GROSSMONT COLLEGE
SPANISH 120 / I – SPRING
2002
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INSTRUCTOR: Yolanda Guerrero OFFICE LOCATION: 502B TELEPHONE: (619) 644-7489 E-MAIL: Yolanda.Guerrero@gcccd.net |
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COURSE: Spanish 120/I, Second Course in Spanish OFFICE HOURS: MT à 10:30a.m.-12 noon VOICE MAIL: 7489 WTh à 10:30a.m.-11:30a.m. FAX: (619) 461-3396 |
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TEXT Puntos de Partida, 6th Ed., Knorre, Dorwick, Pérez-Gironés, Glass, Villareal REQUIRED: Puntos de Partida, 6th Ed., First Semester Spanish Selected Materials from the supplements, Arana and Arana, Sablo-Yates, Foerster and Miller (purple wkbk) 501
Spanish Verbs Spanish – English dictionary (recommended) |
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
An introductory course to the Spanish language and the culture of its speakers. The purpose of Spanish 120 is to facilitate the practical application of the language in everyday oral and written communication at the beginning novice level. Since the focus will be on basic communication skills, the class will be conducted in Spanish as much as possible. While becoming familiar with the Spanish speaking world, students will learn structures that will enable them to function in Spanish in everyday contexts.
COURSE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
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. Students will
complete lessons 1-6 in the texts and additional handouts.
ATTENDANCE
AND PARTICIPATION:
Students must attend class. Regular attendance is
expected of every student. You will be dropped from class due to poor
attendance. When unexcused absences exceed the number of hours that a class
meets in one week (5), or the instructor judges a student’s absences to be so
excessive as to make it impossible for the student to complete the course
successfully, the instructor must drop the student from the class. The student
who has been absent due to illness or medical treatment should inform the
instructor as to the cause of the absence.
Students are expected to come to class prepared to
participate in oral and written work based on assignments. Oral as well as
written participation make up part of your final grade. Class activities are an
essential component in your learning the language and you have to be present to
benefit from them, thus attendance is very important.
HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS:
Students are expected to do the assigned written and
oral homework. The written homework as specified in the syllabus is from the textbook.
The supplementary material/worksheets (3rd part of the
purple workbook) will be assigned by the teacher weekly. All written homework
is due on the day specified in the syllabus. Be prepared to review and practice
orally in class. Any supplementary worksheets must be turned in. Include the
homework assignment number in large bold numbers and the time of the
class on all homework submitted to receive credit. No late homework is
accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!
The Workbook and Laboratory
Manual that are the first and second sections in your purple workbook should
be kept up to date by every student. You are to do all the exercises in your
workbooks. You are responsible for correcting them using the Answer Key in the
back of the workbook. They will be collected and graded upon completion of each
chapter. As we do each lesson in the textbook, you are to do the corresponding
lesson in your workbooks. The audio tapes to complete the Laboratory Manual are
available in the CALM section of the LRC. You may high-speed duplicate the
tapes and complete the workbook at your convenience. You can also buy a set of
7 CDs to compete the Lab Manual for $14.00.
A journal should be kept by every student.
The topics are in this handout. It is due the day of your vocabulary
quiz. It must be written in pen in a “Blue Book” or typed and
submitted in a folder. Throughout the course there will be in-class
compositions and dictations.
02-0209-012
LANGUAGE:
Spanish is the language which will be used during
the course. The instructor will use Spanish when lecturing, asking questions
and responding; you are expected to do the same.
ADDITIONAL
PRACTICE AND RESOURCES:
Computer aided practice is available at the
Instructional Multimedia Resource room located in the LRC. Students may use
other interactive software programs to aid in composition writing, idioms,
grammar review, and the history, culture and geography of the Spanish-speaking
world. There is a word processing program that allows typing in over 30
languages including Spanish. You can also do the interactive computer exercises
using the CD ROM for Puntos de Partida available in the Instructional
Multi-media Center of the LRC (Learning Resource Center).
Tutorial help is available in the LRC free of
charge, however, the number of students that will be tutored will be limited.
If you think you might need a tutor during the semester, sign up as soon as
possible.
GRADING AND
EVALUATION:
There will be a written exam after each of the seven
chapters and a comprehensive final. Student oral competency plays an integral
part of the course grade. You will be required to practice Spanish in and
outside of class. There will be oral evaluations periodically throughout the
semester. For the midterm and final oral interviews, it is the responsibility
of every student to make an appointment with the instructor. Each interview
will be ten to fifteen minutes long. The oral midterm will be an interview in
class. The final will be a person to person interview. There will be no
make-ups of quizzes or exams, however, students may drop one chapter exam
grade/score. Any exam not taken within ONE
week will automatically turn into a letter grade of “F”. No late assignments are
accepted. Grades will be determined as follows:
Written
Exams 40%
Chapter exams and Voca Quizzes Midterm Final |
25% 5% 10% |
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Class
Performance 25%
Class attendance and participation Written homework (textbook and workbooks) |
10% 15% |
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Oral
Proficiency Evaluations 25%
Oral Midterm (interview) Oral Final *(interview) |
10% 15% |
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Writing 10% Journals/dictations/compositions |
10% |
A = 100-90 D = 69-60
B
= 89-80 F = 59
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C = 79-70
PHILOSOPHY OF TESTING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE:
A test is a reflection and extension of the
instruction you receive in class. It is not a repetition of it. The role of
language instruction is to provide you, the students, a format in which to
develop communicative language abilities. As students, your role is to take
advantage of the opportunities provided through the instruction. The role of
the test, then, is to measure and gauge
the extent to which an individual student has benefited from or taken advantage
of the instruction. It is not a concern with mastery of the material in the
sense of your ability to memorize and regurgitate it. What I am interested in
is whether or not you have integrated the
material. Have you put the pieces together? Can you create with the
language? In other words, there is instruction and then there is YOU.
What can you do with the instruction you have been provided?
ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students with
disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify
the instructor and contact 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).
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Cheating and plagiarism can
result in any one of a variety of sanctions. Such 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 bases for dismissal
from class and/or from the college for the duration of the semester.
BEEPERS AND
CELLULAR PHONES:
As a courtesy to the class
and the instructor, turn OFF all beepers and
cellular telephones before entering the class.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
You are required to take the
final exam at the scheduled time and date.
Section 7602 MW Wednesday, May
29, 2002 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Section 7607 TTh Tuesday, May
28, 2002 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
SPANISH 120 MW Yolanda
Guerrero
Puntos de Partida, 6th Ed. Spring
2002
SYLLABUS
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WK |
DUE DATE |
STUDY
PAGES |
ASSIGN
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HOMEWORK
WRITTEN |
HOMEWORK
ORAL |
QUIZZES/EXAMS JOURNALS |
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1 |
Jan. 28 30 |
Introduction Ante Todo |
#1 #2 |
5ABC, 6D 10 pasos 2 |
4, 6D8, 8B, 9A 13A, 20 |
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2 |
Feb. 4 6 |
Examen AT |
#3 #4 #5 |
14B, 17AB, 25 23 AB Practice Test |
14 conv, 15AB, 17 conv 28 Lect |
Voca Quiz AT Jouranl AT Examen-AT Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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3 |
11 13 |
Capítulo 1 |
#6 #7 |
35AB, 40AB 41AB, 42AB |
37, 38C 43AB, 47 practica |
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4 |
18 20 |
HOLIDAY |
#8 #9 |
Holiday 48B, A, 49, 50C Practice Test 1 |
NO HAY CLASE 52 conv, 55AB |
Voca Quiz 1 Journal 1 |
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5 |
25 27 |
Examen 1 Capítulo 2 |
#10 #11 |
67AB, 68AB 71C 74A, 75B 76CD |
67, 70 conv 76, 77B |
Examen 1 Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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6 |
Mar. 4 6 |
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#12 #13 #14 |
78AB, 82A,83C 84E, 86ABC Practice Test 2 |
79 conv., 83B, 84 conv 88 conv, 92B |
Voca Quiz 2 Journal 2 |
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7 |
11 13 |
Examen
2 Capítulo 3 |
#15 #16 |
103AB, 104C, 105 107C, 112AB 115A |
103A, 106AB, conv. 110AB, 111 115 paso 2 116 conv |
Examen
2 Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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8 |
18 20 25-29 |
Examen 3 Spring Break |
#17 #18 |
119AB, 122AB Practice Test 3 Review for Midterm |
117BC,118,119 conv Schedule
Oral Midterm Oral MT Exams |
Voca Quiz 3 Journal 3 Examen 3 Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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9 |
April 1 3 |
Midterm AT-3 Exam Entrevistas Orales MT |
#19 |
Practice MT Oral MT Exams |
Oral MT Exams Oral MT Exams |
MIDTERM WEEK |
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10 |
8 10 |
Capítulo 4 |
#20 #21 |
133A, 134B, 138AB 141BC 145B |
132A, 133B, 134A 136AB 141A, 142 conv, 144A 145C, 145A |
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11 |
15 17 |
Examen 4 |
#22 #23 |
147, 149A, 150B Practice Test 4 |
148AB, 149C, 151C 155-157 |
Voca Quiz 4 Journal 4 Examen 4 Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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12 |
22 24 |
Capítulo 5 |
#24 #25 |
162AB, 163CD 168AB 169C, ABC |
160AB, 166B 165 pron 174 conv |
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13 |
29 May 1 |
Examen 5 |
#26 #27 |
173BC, 174D 179ABCD Practice Test 5 |
180A, 180B 182ABC, 184C |
Voca Quiz 5 Journal 5 Examen
5 Hmwk/Wkbk/Lbbk/Supp Mat |
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14 |
6 8 |
Capítulo
6 |
#28 #29 |
194C, 197BC 201ABC, 202D 204AB |