SUNY PURCHASE ONLINE BASIC SPANISH II SPA 1020 SYLLABUS Prof. Deborah K. Symons Contact: deborah.symons@purchase.edu Office Hours: TBA in Moodle. E-TEXT Required: Interactive E-book ENLINEA v.2.0. Vista Higher Learning. (See link in your Moodle Page) THERE IS NO ACTUAL PAPER TEXTBOOK FOR THIS COURSE, but the purchase of an EBOOK ONLINE (at additional cost) will be necessary. See BELOW How to Purchase your Ebook online. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a Beginners II level systematic review of the Spanish language. This course will be a gradual and proportional development of three basic skills: understanding, reading, and writing. Emphasis will be placed on reading, writing and detailed explanation of the principles of grammar. Training in reading comprehension to facilitate the student s writing and comprehension skills. This course is 100% online. Access to the Internet is necessary. As a Beginners level II course of Spanish language, it is designed for students with previous basic knowledge of Spanish. Previous knowledge, preferably, should include Student Learning Objectives from Beginners I (see SLOs below for Beginners I & II). By the end of the semester, the students will be able to read and write a higher level of basic sentences than Beginners I. It will give the student the ability to understand and convey information and/or feelings in a particular situation, as well as describe with sentences, in the past and the future and hypothetical situations, thus getting better acquainted with the way people interact in Spanish, and with their culture. The main focus of this course will be Grammar Structure and Vocabulary. Emphasis will not be given to speaking at this beginner s level, but Listening exercises will be a very important part of the semester. This is an asynchronous course. No recording exercises will be required. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: (SLOs) GENERAL OBJECTIVES: 1. Acquire the necessary listening and written skills to interact, collect, identify and discuss information in Spanish on an elementary II level. 2. Build a strong basic vocabulary to be able to recognize and create dialogues used within the discipline. 3. Acquire the reading comprehension skills sufficient to independently extract information, understand and/write basic II information in the target language. 4. Ability to recognize present, imaginary (dreams and wishes) and past-life situations in Spanish. GRAMMATICAL OBJECTIVES: 1. Students will learn the stem changing and other irregularities of all verbs and their conjugation, including the past (preterite and imperfect). 2. Students will learn other modes (subjunctive and command). 3. Students will learn the different semantic difficulties presented by true and false cognates, and other particular expressions in cultural interaction.
4. Students will learn new grammatical issues such as Comparisons, Pronouns after prepositions, stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns. 5. Students will lean the use of Relative Pronouns. 6. Student will learn the indirect and direct object pronouns put together, their placement and usage. 7. Student will become accustomed to reading, writing and listening to basic II level sentences using the knowledge described above. Expected student preparation: Basic I previous knowledge of Spanish language necessary or strongly recommended. (See SLO s below for Beginners I) Students will complete all assigned activities in ENLINEA Ebook marked with a Small Diamond shape (See Assignments on top right hand corner of main page in EBook). Program ENLINEA will automatically grade the activities and provide feedback. Students will participate in the Grammar and Vocabulary discussion as often as possible, preferably daily Mon-Fri. See Rubric on Moodle for more details. How to purchase your E-BOOK online: Click on this Website to sign up for QUIA BOOKS http://books.quia.com/books Follow these steps: 1. Go to Student Workstation and click on Start a New Account. 2. Create a User name and password. 3. Enter the following Course Code : Click on BUY. Purchase the E-Book. Course Code Winter 16 Session: PPGAG764 This will be the platform to study your lessons, and submit your homework. Previous Recommended Knowledge (or BEGINNERS I) - Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) 1.1 Nouns and articles - 1.2 Numbers 0-30 -1.3 Present tense of ser -1.4 Telling time 2.1 Present tense of -ar verbs - 2.2 Forming questions in Spanish -2.3 Present tense of estar 2.4 Numbers 31 and higher 3.1 Descriptive adjectives - 3.2 Possessive adjectives - 3.3 Present tense of -er and -ir verbs 3.4 Present tense of tener and venir 4.1 Present tense of ir - 4.2 Stem-changing verbs: e ie, o ue - 4.3 Stem-changing verbs: e i 4.4 Verbs with irregular yo forms 5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions - 5.2 The present progressive - 5.3 Ser and estar 5.4 Direct object nouns and pronouns 6.1 Saber and conocer - 6.2 Indirect object pronouns - 6.3 Preterite tense of regular verbs 6.4 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
BEGINNERS II - Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) LESSON 7 7.1 Reflexive Verbs 7.2 Indefinite and Negative Words 7.3 Preterite of Ser and Ir 7.4 Verbs like Gustar LESSON 8 8.1 Preterite of Stem-Changing Verbs 8.2 Double Object Pronouns 8.3 Comparisons 8.4 Superlatives LESSON 9 9.1 Irregular Preterites 9.2 Verbs that change meaning in the Preterite 9.3 Qué? and Cuál? 9. 4 Pronouns after Prepositions LESSON 10 10.1 The Imperfect Tense 10.2 The Preterite and the Imperfect 10.3 Constructions with Se 10.4 Adverbs. LESSON 11 11.1 Familiar Commands 11.2 Por and Para 11.3 Reciprocal Reflexives 11.4 Stressed Possessive adjectives and pronouns LESSON 12 12.1 Relative Pronouns 12.2 Formal Commands 12.3 The Present Subjunctive 12.4 Subjunctive with Verbs of Will and Influence
COURSE OUTLINE: The following COURSE OUTLINE is JUST A GUIDE to help you for your weekly activities for about18 days work (approx. 3 weeks). If you follow it, it will allow you to have all activities submitted on time, without delaying it and getting overwhelmed last minute, but you may work at your own pace, but remember that Activities and for each week are usually due one week after the first day. DUE DATES: SEE CALENDAR ON MOODLE FOR DUE DATES. It s recommended that the first week you allow a few more hours of study to complete assignments. Forums daily postings are graded separately from ENLINEA activities, it is very important for your grades that you participate on a daily basis. Readings and Exercises Assignment(s) Lección 7 Day1 Lesson for Estructura 7.1. Go to the Forums, post and Introduction of yourself and get acquainted with your classmates. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 7.1 & Day2 Day3 Lección 7 (Continued). Lesson for Estructura 7.2 and 7.3. Lección 7 (Finish) Lesson for Estructura 7.4. Complete Lesson 7 review Submit all assigned activities Estructura 7.2 and 7.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 7.4 Day4 Lección 8 Lesson for Estructura 8.1. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 8.1 & Lección 8 (Continued) Listen to Tutorials and Review Submit all assigned activities Estructura 8.2 and 8.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante
Lesson for Estructura 8.2 and 8.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante Day6 Lección 8 (Finish) Lesson for Estructura 8.4. Complete Lesson 8 review Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 8.4 Lección 9. Day7 Lesson for Estructura 9.1. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 9.1 & Go to Forums, Post your assignment(s)s for the week. Respond to other postings Day8 Lección 9 (Continued) Lesson for Estructura 9.2 and 9.3. Submit all assigned activities Estructura 9.2 and 9.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante Day9 Lección 9 (Finish) Lesson for Estructura 9.4. Complete Lesson 3 review Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 9.4 Day10 Lección 10 Lesson for Estructura 10.1. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 10.1 & week. Respond to other postings Day11 Lección 10 (Continued) Lesson for Estructura 10.2 and 10.3. Submit all assigned activities Estructura 10.2 and 10.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante
10.3. Lección 10 (Finish) Day12 Lesson for Estructura 10.4. Complete Lesson 10 review Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 10.4 Day13 Lección 11 Lesson for Estructura 11.1. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 11.1 & week. Respond to other postings Day14 Lección 11 (Continued) Lesson for Estructura 11.2 and 11.3. Submit all assigned activities Estructura 11.2 and 11.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante Day15 Lección 11 (Finish) Lesson for Estructura 11.4. Complete Lesson 11 review Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 11.4 Day16 Day17 Lección 12 Lesson for Estructura 12.1. Lección 12 (Continued) Lesson for Estructura 12.2 and 12.3. Submit assigned activities in Estructura 12.1 & Submit all assigned activities Estructura 12.2 and 12.3. Submit assigned activities in Adelante
12.3. Lección 12 (Finish) Day18 Lesson for Estructura 12.4. Complete Lesson 12 review Submit all assigned activities in Estructura 12.4
GRADING POLICY: Assignment(s)s & Homework - 50% Forum Daily Participation - 50% All your grades from Homework Activities will be found automatically daily as you work, in your ENLINEA Ebook chart. Forum Grade will appear in Moodle Grade center at the end of the course. See Samples on Moodle for required analysis and writing style of posting. PURCHASE COLLEGE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY The Purchase College Academic Integrity Policy http://www.purchase.edu/policies/academicintegrity.aspx explicitly forbids cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is the appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas, and/or thoughts of another person and the representation of them as one's own original work. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the definition of plagiarism and the acceptable methods of attribution. Violation of any of the above may lead to formal disciplinary action and the following sanctions: Minimum Sanction: Failing grade on the assignment(s) or examination. Maximum Sanction: Expulsion Recommended Sanction (First Offense): Failing grade for the course Recommended Sanction (Second Offense): Expulsion Documented Disabilities Students with documented physical, learning, psychological and other disabilities are entitled to receive reasonable accommodations. If a student needs accommodations, he or she must first register with the Access and Accommodations Office; please call 914-251-6390 or email accommodations@purchase.edu. You can find a description of available accommodations and other supported education services provided by the Counseling Center at: https://www.purchase.edu/departments/counselingcenter/supportededucation.aspx.