Instructor:
Dr. Derek Petrey Office:
3232-B
Office
Hours: 2-3 pm MW, 1-2 TR, and by appt.
Conversation Table Hours:
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
E-Mail: luis.gonzalez@sinclair.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Division: Liberal
Arts &
Sciences
Dept.: Hum., Govt.
& Mod. Lang.
Course
Title: Beginning Spanish
III
Course
No.: SPA 103
Credits:
4 hrs. Parallel Univ.
Cred.
Prerequisites:
SPA 102 or placement.
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 & combine the words, and how to use the words
to speak, listen, write and read in Spanish
This
course is the third 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, handouts, quizzes, and exams.
You
are evaluated on performing in class in various ways. Class is 250 min. /
week.
Outside
of class (in addition to homework) you should spend at least 45 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 the requirement is a problem.
Any
alternative options must be arranged by JULY 1ST and they are approved
solely at the instructor's discretion. 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.
·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: Informal
Commands, Present Subjunctive, Present Perfect Indicative and Subjunctive, Past
Subjunctive, Future, and the Conditional Tenses.
· A steno pad, at least 80 pages, 5 x
8.5 inches. This will be used for the sole purpose of journal entries
& not for class notes.
These texts 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, 2003.
· 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.)
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. 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?: Check out: http://people.sinclair.edu/derekpetrey/ This site has links to lots of other
interesting
Spanish-language resources, including on-line newspapers and educational
sites.
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 week. You can 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 Copyrighted
Material, 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. Copying
copyrighted material without the author's permission will bring the same
consequences.
STUDENT
EXPECTATIONS
You are ultimately responsible for your own academic progress and
success.
Things I expect students to do:
-Ask
questions:
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.
-Be
courteous: 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. Cell phones,
pagers, beepers, and the like are expected to be on silent, whether in the
classroom or in the Modern Language Lab.
-Challenge
themselves: Language learners are most successful when they have
a strategy for learning languages that involves learning both inside and
outside the classroom. The Independent Learning Styles is there to help
you see what is in your comfort zone and what you need to do to challenge yourself. Learning a language involves
a lot of skills: oral, aural, reading, writing, cultural, and metacognitive.
It follows an easily discernible cycle:
LEARNING ABSTRACT PRINCIPLES
REFLECTIVE
ASSESSMENT
ACTIVE EXPERIMENTATION
CONCRETE PRACTICE IN REAL LIFE
Instruction in a classroom setting can give you with 60% of the
cycle. You have to provide the other 40%.
-Do
the logical thing: 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.
-español,
español, español: The more Spanish you use in class, the better!
When you do group activities, resist the urge to speak to your classmates
in English! You will get more out of it if you force yourself to stretch
your Spanish!
-Follow
the guidelines: Just because I don't collect all the homework I assign
doesn't mean I don't expect you to do it. The three questions I will ask
you when you come to me for problems is 1) What is your outside learning
strategy? 2) Are you doing the supplementary assignments? 3) Have
you thought about getting a tutor? Of course, I am always happy to help
you find what you need to do in order to learn and use these skills better.
The
course total is 1000 points, or 100%
ESSAY JOURNAL ENTRIES (200 points) 20%
Students are responsible for writing 1 journal entry
per class (about 20 pts. @).
These are for the sole purpose of
practicing creative expression and
composition skills. You will receive specific assignments and free topic assignments.
Students are often asked to read from their journals in small-group peer-review
sessions, so you should always bring
your steno pad with you to class.
WRITTEN
AND ORAL HOMEWORK (200 points) 20%
You will have 4 written homeworks and participate in 4 oral presentations.
There
will be one reading, two extemporaneous presentations, and one presentation / debate.
There
will be no makeup possible for the debate.
INDEPENDENT PROJECT (100 points) 10%
You
must turn in two an activities, one related to cultural experience.
Consult this page
for more details.
LAB PARTICIPATION & ASSIGNMENTS (100 points) 10%
You get 20
points for turning in summary pages from the Puntos de Partida interactive
program related to the chapters covered
in class (12-18), up to 100 points.
CHAPTER EXAMS (200 points) 20%
There will be combined chapter exams for 12-13 and
for 14 -15 (100 points @)
CAPSTONE
EXAM (200 points) 20%
This will be a general assessment examination that will give you some
indication
of how you have progressed in Spanish &
mastered the basic grammatical elements
of the language. It is designed to give
you some prediction of how you will do in
subsequent
Spanish courses.
It
will cover ser / estar, imperfect / preterite, subjunctive / indicative,
combination
of tenses, and have a listening comprehension
component.
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. Arriving late or leaving early from class will count toward
partial absences. For purposes of participation value only, excused
absences will count as half-absences. Students with under a 50% attendance by
the time the initial rosters are requested will be disenrolled.
0-2 classes missed = no penalty
3 classes
missed = -25 points
4 classes
missed = -50 points
5 classes missed = -75 points
6 or more classes missed = -100 points
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).
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.
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, 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:
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!
¿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 hours, please contact me to arrange an appointment.