Pre-Requisites for Spanish 1010 Previous knowledge of Spanish is not required for taking Spanish 1010.

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1 Roane State Community College Spanish Program Humanities Division Syllabus Syllabus for Spanish 1010 Instructor s Name: Instructor's Office Hours: Course Tentative Schedule: Note to Students: The students must read the following syllabus carefully. By enrolling in this course the students agree to abide by the information set forth in this document. RSCC Spanish Program Description The RSCC Spanish Program emphasizes the language skill of comprehension by focusing on the application of grammar and vocabulary to listening, reading, speaking, and writing exercises. As a result of successful completion of each course, a student will be able to listen to elementary Spanish with increasing comprehension; develop and increase his or her Spanish vocabulary for practical every day use and he and she will feel confident to apply the grammatical concepts to form sentences to engage in common dialogues. When possible, Spanish-Speaking guests will be invited to classes to give students first hand exposure to the Spanish language and culture. Teaching-Learning Foreign Language Pedagogy Foreign languages courses, including Spanish, require the students to be engaged in cumulative acquired knowledge. The cumulative acquired knowledge sits on the pedagogical system on which the learners understand and retain the first chapter concepts and vocabulary to be able to succeed in the second chapter. The same situation is repeated all through the chapters conforming each semester and the cumulative knowledge passes from semester to semester. The cumulative acquired knowledge is the reason for pre-requisites for some of the RSCC Spanish courses. Pre-Requisites for Spanish 1010 Previous knowledge of Spanish is not required for taking Spanish Spanish 1010 Learning Objectives and Contents Students will learn vocabulary and grammar concepts related to college, family, shopping, their homes, days of the week, months and weather that will allow them to understand, read, write and orally reproduce basic

2 Spanish sentences and idioms and engage in everyday conversation. Students will also gain a better understanding of culture in Spanish-speaking-countries and within their own communities. To be able to accomplish the learning objectives, students will learn how use articles, nouns, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, comparatives, Present Indicate, Present Progressive and Future conjugations for regular, irregular and reflexive verbs. Spanish 1010 Chapters Capítulo Preliminar (Preliminary Chapter): A glance into the Spanish World by learning the Alphabet, how to tell the time and some formal and informal greetings. Capítulo 1: la Universidad (University,) Capítulo 2: La familia (Family,). Capítulo 3: De compras (Shopping,) Capítulo 4: En casa (At Home,)and Capítulo 5: Las estaciones, el tiempo y un poco de geografía (Seasons of the Year, Weather and Some Geography) Learning Services The RSCC Spanish Program helps the students to successfully pass Spanish courses by offering them the Learning Center and Library academic assistance: Learning Centers The Learning Center offers assistance to students who need extra help learning or remembering Beginning Spanish through the following two avenues: 1. Free-of-charge-individual-tutorial-sessions at the Oak Ridge, Harriman and Cumberland Learning Centers. 2. A discussion forum in the Learning Center On-line (inside Momentum) for Spanish where students post questions and receive feedback from Learning Center tutors and from other students. For questions regarding the Learning Center Spanish Tutoring Systems, students should contact the Harriman or Oak Ridge Learning Centers. RSCC Libraries The RSCC Library offers assistance to students who need extra help learning or remembering Spanish concepts and vocabulary through the following three avenues: 1. On Reserve Textbooks: The Library keeps all the Spanish textbooks on reserve to be used by students at any time. 2. Exercises: The Library keeps several computer disks and a reserved laptop to be checked out to practice grammar concepts vocabulary and pronunciation for all the Spanish courses RCC offers.

3 3. ipads and Apps: The Library keeps at least one ipad with Spanish apps. to offer student practice by playing some academic oriented games. 4. Mango: the Library provides Spanish practice by using the Mango program. For questions regarding the Library services for the Spanish Program, students should contact the Harriman or Oak Ridge Libraries. Textbooks and Supplemental Material Textbooks for All Courses Knorre, et all. Spanish 101 Puntos de partida, Fifth Edition: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing To be purchase at any of the RSCC Bookstores. Spanish-English Dictionary (recommended). Honor Code, Assessment System and Grading Calculation Honor Code Students must observe the Honor Code of Conduct requiring that all exams and quizzes are closed-book assessments. The Honor Code also prohibits students from gaining help from any of the following: asking people, including classmates; consulting textbooks; previous course answers; consulting notes or dictionaries, on-line or traditional, using the cell or other technical instruments, unless other instructions are delivered by the instructor. When a student submits any graded assessment, he or she affirms that the work submitted is his or her own. Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Academic Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, Plagiarism, Cheating, Fabrication and Facilitation. Academic misconduct is prohibited. Upon identification of misconduct, an instructor has the authority to assign an F or a zero for the exercise, the examination, or the entire course. Students guilty of academic misconduct that would typically result in the grade of F for the course will not be permitted to drop the class in which the academic misconduct occurred. The instructor will contact the appropriate Division Dean who will then contact Records and request that an administrative hold be placed on the course in question. The instructor will notify the student of the appropriate due process/appeal procedure. The administrative hold will remain in place until the academic misconduct matter is concluded.

4 Chapter Assessment Instructor s designed graded exercises, quizzes and chapter exams. Grading Scale A B C D F Final Grade Calculation To calculate the final grade there is a mathematical equation based on the addition of all the points a student receives, divided by the addition of the maximum possible points. The result of this division is multiplied by 100. Rubrics Listening-Comprehension Rubric Exemplary Competent Developing Comments Word/Phrase Recognition Often, but not always, able to understand information from sentence-length speech, one utterance at a time, in basic personal and social contexts where there is contextual or extralinguistic support. Comprehension Comprehension is very limited. Able to understand speech dealing with areas of practical need such as highly standardized messages, phrases, or instructions. Can recognize and begin to understand a number of highfrequency, highly contextualized words. Understand little more than one phrase at a time, and repetition may be required. Able to occasionally recognize isolated words or very high-frequency phrases when they are strongly supported by context. Virtually no comprehension of any messages spoken in Spanish, not even within the most basic personal and social contexts. Reading Rubric Recognition of words, phrases, and symbols Exemplary Competent Developing Comments Reader can Able to recognize Able to recognize understand, fully the letters and a limited number and with relative symbols of the of letters and ease, key words and language. symbols. phrases across a range of highly contextualized texts. Can understand predictable language and Can identify a number of highly contextualized words and phrases but rarely understand material that Occasionally able to identify highfrequency words and/or phrases when strongly supported by context.

5 messages such as those found on roadmaps and street signs. Able to derive meaning from short, non-complex texts that convey basic information from which there is contextual or extralingual support. exceeds a single phrase. Re-reading is often required. Speaking Rubric Grammar and Vocabulary Exemplary Competent Developing Comments Includes basic Communicate Given adequate language such as minimally by time and cues, personal using isolated may be able to information, basic words and exchange objects, and a memorized greetings, give limited number of phrases limited by their identity, and activities, the context in name a few preferences, and which the familiar objects immediate needs. language has from the been learned. immediate Responds to simple, direct questions or requests for information. Able to ask a few basic questions. Language consists of short or even incomplete sentences in the present tense. Pronunciation Pronunciation may be strongly influenced by the student s first language, but with repetition and/or rephrasing, listeners used to hearing nonnative speakers can understand. May ask or answer questions with 2-3 words. Includes frequent pauses. Often resorts to repetition, words from native language, or silence. Quite difficult to understand, even by listeners accustomed to hearing nonnative speakers. environment. Unable to answer or ask basic questions arising in common, everyday conversation. Pronunciation is nearly or completely unintelligible. Writing Rubric Content Writing includes lists, short messages, postcards, and simple notes. Exemplary Competent Developing Comments Can produce from Able to copy or memory a modest transcribe number of words familiar words and phrases in or phrases. context. Consists primarily of practiced material. Focused on common elements of everyday life. Can supply limited information on simple forms and documents (e.g., biographical information including name, With adequate time and familiar cues, can produce from memory a very limited number of isolated words

6 Vocabulary and Structure/Grammar /Spelling Able to recombine learned vocabulary and structures to create sentences on very familiar topics, but cannot sustain sentence-level writing all the time. Writing is often comprehensible to natives used to the writing of nonnatives, but gaps in comprehension may occur. number, address, and nationality). High degree of accuracy when writing on wellpracticed, familiar language. Frequent spelling and/or symbol errors may be present. May be difficult to understand even by those accustomed to non-native writers. or familiar phrases, but with errors. Not proficient at the competent or exemplary levels. Ground Rules Instructor s Role The course instructor leads the students through the content material and answers questions the students bring to class. The course instructor also corrects assessments and exams in a timely manner. Students Role and Responsibility The course requires from the students to take full responsibility for their own learning and success. In order to be successful in learning Spanish, students must study the material daily, answers all exercises, submit assignments on time and take exams on the due-date. Students Attendance to Class Attendance to class is mandatory. Students Health Issues If a student cannot take any of the chapter exams due to an illness the student must present the instructor his or her doctor's excuse. After receiving the student s doctor excuse, the instructor will tell the student what to do. Students' Academic Conduct The students are expected to keep current on all course announcements and observe course etiquette at all times. Guidelines for Communication

7 Subject line must be included. Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way. Be careful in wording your s. Use of emotions might be helpful in some cases. Use standard fonts unless otherwise is required. Respect the privacy of other class members. Special formatting, such as centering, is not allowed. Discussions Do not make insulting or inflammatory statements to the instructor, other members of group or to the course itself. Be respectful of other s ideas. Be patient and listen to the comments of other group members thoroughly before giving your opinion. Be cooperative with group members. Be positive and constructive in group discussions. Students with Disabilities Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with the disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor. Syllabus Changes The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessary during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes by posting both notification and nature of change(s) by . Disclaimer of Offsite Content

8 The instructor is not responsible for links to web sites that were deemed appropriate for educational use at course design time but changed without the instructor's knowledge during the course of this semester. Please do not attempt to view a web site that you deem inappropriate. Contact the instructor regarding any such web site and include the reason(s) that you feel it is not suitable. Again, web sites will change owners or add content, graphics, and advertisements without notifying the Internet at large. Please be advised that no advertisements are endorsed by the RSCC or the instructor.