excuses, such as you have lots of homework from other classes; will be accepted for not turning in your Spanish homework. Students are expected to behave in a manner consistent with being in a professional environment. Open discussion and disagreement are encouraged in a respectful manner. Open hostility, rudeness, and incivility are discouraged and will result in appropriate action. Mechanical disruptions (cell phones, pages, texting, electronic toys, music players, etc.) are also strongly discouraged. Cell phone use or texting in class is not permitted. Turn your phone off or on silent mode while in class. Students acting in a disruptive or uncivil manner may be dismissed from the class for the remainder of the class period. If necessary, referrals may also be made to Community Rights & Responsibilities for violations of the Code of Student Conduct. Due to the large number of assignments required for this class, NO EXTRA CREDIT assignments will be given. Students have many opportunities to earn a good grade in the course by faithfully and carefully completing all assignments and coming to class prepared.

6 TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE: This course schedule is a guide to help you keep up with homework and weekly schedule. HOWEVER, this is only a tentative course schedule; therefore, if you miss class one day YOU WILL NEED TO CALL a classmate to find out what you missed in class. The days of the Exams are set and will not be changed. Fall of Spanish Fecha Tema o Actividad Fuente/Source 8/18 Syllabus and calendar. Capítulo Preliminar. Bienvenidos. Basic Pronunciation / Vocabulary / Vowels and troublesome Consonants Enfoque Cultural: El mundo Hispano / Greetings expressions. Pág /20 More about greetings. / Expression of farewell. / Vocabulary about the classroom. / Months of the year / Cardinal numbers / days of the week. Cultura 8/25 Weather. / Some useful expression in the classroom. / Formal and informal expressions. / The alphabet. / subject pronouns / the verb SER. - Cultura. Pág Pág /27 Funciones y formas: Número 1, 2, 3 - Cultura. Pág /1 No Classes. Labor Day 9/3 Funciones y formas: Número 4 - Cultura. *Práctica # 1 *Quiz # 1 *(MSL Student Activities Manual (SAM) tarea 11:59pm Preliminary Chapter) Pág /8 Capítulo 1. Qué estudias? Enfoque Cultural: España / Vocabulario en contexto / La universidad. - Cultura. Pág /10 Las actividades de los estudiantes / Mosaico Cultural / Funciones y Formas: Número 1, 2 (Talking about academic life) - Cultura Pág /15 Funciones y Formas: Número 3, 4, 5 (Talking about academic life) - Cultura Pág /17 En Acción. Saludos. Mosaicos *Práctica # 2 *Escritura # 1 *(MySpanishLab tarea 11:59pm Chapter 1) 9/22 *Examen 1 Capítulo 2. Quiénes son tus amigos? Enfoque Cultural: Estados Unidos / Vocabulario en contexto / Cultura 9/24 Las descripciones / Colores / El origen / Mosaico Cultural Cultura Funciones y Formas:Números 1, 2. Pág Pág Pág /29 Funciones y Formas: números 3, 4, 5 Cultura Pág /1 En Acción. Entre amigo en Los Ángeles. Mosaicos *Práctica # 3 *Examen Oral # 1 *(MySpanishLab tarea 11:59pm Chapter 2) 10/6 *Quiz # 2 Capítulo 3. Qué hacen para divertirse? Enfoque Cultural: Perú / Vocabulario en contexto / Las diversiones / La comida Cultura Pág Pág

7 10/8 Más de la comida / Mosaico Cultural Cultural Pág Funciones y Formas:Número 1, 2 10/13 Funciones y Formas:Número 3, 4 Cultura Pág /15 Funciones y Formas:Número 5 Cultura En Acción. A comer! Mosaicos *Práctica # 4 *Escritura # 2 *(MySpanishLab tarea 11:59pm Chapter 3) 10/20 *Examen 2 Capítulo 4. Cómo es tu familia? Enfoque Cultural: Colombia / Vocabulario en contexto / Pág Pág /22 Más de vocabulario en contexto / Mosaico Cultural / - Cultura Pág /27 Funciones y Formas:Números 1, 2 / - Cultura Pág /29 Funciones y Formas:Números 3, 4 / - Cultura Pág /3 En Acción. Una fiesta en familia. Mosaicos. *Práctica # 5 *Escritura # 3 *(MySpanishLab tarea 11:59pm Chapter 4) 11/5 *Quiz # 3 Capítulo 5. Dónde vives? Enfoque Cultural: Nicaragua, El Salvador y Honduras / Vocabulario en contexto / - Cultura Pág Pág /10 Más de vocabulario en contexto / Mosaico Cultural / - Cultura Pág /12 Funciones y Formas:Números 1, 2 / - Cultura Pág /17 Funciones y Formas:Números 3, 2 / - Cultura Pág /19 En Acción. En casa. Mosaicos. *Escritura # 4 *Práctica # 6 Pág /24 *Examen 3 Pág /26 Thanksgiving Break NO HAY CLASES 12/1 Presentación oral # 2. (MySpanishLab tarea 11:59pm Chapter 5) Repaso General para el Examen Final 12/3 Repaso General para el Examen Final 12/8 **EXAMEN FINAL: CAPITULOS PRELIMINAR AL 5 (6:00 PM)**