GROSSMONT COLLEGE

BIENVENIDOS A LA CLASE DE ESPAÑOL

Course: Spanish 121, Second Course in Spanish

Instructor: Carmen Monal Hernández

Office: 503-A Hours: M. to Th. 7:30-8:00 a.m., M. T. Th. 10:15-11:15 a.m.

W. 10:30-12:30 p.m. and by appointment

Phone: 644-7518 e-mail: Carmen.Hernandez@gcccd.net

Prerequisite: Spanish 120 or equivalent, or 2 years of high school Spanish

Ordinarily, the student with two years of high school language will enroll in

level two in college; three years of high school language, level three; and with

four years of high school language in level four. A student may receive college

credit if he/she enters the language curriculum at a level one semester below

the standard placement from high school.

Textbooks: Puntos de partida, 6th ed. by Knorre, et al

Workbook/ Lab Manual/ Supplementary for Puntos …, 6th ed. by Arana et al

Recommended a Spanish-English dictionary

Goals: Students will be able to communicate, both orally and in writing with

Spanish-speaking persons about common, everyday topics. Students

will be able to discuss and relate to Hispanic culture.

We will cover lessons 7 to 12 in the texts plus some additional handouts.

Oral communication will be emphasized.

Participation Students are expected to come to class prepared to participate in oral

& Attendance: and written work based on assignments. Class activities and

participation are an essential component in your learning and you

have to be present to benefit from them, thus attendance is very

important. Students may be dropped from class due to lack of

attendance when in the judgment of the instructor they cannot

benefit from further instruction.

Assignments: Your daily syllabus will indicate your assignments for each class.

They will include oral and written exercises, compositions and class

presentations. You are to do all of the exercises in the first and second

sections of your workbook. You are responsible for correcting them using the

Answer Key in the back of each section. The audio cassettes for the exercises

of the second section are available in the INSTRUCTIONAL MULTIMEDIA in the Learning Resource Center. As we do each lesson in the textbook, you are

to do the corresponding lessons in the Workbook and Lab Manual sections.

Compositions: There will be five compositions based on the “Mi diario” section at the end of each Workbook chapter. Compositions are to be written on a separate sheet of paper to be handed in with the workbook the days of the chapter tests.

Compositions must be typed, double-spaced. Minimum length: half page; maximum length: one page. Compositions not in on the due date will have 5 points deducted for each class late. .

Additional There is a CD-ROM for Puntos de partida with interactive computer exercises and

Practice: it is available in the STUDENT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LAB of the Learning Resource Center. There are other interactive computer programs there. Tutors are available in the TUTORIAL CENTER.

Language: Spanish is the language that will be used during the course. The instructor

will use Spanish when lecturing, asking questions and when responding to

your questions. You are expected to try to do the same.

Evaluations We will have an exam at the end of each chapter. We will have two

& Grading: quizzes for each chapter. There will be a comprehensive Final Exam. There

will be two evaluations of your oral proficiency.

There will not be any make-ups, unless accompanied by a doctor’s

written excuse. However, you may miss two quizzes and one chapter exam

or if you take all quizzes and chapter exams, the lowest chapter exam grade and the two lowest quiz grades will be dropped.

Grades will be determined as follows:

Chapter Exams & Quizzes 35 %

Final Exam 20 % Oral evaluations 15 % Homework: textbook, workbooks, handouts 10 %

Class Participation 5 % Compositions 15 %

Grading will be done on a straight percentage:

100 - 90 % A

89 - 80 % B

79 - 70 % C

69 - 60 % D

59 % or below F

Academic Cheating and plagiarism can result in any one of a variety of sanctions. Such

Integrity: penalties may range from an adjusted grade on the particular exam, paper, project or assignment to a failing grade in the course at the discretion of the

instructor subject to certain conditions. The instructor may also summarily

suspend the student for the class meeting when the infraction occurred as well

as the following class meeting; extreme cases can result in extended suspension

or expulsion as stipulated by the college’s Disruptive Student Behavior Policy.

Disruptive behavior, or deliberate falsification of information are grounds for

dismissal from class and/or from the college for the duration of the semester.

Accommodations: Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S) early in the semester so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. Students may contact DSP&S in person in room 110 or by phone at (619) 644-7112 (voice) or (619) 644-7119 (TTY for deaf).

SPANISH 121

Day Date Textbook Material Written Homework

1 8-27 Introducción. Entrevistas *

2 8-29 Capítulo 7 (224-232) C(225), C(231)

3 9-3 (234-241), prueba B(237), C(238), C(241)

4 9-5 (242-251),prueba B-1,2,(243)A(251), composición 1

5 9-10 Examen 7

Capítulo 8 (254-258) A(258)

6 9-12 (259-262) B, C(261)

7 9-17 (263-269), prueba C(265), B(266), C(268)

8 9-19 (269-275) B(272)

9 9-24 (274-277), prueba Compren.(276), composición 2

10 9-26 Examen 8

Capítulo 9 (280-284) C(283)

11 10-1 (285-291), prueba B(288), B(289), B(291)

12 10-3 (292-304), prueba B(298), A(304), composición 3

13 10-8 Evaluaciones orales de medio término

14 10-10 Examen 9

Capítulo 10 (308-311) B(311)

15 10-15 (312-318) C(316), D(317)

16 10-17 (319-323),prueba A(321), B(323)

17 10-22 (324-331) A(326), C paso 1(327)

18 10-24 (332-335), prueba A(333), composición 4

19 10-29 Examen 10

Capítulo 11 (338-343) D(343)

20 10-31 (344-349) Prac.(345), Conv. (348)

21 11-5 (350-357), prueba B(353), B(356)

22 11-7 (358-363), prueba Compren.(362), composición 5

23 11-12 Examen 11

Capítulo 12 (366-369) C, pasos 1, 2(368)

24 11-14 (370-374) B(374), B(375)

25 11-19 (209-210,376-80),prueba A(380)

26 11-21 (381-384) B(382), A(383), B paso 1(384)

Day Date Textbook Material Written Homework

27 11-26 Capítulo 12 (384-380), prueba B(387), A(394)

28 12-3 Evaluaciones orales finales.

29 12-5 Examen 12. Repaso

30 12-10 Repaso

31 12-12 Repaso

Examen final: martes 17 de diciembre, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.

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* All of these exercises are from the textbook and you also must do all Workbook/Lab Manual exercises.