AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Spanish 201  Intermediate Spanish I
verano de 2007

del 4 de junio al 20 de julio

lmv 1:30-3:00pm

(AD 209)

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Professor of Spanish (Brief bio)

Office: AD 207A

Office Hours: MW, 10:00-11:00am

Office Phone: 903 813-2364

Web Address:
http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html
Suite number: 61555 Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu


Austin College Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies

Required Texts, Objectives, Attendance, Grading, Extra Credit, Academic Integrity Policy, Course Outline

Required Texts:

1. Puntos de partida, 7th edition

2. Workbook for Puntos de partida

3. Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida

 

¡BIENVENIDOS! WELCOME!

I. OBJECTIVES.

  In SPAN 201, the main objective is to develop skills in the four areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the Spanish language. Since the class will be conducted almost entirely in Spanish, your ability to communicate in Spanish will develop along with your knowledge of the vocabulary and grammatical structures of the language.

II. ATTENDANCE.

Attending class everyday is always important in language classes, but it is especially critical in summer classes. Accordingly, I will deduct a point from your total grade for every absence over TWO (2). Three tardies equal one absence. ALL ABSENCES--NO MATTER IF "EXCUSED" OR NOT--COUNT TOWARD THIS TOTAL.

However, students may make up any exam, quiz, or other assignment if the absence occurs as a result of participation in an official Austin College athletic or other event, a serious illness, or some other unavoidable circumstance beyond the student's control.

  III. GRADING.

A. Two Major Exams 30%
B. Final Exam                                                    25%
C. Writing Component                                           5%
D. Workbook 10%
E. Quizzes and lecturas (readings)                              10%
F. Oral Component                                                           20%

   NB. Late homework will not receive full credit.

A. TWO MAJOR EXAMS (30%).

Please mark the following dates on your calendar. Only under extenuating circumstances will a student be granted permission to make up an exam. There will be TWO major exams, according to the following schedule:

Wed.,  June 18-20         Examen I (Capítulos 13 y 14)

 Fri. July 6            Examen II (Capítulos 15 y 16)

B. CUMULATIVE EXAM (25%).

  There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 13-18 on Fri., Jul. 20th.

C. WRITING COMPONENT. (5%).

  All students will complete two compositions during the semester.

D. WORKBOOK (10%)

You will be responsible for completing the workbook assignments as indicated in the course outline. Regarding the workbook, if the assignment ends in the middle of a page, complete the page, but hold on to it until you turn it in with the next assignment. You will receive full credit only after you have completed the assignment, checked your answers with another color of ink, and handed in the assignment on time.

E. QUIZZES and lecturas (10%)

I do not believe in pop quizzes, but I am a firm believer in quizzes. We will have about 8 brief quizzes throughout the semester. I will always tell you the day before that we're having a quiz and what it will cover.

The lecturas will consist of three readings which students will analyze outside of class. Students' grades will be based on short quizzes.

G. ORAL COMPONENT.  (20%)

The oral component will consist of three presentaciones. Presentaciones are two-minute dialogues (with a partner) or monologues presented to the class.

  Each student will sign up to do three presentaciones.  Points will be awarded according to the following system:

  Presentaciones/entrevista(21 possible points)

  7 pts.----good presentation/interview

  4 pt.----acceptable presentation/interview

  1 pt.-----less than acceptable

  The oral component is worth 20% of your total grade, and there are 21 possible points.

  IV. Practicing your Spanish, pen pals, and the Puntos website.

  The point of this class is to teach you as much Spanish as possible. If you want to learn more, and possibly earn some extra credit, here's how, according to the Puntos website:  "This Online Learning Center is designed to enhance your learning. Book-specific content like quizzing, cultural activities with Web links, audio, and video can all be accessed by choosing from the list.... These materials are designed to help you succeed in your course. Some of these features may be "premium" content. For access to premium content, you will need a registration code. The registration code is included on the card that came with your new textbook. If you have already registered, just enter your username and password when prompted."  (taken from the Puntos website)

Here is the address:  http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072873949/student_view0/index.html

All extra credit will be awarded at the discretion of the instructor.

V. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

  The College's Standards of Academic Integrity are assumed to apply to your work for this course.

  VI. Course Outline**

  **This course outline is tentative, and it is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.

  Abbreviations

  Pdp=Puntos de partida main text

  Tarea=Homework for following class day

  WKB=Workbook for Puntos

  •Semana 1

NB.  Don't do the sections of the workbook called "Mi diario."  They are at the end of each chapter.

l               4/vi         Introducción.  Repaso del subjuntivo.  Pdp 388-412.  Tarea: WKB 174-185.

 

m          6/vi              Pdp 415-425.  WKB 186-190.

v            8/vi             Pdp 426-435.  WKB 191-196.

 

•Semana 2

 

l            11/vi         Pdp 436-447. Tarea: WKB 197-199.

m          13/vi         Pdp 442-447. Tarea: WKB 199-201.

 

v            15/vi         Pdp 448-463.  Tarea: WKB 202-208.

 

•Semana 3

 

l            18/vi         Repaso para el examen. Oral part.  EXAM #1--Chaps. 13 & 14.  

miér     20/vi                   Written part.  EXAM #1--Chaps. 13 & 14.  

                                Tarea: WKB 209-216.

  

v            22/vi         NO HAY CLASE

•Semana 4

l               26/vi         Pdp 464-493.  Tarea: WKB 217-225.
miér        28/vi          Pdp 494-505.  Tarea: WKB 226-230.
v              30/vi         Pdp 506-513.   Tarea: WKB 231-234.

•Semana 5  

l            2/vii          Repaso para el examen #2.

miér     4/vii         NO HAY CLASE

v            6/vii        EXAM #2--Chaps. 15 & 16.              

•Semana 6

 

l            9/vii       Pdp 514-525. Tarea: WKB  235-240.

miér     11/vii        Pdp 526-537. Tarea: WKB 241-248.

v           13/vii       Pdp 538-549. Tarea: WKB 249-252.

 

•Semana 7

 

l            16/vii       Pdp 550-561. Tarea: WKB 253-260.

miér     18/vii        Repaso para el examen final.

v           20/vii       Examen Final (Comprensivo: 13-18)