AUSTIN COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES

Instructor: Dr. Patrick Duffey, Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: AD 207A	Office Hours: TWTH, 3-4pm
Office Phone: 2364 Home Phone: 892-4474	HomePage Address: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/PD.html	texts, other resources, objectives, attendance, grading, extra practice, academic integrity policy, course outline
Suite number: 61555	Email: pduffey@austincollege.edu

Required Texts:
1. Puntos de partida, 6th edition
2. Workbook for Puntos de partida 3. Pink and green Supplementary Materials for Puntos de partida	3.
4. Laboratory Manual to Accompany Puntos	Audio cassettes are available at the Circulation Desk, Abell Library. You may listen to them in the carrels near the microfiche readers, 1st floor, Abell.

Diccionario VOX Advanced Inglés/Español

Games for Chapters 7-12, Puntos

Grammatical exercises

¡BIENVENIDOS! WELCOME!

I. OBJECTIVES.

In Sp 12, 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 especially important in language classes. Accordingly, I will deduct a point from your total grade for every absence over FOUR (4). 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 (20%).

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., Sep. 25 Examen I (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Thur., Oct. 17 Examen II (Capítulos 9 y 10)

B. FINAL EXAM (20%).

There will also be a cumulative exam covering Chapters 7-12 on Thur., Nov. 14.

C. WRITING COMPONENT. (6%).

All students will complete two compositions during the semester. Each composition will be a movie review of at least 250 words (approximately 1 and 1/2 pages in length).

D. WORLD WIDE WEB PROJECTS (20%).

Each student will complete five Web projects. The instructions for the first four projects is located at this web address: http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp12.7-12.html . These projects correspond to the themes of Chapters 7-12 (vacations, holidays, shopping, and health). The projects are due according to the dates listed in the course outline. Each project is worth 3% of your final grade.

The fifth Web project is a virtual journey. You and another student will take a trip to two or three Hispanic countries via the World Wide Web. You will prepare an oral presentation and a diary of your travels complete with pictures and conversations. For complete instructions see http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/pduffey/sp12.html . This final Web project is worth 8% of your final grade.

E. WORKBOOK (6%)

F. LAB (3%).

You will be responsible for completing the workbook and lab book 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.

G. QUIZZES (5%).

I do not believe in pop quizzes, but I am a firm believer in quizzes. We will have about 15 brief quizzes throughout the semester. I will always tell you the day before that we're having a quiz and what it will cover.

H. ORAL COMPONENT. (20%).

The oral component will consist of two parts: four presentaciones, and oneentrevista. Presentaciones are two minute dialogues (with a partner) or monologues presented to the class. The entrevista is a personal interview with me. It will be approximately five minutes in duration.

Each student will sign up to do 4 presentaciones, about one every two weeks. Points will be awarded according to the following system:

Presentaciones (20 possible points)

4 pts.----good presentation

2 pt.----acceptable presentation

1 pt.-----less than acceptable

Entrevista (5 possible points)

5 pts. ----good interview

3 pts ----acceptable

2 pt. -----less than acceptable

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

IV. Extra practice outside of class, electronic resources, extra credit.

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:

1. Play some of the Spanish computer games that I have created for this course (these are especially handy when you're preparing for the exams.)

2. Get a Spanish-language pen pal via the internet. Go to http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/student/penpals.htm for more information.

3. Do other activities:

a. practice Puntos vocabulary on the web http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/quizzes/index.html

b. participate in Spanish "chat rooms" http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/prechat.htm

c. complete other internet Puntos-related activities http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/puntos/sbranch.htm

or the grammatical exercises at http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/self_check.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

Week 1

T Sep 3  Introducción. Repaso del presente, los complementos directos Pdp 200-01.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 224-226

2. WKB 97-99

W Sep 4 Pdp 224-226

Tarea: 1. Pdp 227-231

2. WKB 99-101

TH Sep 5 Pdp 227-231.
Tarea: 1.  Pdp 232-238

1. WKB 101-104.

2. WWW Proyecto #1, para miércoles.

M Sep 9   Pdp 232-238

Tarea: 1. Laboratorio #7 para miércoles.

2. Pdp 239-246.

3. WKB 105-6.

T Sep 10 Pdp 239-246

Tarea: 1. Pdp 247-251.

2. WKB 107.

W Sep 11   Entregar WWW Proyecto #1. Pdp 247-251.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 254-258.

2. WKB 108-9

TH Sep 12   Pdp 254-258

Tarea: 1.  Pdp 259-262

2.  WKB 111-13

Tarea:  1.  WKB 114-116

2.  Pdp 263-266

T Sep 17  Pdp 263-266

Tarea: 1. WKB 117-118

2.  Pdp 267-269

W Sep 18 Pdp 267-269

Tarea: M·s pretÈrito.

2.  WKB 119-120

TH Sep 19   M·s pretÈrito.

Tarea: WKB 121-122

2.   Laboratorio #8 para miércoles.

T Sep 24   Pdp 270-77.  Repaso para Examen # 1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Tarea:  Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, para miércoles.

W Sep 25   EXAMEN #1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)

Tarea: 1. Pdp 280-284

2. WKB 125-127

Entregar LAB #8

TH Sep 26  NO HAY CLASE

2. WKB 128-130

T Oct 1 Pdp 285-288
Tarea: 1. Más pret./imperfecto.

2.  WKB 131-132

W Oct 2 Entregar WWW Proyecto #2, para miércoles. Más pret./imperfecto.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 289-294

2. WKB 133-134.

TH Oct 3  Pdp 289-294

Tarea:  1.  Pdp 295-305

2.  WKB 135-136

M Oct 7 Pdp 295-305
Tarea: 1. Pdp 306-311.

T Oct 8 Pdp 306-311
Tarea: 1.  WKB 139-141

2.  Pdp 312-316

W Oct 9 Pdp 312-316
Tarea: 1. Pdp 317-321

2. WKB 142-144

3. LAB #9 para lunes.

TH Oct 10  Pdp 317-321
Tarea: 1. WKB 144-45.

2.  Pdp 322-325

Week 7
M Oct 14 Pdp 322-325

Tarea: 1. WKB 145-6

2. Pdp 326-331

T Oct 15  Pdp 326-331. Pretérito/imperfecto.
Tarea: 1. WKB 146-147

2. Pretérito/imperfecto.

W Oct 16 Pretérito/imperfecto.  Repaso para el Examen #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

Tarea: 1. WKB 148-150

2.  LAB #10 para lunes

TH Oct 17 EXAMEN #2 (Caps. 9 y 10)

Oct 21 Película.

T Oct 22 Película.

W Oct 23 Película.
Write 250-word review of film ¡en español! (for next Mon.)

TH Oct 24 Pdp 336-342
Tarea: 1. Pdp 343-348

2. WKB 153-155

M Oct 28  Pdp 343-348
Tarea: 1. Pdp 349-353

2. WKB 156-160.

T Oct 29 Pdp 349-353.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 354-360.

2. WKB 161-162.

W Oct 30  Pdp 354-360.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 361-3.

2. WKB 163-166

3. LAB #11 para lunes.

4. WWW Proyecto #3 para lunes.

TH Oct 31   celebramos el DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

M Nov 4  Pdp 364-370  Entregar WWW Proyecto #3

Tarea:  1. Pdp 371-374

2.  WKB 167-169

T Nov 5 Pdp 371-374

Tarea: 1. WKB 170-171.

2. Pdp 375-380.

W Nov 6 375-380.

Tarea: 1. WKB 171-173

2. Pdp 381-385.

TH Nov 7 Pdp 381-385.  WWW Proyecto #4, para jueves

Tarea: 1. Pdp 386-388

2. WKB 174-175.

Tarea: 1. Pdp 389-94

2. WKB 176-177

T Nov 12 Pdp 389-94

W Nov 13 Entregar WWW Proyecto #4 . REPASO

TH Nov 14  EL EXAMEN CUMULATIVO

M Nov 18 Receive el viaje virtual Web Assignment Instructions.

T Nov 19 Trabajar en los proyectos

W Nov 20  Trabajar en los proyectos

Película

TH  Nov 21 Película.

Week 13

M  Nov 25 Película. LAB #12.
Write 250-word review of film ¡en español! (for next Mon.)

M Dec 2 Latin American Music and Dance ¡en español!

T Dec 3  Presentaciones del viaje virtual

W Dec 4 Presentaciones del viaje virtual

TH Dec 5 ENTREVISTAS

F Dec 13 Entregar los diarios del viaje virtual (5PM)