Sinclair Community College - Course Syllabus
Winter Quarter 2005 - Elementary Spanish II - SPA 102 Honors
Instructor Information
Instructor:
Dr. Derek Petrey Office: 3232B
Office Hours 2-3 pm MW, 1-2 TR, and by appt.
Conversation Table: 12:00 noon-1 Thursdays, Tartan Cafeteria (basement of bldg. 7)
Office
Phone
512-2092
E-mail: derek.petrey@sinclair.edu
Instructor
Webpage: http://people.sinclair.edu/derekpetrey/
Dept.
Office:
3-240
Dept. Secretary: Mrs. Lora Bowling (512-2844)
Dept. Chair: Luis Samuel González
Acevedo, M.A. Philosophy, Juris Doctor
Assistant
Professor of Philosophy
Office:
Bldg. 3, Rm. 240 F
Telephone:
937/512-3605
E-Mail: luis.gonzalez@sinclair.edu
Office
hours: By appointment
Course Information
Division: Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dept.: Hum., Govt. & Mod. Lang.
Course
Title: Elementary Spanish II
Course
No.: SPA 102 Honors
Credits:
4 hrs. university parallel.
Prerequisites: SPA 101 or placement.
Course Description (What does this mean?)
Essentials
of the spoken and written language are stressed.
(We speak and write Spanish in class. This is the best, quickest, and most fun way to learn it!)
Emphasis is on vocabulary practice, grammar, pronunciation, simple sentence structure, conversational drills, and reading.
We learn words, how to say and combine the words, and how to use the words to speak, listen, write and read in Spanish.
This
course is the second of the three courses that make up the 1st year of
university-parallel language
study.
Course progress: SPA 101 → SPA 102→ SPA 103
4
hours of in-class interactive activity supported by in-class lecture, in-class
handouts, quizzes, and exams.
Language
lab attendance is required.
You
are evaluated on performing in class
in various ways. (class is 200 min. / week)
Outside
of class (in addition to homework) you should spend at least 30 minutes in
the Language Lab
every week using the programs there to improve your skills.
Students
must see the instructor on an individual basis to arrange for optional ways of
fulfilling the language lab attendance requirement if this is a problem.
Any options must be arranged by THE FOURTH WEEK OF CLASS
You
are responsible for your own academic success. As your
instructor I will work with your special needs as best
as I can, but if I don't know these needs, I can't help you.
Course Objectives
·To develop basic communicative competence (understanding and using) in Spanish by developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This includes using basic gestures and other discursive and sociolinguistic features of the language appropriately with native speakers of Spanish.
·To provide practice and instruction in basic structures of the language.
·To apply rules of pronunciation, grammar, and lexicon usage to unfamiliar material.
·Specifically we will look at: Negatives, Formal Commands, the Preterite, Imperfect Indicative, and Past Progressive Tenses and the particular cases of object pronouns, por/para, and the personal A.
MATERIALS & RESOURCES
Required Texts
These are sold as a bundle in the Campus Bookstore. (1st floor, Building 7)
TEXTO: Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish: 7th Ed. Marty Knorre et al. McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2000.
DIARIO: Workbook to Accompany Puntos de Partida... Marty Knorre et al. McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2000.
MANUAL DE LABORATORIO: Laboratory Manual to Accompany Puntos de Partida... Marty Knorre et al. McGraw-Hill: Boston, 2000. (This book is for supplementary audio exercises and will not be a course component unless used as an alternative to language lab attendance.)
Additional Materials
LAB CDs. To use the Lab Manual, you must get a copy of the full set of the Language Lab CDs. The files are free of charge. Bring a CD-R for each chapter you want to have recorded to the Language Lab: they do not sell them, you must bring your own. (Please be polite to the Language Lab staff, as they are very busy at the beginning of the quarter! There is a drop off box where you can leave the CDs where you should indicate your name, your course title, and "LAB MANUAL" with the chapters you need copied.) It may take them up to a couple of days to burn the CDs for you.
DICTIONARY: Not required but strongly suggested. Choose one that has at least 60,000 entries. There are a variety of ones out there, some good ones are Langenschiedt, VOX, Larousse, University of Chicago. You should check to see if the dictionary notes regionalisms in English and Spanish.
OTHER: Looking for comic books, short stories, novels, dictionaries, and other print materials in Spanish? Check out the LRC (Learning Resources Center, on the Campus Lower Level)!
MORE
OTHER?: The instructor's webpage is directly accessible from a link on your
My.Sinclair page for this course. You can also find it at: http://people.sinclair.edu/derekpetrey/
It has links to lots of other interesting Spanish-language resources, including on-line newspapers and educational sites.
Language Laboratory (Room 2-321)
THE
LANGUAGE LAB HOURS ARE: 8:30-7:30 MTWR, 8:30-3:30 F, no Saturday hours (as of
yet).
There are many things you can do there:
·USE THE AUDIO
FILES with your LAB MANUAL
·LISTEN TO SPANISH-LANGUAGE MUSIC
·WATCH VIDEOS from your book and MOVIES IN SPANISH (either on the server or in the DVD collection)
·USE THE ONLINE
LEARNING CENTER WEBSITE (www.mhhe.com/puntos)
·WRITE COMPOSITIONS with ATAJO
·CHECK YOUR GRADES & CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE CLASS WEBPAGE (at my.sinclair.edu)
·As an absolute
minimum you must visit the language lab regularly for at least 45 mins every
two weeks to work on the Puntos de Partida Interactive Program. For each chapter you must complete at least
10 of the chapter activities in the Puntos de Partida Interactive Program and
then print out the report page to be turned in. You will receive credit for the
chapter reports you turn in on time.
-The Language Lab Policy on Pornography and Otherwise Offensive Material: Using the Language Lab to browse, download, transmit or create any form of pornography will result in immediate and permanent expulsion from the lab.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
You are responsible for your academic progress and success.
If you have doubts, ask the instructor to clarify them. If you are not
sure about something, it is your duty to let the instructor know. If you
miss a class, it is your task to check on-line to see what you have missed and
catch up on the assignments. Not being in class on one day is no excuse
for not being prepared the next! It is your duty to help create a
learning environment. If you are ill-prepared, other students you work
with will not be able to learn as well as they could. If you haven't read
the syllabi or prepared for class, the instructor will have to waste time going
over something everyone else already knows. Most of these questions are
best asked at the beginning or the end of class. As always, the more
Spanish you can use, all the better!
THE LANGUAGE
PLEDGE
I promise that I will use Spanish in class as much as possible to
create a more demanding learning experience.
Prometo que voy a usar el
español en la clase lo máximo posible
para crear una experiencia
de aprendizaje más exigente.
Entiendo que mi nota de
participación depende de
mi uso activo, preparado e
involucrado del español.
I understand that my participation grade depends on my active, prepared, and engaged use of Spanish.
The primary language of
instruction in class will be Spanish.
Some time for English may be
provided at the end of class to clarify doubts.
Students are also encouraged
to use Spanish as much as possible outside of class.
Evalution / Grades
The
course total is 1000 points, or 100%
ORAL
PRESENTATIONS (200 points) 20%
Students will give over the course
of the class 5 informal presentations
(30 points) and 1 formal
presentation (50 points) in Spanish.
The ideal is that presentations should
be extemporaneous (read from
notes) instead of read verbatim or
memorized. The formal presentation
will be related to the independent cultural study.
INDEPENDENT STUDY (150 points) 15%
You must turn
in two activities, one related to cultural experience
and one related to learning. Consult
this page for
more details. Additional
service learning may be used to
replace an independent study activity,
at the instructor's discretion.
SERVICE
LEARNING PROJECT (150 points) 15%
You will work on a project involving
using the Spanish you are learning in
class for a community-service
project. To receive the full points you
must
also complete all the paperwork required
by Sinclair concerning service
learning projects.
HOMEWORK & PARTICIPATION (200 points) 20%
A daily
grade will be calculated for each student based on language use.
(20 x 5,
100 points) It is important to both answer and ask several questions
in
Spanish for each class, both in small group activity and in the class as a
whole. The following rubric is used for grading:
0 = use
of English or lack of participation due to absence
1 = heavy
use of Spanglish
2 or 3 =
use of a minimal amount of Spanish
4 or 5 =
active, engaged, prepared use of Spanish
CHAPTER EXAMS (300 points) 30%
There will be
a brief chapter exam for each chapter from 6-11.
(50 points each, 300 points each)
Attendance / Participation Policy
To learn a foreign language, you have to practice it with others. A lot of work in class is small group and individual work that requires constant participation. Participation should be active, engaged, and informed. This means that you have to prepare the assignments ahead of time. Homework should be done before class begins. Time lost due to late arrival or leaving early will count toward absences. For purposes of participation value only, excused absences will count as half-absences.
Twice
a week:
none,
1, or 2 absences = no penalty
3 absences = -25 points
4
absences = -50 points
5
absences = -75 points
6
or 7 absences = -100 points
No student who
misses 8 classes or more (for any reason) will be allowed to pass the class.
Make-up Work
Late
assignments will be accepted and make-up exams will be authorized solely at the
instructor's discretion. They are usually granted on receipt of a
documented absence. In all such cases, it is best to contact the
instructor as soon as possible and make-up work must be done within a
reasonable time (in most cases within 1 week of the student's return).
Institutional Policies
In all matters of: dropping and adding classes, switching sections, the last day to drop the course with W or F status, disruptive behavior, establishing status as a students with disability needs {such as special learning needs or accommodations}, disenrollment for non-attendance, and / or academic misconduct, the principles and guidelines established by the most updated version of the Student Handbook will apply without exception. Please contact your division counselor for a copy.
Honesty
Policy: Cheating or plagiarizing in any manner will not be
tolerated. Any student
found cheating or
plagiarizing material in any manner will be assigned a failing quarter\session
grade.
Honor Code
·As a member of the
Sinclair College community of students, faculty, and staff, I will
uphold
the values of citizenship, social-responsibility, and personal accountability.
·I will maintain the highest
standards of professional and academic ethics.
·I will uphold my
personal integrity, dignity, and self-respect by being fair and honest
at
all times and by treating all individuals with respect.
·By honoring these ideals,
I will be building a better future for myself, my college,
and
my local, regional, and global communities.
Any student found in breach
of Sinclair Community College’s Honor Code may be administratively
withdrawn or withdrawn in any
other manner consistent with the policies of Sinclair Community College.
Student Conduct:
Any student found in breach
of Sinclair Community College’s Student Handbook may be administratively
withdrawn or withdrawn in any other manner consistent with the policies of Sinclair
Community College.
Any student whose conduct is
disrespectful and/or aggressive and/or violent toward a professor and/or
student and/or creates a detrimental learning environment for the professor
and/or other students may be administratively withdrawn or withdrawn in any
other manner consistent with the policies of Sinclair Community College and the
Student Handbook.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism, the misuse of
source materials involving greater or lesser amounts of copying, is unacceptable
in student work. A grade of zero credit, "F," will be assigned to the
student’s work product. In addition,
any student who plagiarizes or misrepresents his or her work or engages in
dishonest behavior as relates to his or her work may be administratively
withdrawn or withdrawn in any other manner consistent with the policies of
Sinclair Community College.
There are a variety of types
of plagiarism; common types include:
A Special Rule for Learning Languages
In language classes, you are often asked to share personal information in small groups. Topics may include talking about your family, your interests, past activities, where you live, etc. If you don't feel comfortable divulging personal information to someone you don't know very well, make something up! We are not going to call your grandfather to see if he actually water-skis, has a mohawk hair-cut, and plays the bandoneón. As long as it is grammatical, makes sense, and is good-natured, no harm is done in being creative!
As usual, all principles of group interaction still apply. Just because you are using another language doesn't give you the right to be judgmental, racist, sexist, obscene, or rude. The need for courtesy and respect is universal, even though it may not always be expressed in the same way from culture to culture.
¿Algo más?
I am at your service and willing to discuss and aspect of the course, any issues, and any concerns you have. Given that Spanish is the primary language of instruction, I will not always be able to answer your questions in English during class time. However, I am available to you during my office hours, by phone, and by e-mail. If you need to meet with me outside of my office, please contact me to arrange an appointment.