SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS

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1 Voyage: Fall 2014 Discipline: Spanish SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish Lower Division Faculty Name: M. Celeste Delgado-Librero SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS Pre-requisites: SPAN 102, SPAN 106, SAT II score of , UVA Placement Test score of , or two semesters of introductory college-level Spanish or the equivalent. If you have any questions, please contact me at COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: Spanish 2010 is a three-credit intermediate level course, the third in a four-course sequence which fulfills the language requirement at many universities. The goal of this course is to bridge the gap between elementary and advanced levels in the further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students will increase vocabulary, improve comprehension and fluency, and learn to use more complex grammatical structures. They will be able to express desires and requests and to narrate present and past events, as well as hypothetical situations. They will also gain an understanding of the culture of the Spanish-speaking countries we will visit on the voyage. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AUTHOR: Mary Lee Bretz, Trisha Dvorak, Carl Kirschner, and Rodney Bransdorfer TITLE: Pasajes: Lengua (Student Edition) PUBLISHER: McGraw Hill ISBN #: DATE/EDITION: 2010 / 7 th edition AUTHOR: Mary Lee Bretz, Trisha Dvorak, Carl Kirschner, and Rodney Bransdorfer TITLE: Pasajes: Lengua. Cuaderno de práctica (Student Workbook) PUBLISHER: McGraw Hill ISBN #: DATE/EDITION: 2010 / 7 th edition TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE Date In class Homework Depart Southampton- Aug 23 A1- Aug 25 Introduction to the course Cuaderno p. 1 (A-D), pp Lengua-1 (pp. 6-9) [vocab., imag.] A2- Aug 27 Lengua-1 (pp ) [1, 2, 3] Cuaderno p. 3 (A-C), pp (A-D) A3- Sept 3 Travelogue entry due Lengua-1 (pp ) [4, pasaje, 5] Antes de leer Lectura 1 St. Petersburg: Aug 29- Sept 2 Cuaderno pp Prepare Lectura 1 y

2 A4- Sept 5 Vocabulary quiz 1 Lengua-1 (pp ) [enlace, ojo] Lectura 1 y Hamburg: Sept 7-11 A5- Sept 12 Travelogue entry due Lengua-2 (pp ) [vocab., imag.] Lengua-2 (pp ) [6, 7] Antwerp: Sept Le Havre: Sept Cuaderno pp Cuaderno pp , pp (A-B) A6-Sept 20 Travelogue entry due Cuaderno pp B Lengua-2 (pp ) [8, pasaje, 9] A7- Sept 22 Lengua-2 (pp ) [10, 11] Cuaderno pp Dublin: Sept A8- Sept 28 Travelogue entry due Cuaderno pp ; Lectura 2 y Lengua-2 (pp ) [enlace, ojo], Antes de leer Lectura 2 A9- Sept 30 Vocabulary quiz 2 Cuaderno pp , p. 61A Lectura 2 y Lengua-3 (pp ) [vocab., imag.] Lisbon: Oct 1-2 In transit: Oct 3 Cádiz: Oct 4-5 Field lab in Cádiz, Oct 5? A10- Oct 7 Travelogue entry due Lengua-3 (pp ) [12, 13] Casablanca: Oct 8-11 A11-Oct 13 Travelogue entry due Lengua-3 (pp ) [14, pasaje, 15], Antes de leer Lectura 3 A12- Oct 15 Vocabulary quiz 3 Lengua-3 (pp ) [enlace, ojo]; Lectura 3 y Dakar: Oct Cuaderno pp Cuaderno pp Lectura 3 y Cuaderno pp A13- Oct 21 Travelogue entry due Cuaderno pp , pp B Lengua-4 (pp ) [vocab., imag.] Lengua-4 (pp ) [16, 17] A14- Oct 23 Lengua-4 (pp ) [17, 18] Cuaderno pp D Takoradi: Oct Tema: Oct A15- Oct 29 Travelogue entry due Lengua-4 (pp ) [pasaje, 19] antes de leer Lectura 4 A16- Oct 31 Vocabulary quiz 4 Lengua-4 (pp ) [enlace, ojo] Lectura 4 y Cuaderno pp. 88 (A-B); Lectura 4 y Cuaderno pp Study Day: Nov 2 A17-Nov 3 Lengua-5 (pp ) [vocab., imag.] Cuaderno pp F, p. 109 A18- Nov 5 Lengua-5 (pp ) [20] Cuaderno pp C Rio de Janeiro: Nov 7-9 In-transit: Nov Salvador: Nov A19- Nov 15 Travelogue entry due Lengua-5 (pp ) [21, pasaje] antes de leer Lectura 5 Cuaderno pp ; Lectura 5 y A20- Nov 17 Lengua-5 (pp ) [22, enlace, ojo] Cuaderno pp C, pp

3 Lectura 5 y Vocabulary quiz 5 Study Day: Nov 19 A21-Nov 20 Travelogue entry due Lengua-6 (pp ) [vocab., imag.] Bridgetown: Nov A22-Nov 25 Travelogue entry due Lengua-6 (pp ) [24, pasaje] A23- Nov 27 Vocabulary quiz 6 Preparation for Field Lab? A24-Dec 4 Final Exam Cuaderno pp , pp Cultural composition Study for final exam Havana: Nov 29- Dec 2 Field lab in Havana Nov 29 or Dec 2? Study Day- Dec 3 FIELD WORK Field lab attendance is mandatory for all students enrolled in this course. Please do not book individual travel plans or a Semester at Sea sponsored trip on the day of our field lab. Option 1 - Havana: The field lab will begin with a walking tour of Old Havana, where we will visit some of the most significant cultural and historic sites, such as the Maestranza de Artillería, the Capitolio, the Lonja del Comercio, and the Edificio Bacardí, If our visit is on Saturday (November 29), we will be able to attend El Sábado de la Rumba at Centro Cultural El Gran Palenque, where we will have a demonstration of local music and dance. We will have lunch at a paladar, a private home that opens its doors to tourists. If there is time, we will visit significant sites in other sections of Havana, such as the famous Cementerio Colón, the Torreón de San Lázaro, the memorial to José Martí, the Barrio Chino, and the Callejón de Hamel Academic Objectives: 1. Practice language skills learned in class with native speakers in an immersion environment. 2. Learn about specific aspects of Spanish culture, such as history, music and dance, food, and contemporary everyday life. 3. Understand the connections with the other Spanish speaking port included in the Fall 2014 voyage: Cádiz. Field lab date and time are subject to change. Option 2 - Cádiz: The field lab will begin with a walking tour that will focus on the long history of Cádiz, a city that is reputed to be one of the oldest in the western world. We will look for vestiges of the many cultures that have inhabited it: Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Muslims, and Christians. We will learn about the importance that its port had in the history of Spain and Latin America. We will also seek to understand how gaditanos live today, visiting the local food market and eating in one of the restaurants nearby. In the afternoon we will learn about flamenco music and dance from a local instructor. And we will end the day by visiting a nature preserve located nearby, which survives as a bird haven in spite of all the urban development that surrounds it. Academic Objectives: 1. Practice language skills learned in class with native speakers in an immersion environment. 2. Learn about specific aspects of Spanish culture, such as history, music and dance, food, and

4 contemporary everyday life. 3. Understand the connections with the other Spanish speaking port included in the Fall 2014 voyage: Cuba. Field lab date and time are subject to change. METHODS OF EVALUATION / GRADING RUBRIC Participation: 15% Homework: 15% Quizzes: 25% Field Work: 20% Final Exam: 25% Participation (15%) Your attendance, daily preparation, and active participation in class will contribute to your learning and are also important factors in determining your grade. Students are expected to participate in Spanish only during each class period. The instructor will monitor student participation on a daily basis and speaking in English will result in a zero for the day s participation grade. A-level participation means actively participating in individual, small-group, and large-group activities as well as respecting classmates by not speaking when they are speaking. Points will also be deducted for using electronic devices, packing up early, etc. Homework (15%) All homework (including workbook assignments, readings, and/or answers to questions based on readings) must be completed before the class meeting indicated on the syllabus. Homework that is incomplete or late will not be accepted. Special note about readings: Students are required to complete and hand in the exercises that accompany each reading posted on the intranet. Come to class prepared to actively discuss each reading selection. There will be reading quizzes. Quizzes (25%) Quizzes will be both announced and unannounced, and will focus on the readings and the grammar and vocabulary of the chapters studied. There are no make-ups; failure to attend a quiz will result in a zero. Field Work (20%) The field work in this class has two different components: 1. A field lab (10%) in Cádiz/Havana on October 5/November 29/December 2. All students are required to attend and participate actively and in Spanish in all the activities of this field lab, which will include: a. Preparatory activities during the class period immediately preceding the field lab. b. A walking tour of the city center, lunch in a typical restaurant, a flamenco music and dance event, and a visit to the nearby Parque Natural Bahía de Cádiz / a walking tour of Old Havana, lunch in a paladar restaurant, and a rumba music and dance event at Centro Cultural El Gran Palenque.

5 c. A field lab report based on the class visit to Cádiz/Havana and each student s individual visit to Havana/Cádiz. In his song Habaneras de Cádiz Spanish singer Carlos Cano describes the similarities between these two Spanish-speaking cities included in our voyage. For this assignment, students will take this song as a starting point and will write a two-page report, based on their experiences and what they have learned about Cádiz and Havana. 2. A travelogue (10%) in which students will record their experiences in all the other different ports visited on the voyage. The format of the travelogue is flexible: in consultation with the professor, students may choose to do a journal, a blog, a photo or video presentation, etc. Regardless of the chosen format, for each port students must submit a text of at least 200 words. Each entry must be submitted on the fist day of class following each port visit. The different components of the field work will be evaluated according to the rubric in the class intranet folder. Final Exam (25%) The final exam will be comprehensive and include all of the material studied in the course. Failure to attend the final exam results in an F for the course. RESERVE LIBRARY LIST AUTHOR: Emily Spinelli TITLE: English Grammar for Students of Spanish PUBLISHER: Olivia and Hill Press ISBN #: DATE/EDITION: 2003 / 5 th edition AUTHOR: Zulma Iguina and Eleanor Dozier TITLE: Manual de Gramática. Grammar Reference for Students of Spanish. PUBLISHER: Heinle ISBN #: DATE/EDITION: 2012 / 5 th edition ELECTRONIC COURSE MATERIALS Additional materials, including all readings ( Lecturas ), rubrics, and practice worksheets, will be made available to students via the intranet for this course. COURSE POLICIES Honor Code. Semester at Sea students enroll in an academic program administered by the University of Virginia, and thus bind themselves to the University s honor code. The code prohibits all acts of lying, cheating, and stealing. Please consult the Voyager s Handbook for further explanation of what constitutes an honor offense. Each written assignment for this course must be pledged by the student as follows: On my honor as a student, I pledge that I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. The pledge

6 must be signed, or, in the case of an electronic file, signed [signed]. Spanish 2010 students are expected to comply with the UVA Honor Code. All work is to be pledged and completed by the student without assistance from classmates, advanced Spanish students, native speakers, or online translators, unless otherwise indicated by the professor. Just to clarify: while an online dictionary is an acceptable resource, use of any sort of online translator such as Google Translate is a violation of the Honor Code. Any violations of the Code in or outside class will be brought to the attention of the Honor Council for appropriate action. Attendance and Tardiness. Attendance is obligatory for Spanish In order for students to progress in their understanding and speaking of Spanish, they must be exposed to hearing and speaking it on a regular basis. You are allowed two (2) unexcused absences. Beyond that, for each additional absence, one percentage point will be deducted from your final grade. An excess of four (4) absences, excused or unexcused, will result in a withdrawal from or failure in the course. Students are expected to arrive to class on time. Being late to class counts as half an absence. Assignment Deadlines and Make-up Work. Assignments are due by the beginning of class as indicated on the syllabus. No late work and no make-up work will be accepted. Students who will not be in class should complete their assignments ahead of time. There are no make-ups for exams, quizzes, compositions, or presentations. Your responsibility: For each credit hour, it is expected that you spend an average of 2 hours on homework and class preparation. You are expected to come to class having prepared the material on the syllabus for that day and ready to participate actively in class. Class will be conducted only in Spanish. It is your responsibility to let your professor know if you do not understand or to consult her during office hours with any questions or concerns. Electronics: No laptops, no cell phones or other electronic devices will be used in class unless advised by the professor. Failure to comply may result in dismissal from the class period and, consequently, an absence.