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Course website:  http://www.longwood.edu/staff/goetzla/201/

Descripción del curso:
Course Description (From Longwood catalog): A course designed to help students develop skills in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing in Spanish, and apply these skills in a context that recognizes and explores the particularities of Spanish and Latin American cultures.  Prerequisite:  Spanish 102 or an appropriate placement test score.  Followed by Spanish 202.  3 credits.

Objetivos del curso:
Course objectives:

Specific Objectives for this section for Future Teachers:  

This class is for future elementary, middle and high school teachers.  The class will prepare students to:
1.  Communicate with Spanish-speaking students and their parents.
2.  Teach some simple concepts in Spanish to Spanish-speaking students.
3.  Communicate in Spanish well enough to continue to Spanish 202 and advanced Spanish classes in preparation 
        for teaching in Spanish elementary and secondary immersion programs.
4.  Begin to create communicative learning activities for their future elementary, middle and secondary classes.  

General Objectives for all Spanish 201 courses, including this one:
(This course satisfies General Education Goal 10 Foreign Language.  GE course criteria numbers refer to the General Education Requirement criteria that this course satisfies.)

Students will demonstrate an ability to:

1.         Learn progressively and employ cumulatively certain grammatical, syntactical, and phonetic structures of the language. (GE criteria 1, 6)

2.         Acquire a vocabulary appropriate for performing certain tasks in Spanish, such as asking or inviting someone to do something, responding to an invitation, expressing a judgment about something (GE course criteria 3), expressing agreement or disagreement, indicating personal preference, asking someone's opinion, proposing to do something, accepting or rejecting a suggestion. (GE criteria 1, 2, 3, 6, 9)

3.            Communicate in Spanish by speaking Spanish, understanding spoken Spanish, and writing in Spanish at the ACTFL intermediate level (GE course criteria 6,7), view and comprehend videos that inform them of or represent the perspectives, practices, and products of Spanish and Spanish American culture.  (GE criteria 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)

4.         Identify and describe various aspects of Spanish and Spanish American culture, such as food, music, celebrations, social customs, landmarks, art, political and historical events.  (GE course criteria 2, 5, 8)

6.         Identify and interpret, through extensive use of internet, satellite TV, videos, and other electronic means, the connection of Spanish with other disciplines and and a means to acquire information. (GE course criteria 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9)

7.            Describe the nature of language and culture by making comparisons of Spanish with the students' native language and by making comparisons of Spanish-speaking cultures with the students' own.  (GE course criteria 1, 5, 9)

8.            Participate in Spanish-speaking communities at home and around the world, through the use of electronic communication and attendance at planned college and local Hispanic cultural activities.  (GE course criteria 1, 6, 8, 9)

Texts and Materials Required:
Textos y Materiales:

1. Jarvis, Ana C., and Raquel Lebredo.  Basic Spanish for Teachers.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 
    ISBN 978-0-618-81498-5 (incluye libro, disco compacto y diccionario).

2. Los osos Berenstain y las Peleas entre amigos.

3. Your old Spanish book(s) libros de español .

4. A medium-sized 3-ring notebook cuaderno de anillos. 

5. A stapler grapadora for your homework.   

Horario de Clases:
Class Schedule:

Requisitos del curso:
Course Requirements:

10%  Participación en la clase
15%  Deberes Diarios (Hojas de trabajo sobre gramática, ejercicios de gramática del internet, 
         ejercicios de los libros de texto, otros deberes)
15%  Deberes del Laboratorio (videos de Mosaico Cultural y otros videos, películas, 
          programas de televisión, hojas para periódicos/revistas)
20%  Proyectos
20%  Pruebas, Presentaciones Orales y Presentaciones de "Actividades"
15%  Examen Final
5%   Actividades Culturales

10% Participación.  You are expected to actively participate in class activities.  It is recognized that there are many different kinds of personalities represented among students in a class, and that some are more outgoing than others.  People who normally speak a lot find it easy to participate in these activities, while more quiet personalities sometimes hesitate to join in.  This is quite natural and you are not expected to try to change your particular comportment.  Nevertheless, it is necessary to make every effort to join in the activities, and you will find that the more you do so, the easier it becomes to speak Spanish, and as Spanish begins to become easier to speak, the more you will want to join in.  There will be a lot of partner and group conversation activities; you will not be asked to get up in front of the class until everyone is comfortable with one another; you will do a few short (2-3 min.) presentations on various topics.  We will concentrate mostly on speaking and listening in our class activities, reserving reading and writing activities for homework assignments. Attendance is of utmost importance if you are to be able to participate.  If you are not in class, you can not participate, and you make participation extremely difficult after returning from an absence. Attend class every day!

15% «Deberes Diarios».  (Hojas de trabajo sobre gramática, ejercicios de gramática del internet, ejercicios del libro de texto, otros deberes).

15% «Deberes del Laboratorio» (videos de Mosaico Cultural y otros videos, películas, programas de televisión, hojas para periódicos y revistas).

   These two "deberes" portions of your grade are based primarily on assignments you do outside of class.  To achieve a satisfactory grade in any college-level class, one should expect to spend at least two hours outside of class for every hour spent in class.  Therefore, you should expect to dedicate six hours per week outside of class in homework and other activities.  The following are the components which make up these parts of your grade. All of the necessary  worksheets are available here for you to print out.  You will not receive these in class.  Please staple any multiple sheets together before handing them in.  Your lowest "homework" grade in each category will be dropped--so if you get a zero it can be dropped, but no more than one grade in each category will be dropped.  Late homework will be accepted no later than one class period after it is due, and the grade will be lowered one letter grade.  Homework later than one class period after it is due will not be accepted.  Remember also that if you do not have your homework on time, you can't very well participate and your grade will suffer.  Keep up with all assignments.  Check with classmates to make sure you have the assignments for every class. 

A.  Deberes diarios (15%):  Your daily homework will consist of specific assignments in reading, writing and listening, taken from many resources, including your textbook.  The assignment will be made near the end of every class period, and will usually be written on the board.  In addition to specific assignments, you should spend time in vocabulary practice for the current topic.  Homework will usually be "gone over" in class, although there won't be time to "go over" all of it.  Many assignments will also be collected for a grade.  Be prepared with your homework done or you will not be able to participate (see Participación above).  Remember to staple multiple sheets together and bring to class ready to hand in -- don't expect to staple things once you are in class.  Please do not ask me if I have a stapler.  There are no staplers in the classroom.

Gramática:  Some of your assignments will be grammar worksheets which you will receive in class or which you will print from an email or from the internet.  In addition, you will complete internet grammar exercises (ConJuguemos or Colby College Exercises) and turn in the grade sheets you will print out.  Staple them before bringing to class, please.

Comunicación por correo electrónico: I will often communicate with you by e-mail.  Please check your e-mail often to see if I have sent you an assignment or a correction to an assignment.  If Longwood closes for inclement weather or for other reasons, check your e-mail for assignments.  You will be responsible for completing them for the next class.  So please check e-mail every day!

B.  «Deberes del Laboratorio» (15%):   

    Video, Televisión, Películas:  Each week you will watch a video segment from the "Mosaico Cultural" series, or a movie or TV show in Spanish, sometimes in class, but usually in the Language Lab, and will complete accompanying information sheets.  You will receive the Mosaico Cultural worksheets in class, but you will get the TV-show sheets and movie sheets from this website and print them out to take to the lab.  The Language Lab has a satellite which receives programming from all over the world.  Choose a channel and a program by going to the Dish TV site and following instructions. Check this syllabus each week for the week's assignment.  Turn in the worksheets on each Friday of the week the assignment is listed.

    Revistas y periódicos:  The library subscribes to several Spanish language magazines, which are found in the Periodical room on the first floor of the library, and are shelved in alphabetical order.  The most recent ones are in the reading area, in alphabetical order on display shelves.  You will fill out a revista worksheet  for each article you read.  Longwood's library receives Geomundo, Muy Interesante, Clío (Revista de Historia) and El País.  If you have trouble finding a magazine, please ask for help.  You may read them in the library or photocopy articles to read at your leisure, and you may choose articles  from any magazine, as long as it is in Spanish.  If you have been asked to read a magazine article, it must be a paper article, not from the internet.  However, at other times you will be asked to choose an article from a Spanish newspaper on the internet instead of a magazine, so that you can get the most up-to-date information on a particular topic, and so that you have a greater range of cultural content.  

20% Proyectos.   You will compose some projects during the semester, as well as design brief learning activities, games or scenarios for your future classes; you will receive detailed instructions and in some cases will be able to make revisions before receiving the grade for the assignment.  You must use Microsoft Word in Spanish [with spell-check and thesaurus in Spanish], which is available in the Language Lab and if you have Windows 98 or later, on your own computer.  Pick up a copy of the keyboard layout in the language lab; on the back of the keyboard layout you will find the instructions for installing it on your own computer.  Ask for help if you need it.  It will help if you are already familiar with Word.  Try doing your homework on the computer, too, if you like--it will print accent marks, and all of the other diacritical marks [¡¿ñÑáéíóúü])--and just think what you can do with the thesaurus.  Assignments that have not been "spell-checked" will not be accepted--don't forget this important step!  Remember to use your stapler too!  Late Proyectos will NOT be accepted.  They must be completed on time or they will receive a grade of zero.  No Proyecto grades will be dropped.  

20% Pruebas y presentaciones orales.  There will be many short 5-10 minute quizzes.  Most of these are not "pop" quizzes; they will all be announced, except for some quizzes on Fridays, which may be "pop" quizzes.  So don't miss class on Fridays!  Some quizzes will be written, dealing with grammar, a few will be vocabulary quizzes, some will be speaking quizzes (you will speak to a partner, not in front of the class), and some will be quizzes on the content of what we are studying (cultural aspects of Hispanic countries, etc.).   There will not be any long tests.  Oral presentations during the semester will count the same as quiz grades.    Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped (if you miss a quiz while absent, that will be the one dropped--there are no "make-up" quizzes; quizzes missed after that will receive a zero).  Please do not ask when you can make up a quiz.

15% Examen Final.  The final exam will contain a communicative test of the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, as well as culture,  and will have the same format as many of the quizzes, so by the time you take it, you are familiar with how you will be tested.  If you are keeping up with homework, activities, and participation, you should not need to "study" for the final.  We are building skills, not accumulating knowledge, so it is important to keep pace with your assignments.  We will review before the final exam and discuss the format of the test.  The date and time of the final exam is listed in the class schedule above.  According to Longwood policy, if you have 3 exams on one day, you may ask to have one of them on another day.  If you choose this exam to request a change, please keep in mind that we usually involve listening segments and speaking segments so it is very difficult to change it.  When requesting, you must have proof of your schedule, and you must request the change at least 2 weeks prior to the exam date. 

5% Actividades Culturales.  You must attend at least two approved Cultural Activities during the semester.  Please check the Actividades Culturales webpage often for approved activities.  If you know of an activity which would be appropriate, please let the class know and we will add it to the list.  To receive credit, you will turn in a summary in Spanish of each Cultural Activity you attend (about 1/2 page) within one week of attending the activity.  Summaries submitted after that will not be accepted.  For all the details about this requirement, see the instructions on the Actividades Culturales webpage.
 

Calificaciones:
Grading:   90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 59 F
 

Asistencia:
Attendance Policy:  The attendance policy for this course is the same as the college policy in the Longwood University Catalog and the Student Handbook.  To clarify some of the points in the policy, please note:
 
There are 41 class meetings.  If a student misses 10 classes, whether excused or unexcused, he/she will have missed 25% of the scheduled class meeting times, and will receive an F in this course.

 If a student misses 4 classes for unexcused reasons, his/her final course grade will be lowered one letter grade.  In addition, please note that if a student is not in class, he/she can not participate in class activities, which will affect the "participation grade."  Please note what constitutes "excused absences" as defined in the college policy.  I will require, in most cases, written documentation to excuse an absence.  Please note examples of unexcused absences:  oversleeping, alarm clock malfunction, doing work for another class, hours of employment during classtime, meeting with another teacher or administrator, athletic practices, fraternity, sorority, or club functions, routine medical/dental appointments, taking a friend/roommate somewhere, even to the hospital, ride leaving, etc.

 *** If you discover that you must miss a class, please do not call or e-mail me for asignments or for permission or to explain, unless you have extenuating circumstances and will have documentation. Never ask if you missed anything--if we had class, you missed a lot.  Make sure you have other students' phone numbers so that you can find out what the assignments are and have them ready when you come back to class.  Missing a class does not mean you can show up unprepared--you will take whatever quiz is planned and will turn in whatever assignment is due, or you will receive a zero for the assignment.  If you missed a quiz while absent, you will receive a zero--there are no "make-up" quizzes.  Remember that we drop the lowest quiz grade.

Código de Honor:
Honor Code:  Students are expected to live by the Longwood University Honor Code.  All work done for this class must be pledged:  "Yo, ___________________, juro que no he dado ni recibido ayuda en este trabajo ni he notado ninguna infracción del Código de Honor."  If you would like to abbreviate this, you may write, "Juramento," and sign your name.

A word about internet translators and other electronic translators:   Please don't use electronic translators--if you have been using them, you have seen that they do not function well in producing understandable, correct Spanish. The translations don't make any sense and you don't learn much by using them. For the same reasons, please don't use friends to help you write your assignments--many times even if they are very good Spanish speakers, they may not understand the assignment and their usage doesn't conform to the context. And, obviously, you are not getting much out of the assignment if someone else does it. And, just as obviously, you are violating the honor code if you don't do your own work. It is NOT a violation of the honor code to work together with other students from the class, as long as both of you are doing your own work. It is a good idea to check each other's work and offer suggestions, and make changes incorporating those suggestions. This is collaborative learning and can be helpful. But be sure to do your own work. Gracias.

Español 201		Other Spanish Courses
Actividades Culturales		Modern Language Program

Gramática

Conjuguemos

Ejercicios de Gramática de Colby College

StudySpanish.com On-line Tutorials

Spanish Grammar Exercises (Matthew Stroud, Trinity University)

Spanish Language Exercises (Juan Ramón de Arana)

Ejercicios de Gramática (Juan Manuel Soto Arriví)

Práctica para el Imperfecto.    Lee la explicación, y haz clic en "Generate Unique Quiz".  Escoge 25 verbos. Completa el ejercicio y haz clic en "Grade my Quiz".  Imprime esta hoja para entregar. Después de imprimir, completa los números incorrectos con un bolígrafo o lápiz.  

Los usos del Pretérito y el Imperfecto.  Imprime estas hojas para llevar a la clase.

Links to activities and ideas for teaching:

Using songs to teach vocabulary in Spanish:  Songsforteaching.com

Links to sites listing names in Spanish

Nombres para hombres

Nombres para mujeres

Spanish 201 Main Page