SPAN 1002 A3: Elementary Spanish II

1 SPAN 1002 A3: Elementary Spanish II Summer 2015 Department of English and Foreign Languages http://www.gru.edu/colleges/pamplin/efl/ Georgia Regents University http://facebook.com/fl.gruaugusta Class meeting times: Monday through Friday, 0900-1050 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (Allgood Hall N241) Thursday (Allgood Hall E365) Instructor: Dr. Giada Biasetti Office: Allgood Hall E341 Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 11:00-12:30 and by appointment Office Phone: 706-667-4167 Email: gbiasetti@gru.edu Required Text: Mosaicos. Spanish as a World Language. Pearson. We will be covering Chapters 6 through 10 in this course. Available in the bookstore. www.myspanishlab.com PLEASE NOTE: All students must register online (to access online homework). The online code is available at the bookstore. If you do not buy the paperback book, you can access the ebook online, but you must still take notes in class in your own notebook/tablet. Catalog Description: Learning Outcomes: A continuation of Spanish 1001. Students admitted provisionally with CPC deficiency in foreign languages may take this course to satisfy the foreign language CPC requirement. Not open to native speakers. Heritage speakers should take the placement exam. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 1001 or placement. Students will be able to exchange, elicit and describe information such as the following: *Narrate a simple story in the past concerning daily activities *Exchange basic personal information, such as name, home, where one lives, ages, occupation, etc. *Describe a person s family and relationships *Items and activities associated with the school *Daily personal activities, including time and days of the week *Describe people and objects *Express basic desires and preferences *Make comparisons

2 *Order a meal and shop for food *Vocabulary expands to include living quarters, body parts, food and clothing Student should achieve a proficiency of Novice-High on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale Placement exam If you have had Spanish in high school or lived or studied abroad, you may wish to take the placement exam and earn credit for the courses you place out of. For example, if you place into Spanish 2002, you will receive credit for the Spanish courses you skip (Span. 1002, 2001) upon completion of Spanish 2002 with a C or better. There is a fee required for placing the courses for credit on your transcript. Credit through placement varies and each case must be evaluated individually. Please see the secretary in the Department of English and Foreign Languages if you are interested in taking the placement exam (it takes about an hour). We need to determine your level so that you may drop and add the appropriate course BEFORE drop/add period ends. Teaching Methods Classes are generally comprised of a presentation by instructor, individual work, group work (as learning a foreign language involves speaking it to others). Additional activities will be provided by the instructor. Students should complete required readings BEFORE class. No eating is permitted during class period and cell phones must be turned on silent mode. Students are not permitted to drift in and out of class. If you yawn, cover your mouth. If you arrive late, please enter the room quietly. Attendance Learning a foreign language involves mastering new techniques of communication through constant practice. Irregular class attendance will inevitably lessen your success as a language student. Moreover, your failure to keep pace with the rest of the class will affect the progress of the class as a whole. A student is allowed NO MORE THAN ONE ABSENCE. The student s grade will drop 1/3 of a letter for each absence beyond 1. A student who misses more than six (6) will be dropped from the course. Two tardies are considered one absence. All absences, regardless of reasons, are considered in applying the attendance policy. However, absences may be classified as excused or unexcused for purposes of allowing make-up work. With appropriate written documentation, the following absences may be classified as Excused for permitting make-up work: Illness or emergency medical treatment for self or immediate family Unavoidable jury duty Employment-related training or special assignments, official University business

3 Military Reserve or Active Duty obligations Be sure to check your GRU email on a regular basis for messages pertaining to the course, or foreign language-related events sponsored by our department. Arrangements and guidelines for make-up work are at the discretion of the instructor. Good attendance and good grades generally go together. If you are absent, you are expected to call or email a fellow student to obtain assignments so that you return to class prepared. Take a moment at the end of class and exchange names email addresses with at least two other students! (You may also use the Email function for other students under My Courses online, and also join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/gru.fl/ No guests are allowed. Only those persons registered for the course are allowed to attend class. Please do not bring your child. Students are not allowed to drift in and out of class to visit the restrooms or other places during class time, including tests. Students may not record class lectures and no visitors are permitted. Course Breakdown Tests 35% Escrituras (or quizzes) 10% Final Oral Exam 10% Participation 15% myspanishlab.com (Online) homework 10% Final Exam 20% Grades The grading scale is as follows: 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 0-59 F Tests Chapter tests are comprehensive, meaning they will draw on material presented in previous chapters, as learning a language is a cumulative process, but will mainly focus on new material presented in each chapter. A chapter test will last for an entire class and will consist of a listening and a written part. Expect a test every week and consult the course calendar given to you by your instructor for test dates. Test dates and content are subject to change if the instructor feels it is necessary. The student may drop the lowest test grade. The final exam grade may not be dropped. Students will not be allowed to leave the classroom during a quiz or test, so please visit the rest rooms before class.

4 Online homework Apart from exams, students must complete online exercises on the myspanishlab.com website (link on first page of the syllabus). Book Keys are available online, or with the paperback version at the bookstore. Your instructor will give you the course code. NO LATE HOMEWORK IS ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Do not wait until the day before the due date to do the assigned activities for a given chapter. If you do a few exercises every night, it is likely you will be well prepared for the exams. Escrituras/Quizzes/Preparation and Participation Class preparation means that you are prepared for each class (homework is completed BEFORE class begins, vocabulary is memorized, etc.). You will have to hand in 2 short escrituras (or writing). Your instructor will give you more information in the coming classes. All assignments must be typed, double spaced, 12 font in Times New Roman, with appropriate heading. Class participation means answering questions, reading aloud, participating in oral and written exercises, and the like. The quality of your oral response in the classroom--that is, your pronunciation and comprehension--will be part of your class participation. No late work is accepted. You may drop ONE escritura/quiz grade. Mutual respect and courtesy are fundamental. Disrespectful, rude, or disruptive behaviour are not tolerated. There are also SEVERAL useful tools on the MySpanishLab website to memorize vocabulary, and elsewhere on the internet. Oral Exams Since oral communication is an integral element of learning a foreign language, 10% of your course grade will come from an oral exam, one-on-one, with you and your instructor during the last week of classes. Guidelines and study guides will be given to you later in the semester. It is your responsibility to make sure that you come to your scheduled interview appointment. Make-up tests The student is expected to take tests at the announced times. The student may take a make-up exam with proper & official documentation of the absence. Alpha Mu Gamma Alpha Mu Gamma, the national collegiate foreign language society, has a chapter at GRU. Students with two A's in unrepeated courses in the same foreign language, and at least a 3.0 overall GPA will be invited to join. The chapter holds events open to all students throughout the year. Your instructor will give you information about these events. Placement Exam and FL 1001 Credit Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, and 2002 are not open to native speakers.

5 Heritage speakers and native speakers should take the placement exam. Foreign Language 1001 is designed for students who have never studied the foreign language. Students who entered GRU for the first time in the fall of 1998 or later, or those returning students who have not been enrolled for two consecutive years prior to 1998, will not be able to count Foreign Language 1001 towards graduation if it is the same language they took in high school. (First time freshmen who graduated from high school five or more years ago may count Foreign Language 1001.) However, it does count for computing eligibility for financial aid and calculating full-time student status. Students taking the foreign language for the first time will receive credit. For RHSC students, consult the catalog. Placement Exams are administered by Testing and Disability Services (706-737-1469). Students with Disabilities Because Georgia Regents University believes academically qualified individuals with disabilities should have equal opportunity and access to a quality education, the instructors will work with the student and the Office of Disability Services to establish an environment that encourages full participation by students with disabilities in every segment of the University. Students registered with the office should contact the instructor so that appropriate measures can be made as soon as possible. Academic Integrity Students are expected to adhere to the Student Code of Conduct (in the Jaguar Student Handbook) and the ethics of academic honesty (in the section "Student Rights and Responsibilities" in the GRU Catalog). Penalties for breeches of the Code or practice of academic honesty vary. However, they may result in the student being withdrawn from the course and having the incident made part of the academic dishonesty file. All work submitted in this class must be the student s own work and may not be or have been submitted in other classes. SCHEDULE (TENTATIVO) Week Chapter/topic 1 6 June 25: First day of class 2 7 3 8 4 9 July 15: Midterm 5 10 6 Final Review July 30: Last day of class Oral Exams Final Exam

6 Tentative Semester Schedule Week/Date Chapters, assignments, etc. Tests and other important work Week 1 June. 25 (R) 26 (F) Week 2 29 (M) 30 (T) Introduction. Explanation of syllabus, tests and projects. Capítulo 6: Vocabulario Capítulo 6: Vocabulario Tarea (DUE today): Vocabulario/ Review Vocab: p. 239; Read: p.204-214 Read: p. 216-219 Capítulo 6 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 222-227 Capítulo 6 Tarea (DUE today): Funciones y formas 5 Read: p. 230-231 Review 1 (W) TEST #1 TEST # 1 2 (R) Tarea (DUE today): Vocabulario Read: p.241-250 3 (F) Week 3 6 (M) 7 (T) Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 251-252; Read: p. 256-257 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 259-260; Read: p. 263 Tarea (DUE today): Funciones y formas 5 Read: p. 266-267 8 (W) TEST #2 TEST #2 9 (R) Tarea (DUE today): Vocabulario Read: p. 277-285; p. 309 10 (F) Week 4 13 (M) 14 (T) Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 286-287; p. 290-291 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 293-294; p. 297 Tarea (DUE today): Funciones y formas 5 Read: p. 300-301 Introducción al curso: bienvenidos! Vocabulario Qué te gusta comprar? Talking about the past Funciones y formas 5 Review Vocabulario Cuál es tu deporte favorito? - El tiempo y las estaciones Funciones y formas 5 - Escritura Vocabulario Cuáles son tus tradiciones? Funciones y formas 5 - Escritura 15 (W) TEST #3 TEST #3 Capítulo 9 16 (R) Tarea (DUE today): Vocabulario Vocabulario Dónde trabajas? Read: p. 311-321; p. 345

7 17 (F) Week 5 20 (M) Capítulo 9 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 322-323; p. 326-327 Capítulo 9 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 330-331; p. 334-335 21 (T) TEST #4 TEST #4 22 (W) Tarea (DUE today): Vocabulario Read: p. 347-356; p. 379 23 (R) 24 (F) Week 6 27 (M) Tarea (DUE today): Funciones y formas 1 Read: p. 357 Tarea (DUE today): Funciones y formas 2 Read: p. 360-361 Tarea (DUE today): Read: p. 364-365 y p. 368-369 28 (T) Review Review 29 (W) Exámenes Orales Exámenes Orales 30 (R) Final Exam Final Exam Vocabulario Cuál es tu comida preferida? Funciones y formas 1 Funciones y formas 2