GROSSMONT COLLEGE

BIENVENIDOS A LA CLASE DE ESPAñOL 221

Course: Spanish 221, Fourth Course in Spanish

Instructor: Camen Monal Hernández

Office: 503-A

Hours: M, T, W & Th 7:30-8:00 a.m., M, T & Th 10:15-11:15 a.m.

W 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and by appointment

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

Prerequisite: Spanish 220 or four years of high school Spanish

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

Advisory: two of 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: Aventuras Literarias, 5^th ed. By Jarvis, Lebredo and Mena

Continuemos, 6^th ed. By Jarvis, Lebredo and Mena

Recommended a Spanish-English dictionary and 501 Spanish Verbs

Objectives Students will continue developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and

and Content: writing in Spanish. We will review grammar, will read extensively in Spanish

literature, and will prepare outside reports. Students will expand their

knowledge and understanding of the Hispanic culture.

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

will use Spanish when lecturing, asking questions and responding; you are expected to do the same. Conversations among students that cannot be carried out in Spanish should wait for after class.

Participation When you come to class you are expected to have studied at home the

and Attendance material assigned for the day, and able to practice in class. 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 droped by

the instructor for excessive absences.

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

will include written exercises, compositions, reading selections and class

presentations. Written assingmenst will be collected and recorded on test days.

Compositions will be collected on the due dates as indicated on your syllabus.

Compositions: You will have five compositions on assigned topics. They must be typed,

double spaced, minimum length half a page, maximum one page. Compositions not turned in on the due dates will have 5 points deducted for each class meeting that they are late.

Additional Computer-aided practice is available in the Learning Resource Center. Tutorial help is available

Practice: in the Tutoring Center in the LRC free of charge. For more practice join the Spanish Club.

Evaluation: We will have four exams, a comprehensive final exam, five compositions, and three oral presentations.

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

Grades will be determinede as follows:

Final Exam 20%

Exams 40%

Compositions 15%

Class Presentations 15%

Participation and Homework 10%

Grading will be done on a straight percentage:

100-90 A

89-90 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 penalties may range Integrity: from an adjusted grade on a 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 colleges’ Disruptive Student Behavior Policy. Disruptive Behavior, or deliberate

falsification of information are basis 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 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 221 SCHEDULE

Day Date Textbook Material Written Homework

1 8-26 Introducción. Entrevistas

2 8-28 C(6-16) B(8), A, B(13), C(16)

AL(4-5) *

3 9-4 C(62-65) A(63), B(65)

AL(12-13) *

4 9-9 C(66-69) Prac. (67), A(68)

5 9-11 C(88-90) B(90)

AL(18-90) *

6 9-16 C(90-93) B(91), A(93)

AL(2-3) *

7 9-18 C(96-99) A(98), C(99), Composición 1

8 9-23 Repaso. Examen 1

9 9-25 C(219-222) A, B(220-221)

AL(38-40) *

10 9-30 C(222-225) A(224), B(225)

AL(33-36) *

11 10-2 C(196-199) Prac. (198), A(199)

AL(33-36) *

12 10-7 C(200-201, 214-216, 226-227) A(201), A(226), A(227)

AL (33-36) continuación *

13 10-9 C(299-303) A(300), B(302), A(303)

Composición 2

14 10-14 Presentationes orales

15 10-16 Repaso. Examen 2

16 10-21 C(141-147) A(145), C(146)

AL(84) *

17 10-23 C(147-149) A(148), C(149)

AL(51-54) *

18 10-28 C(174-176) A(176), B(177)

AL(51-54) continuación *

19 10-30 C(176-178) A(177)

AL(68) * Composición 3

DAY DATE Textbook Material Written Homework

20 11-4 Repaso. Examen 3

21 11-6 C(251-253) B(252), C(253) AL(76-77) *

22 11-11 C(253-254) A(254), B(254)

AL(67) *

23 11-13 Presentaciones orales

24 11-18 C(178-181) A(178), A(180)

AL(142-144) *

25 11-20 C(254-257) A(255), B(257)

AL(142-144) continuación * Composición 4

26 11-25 C(275-278) A(276), B(277), A(278)

27 11-27 Repaso. Examen 4

28 12-2 Suplemento Subjuntivo Suplemento, Composición 5

29 12-4 Presentaciones orales. Repaso

30 12-9 Presentaciones orales. Repaso

31 12-11 Repaso

Examen Final: lunes, 16 de diciembre, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.

· * For all reading selections from Aventuras Literarias write answers to all questions in the “Díganos”

exercises.

· C – Continuemos

· AL- Aventuras Literarias