Gustavus Adolphus College ELEMENTARY SPANISH 101 2 Time: M, TU, W, F 10:30-11:20 Confer Hall 333 Instructor: Adolfo A. Carrillo Cabello WEB http://homepages.gac.edu/~acarrill e-mail: acarrill@gustavus.edu AIM screen name: acarrillocabello Office: Vickner 212 TEL:933-7386 Office Hours Mon 3:30 4:20, Tue 11:30 12:20, Wed 9:30 10:20, Fri 3:30 4:20; and by appointment. *Every attempt will be made to accommodate qualified students with disabilities. If you are a student with a documented disability, please see me as early as possible to discuss the necessary accommodations, and/or contact the Disability Service Office. **Academic misconduct will be prosecuted to the full extent that the College allows. HONOR CODE "As a community of scholars, the faculty and students of Gustavus Adolphus College have formulated an academic honesty policy and honor code system, which is printed in the Academic Bulletin and in the Gustavus Guide. As a student at Gustavus Adolphus College I agree to uphold the honor code. This means that I will abide by the academic honesty policy, and abide by decisions of the joint student/faculty Honor Board." The following code will be written in full and signed on every examination and graded paper: "On my honor, I pledge that I have not given, received, or tolerated others' use of unauthorized aid in completing this work." Required Materials Blanco, J., Donley, P. (2005). Vistas: Introducción a la lengua española. 2 nd ed. Boston, MA: Vista Higher Learning. Blanco, J., Donley, P. (2005). Vistas: Introducción a la lengua española WebSAM. 2 nd ed. Boston, MA: Vista Higher Learning. Course Objectives 1.The elementary Spanish sequence (101, 102, 103) is designed to help students acquire the four basic skills associated with second language acquisition: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The goal of this class is communicating in Spanish. We will work towards this goal by focusing on listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. 2.The second goal of this class emphasizes culture. Languages would not exist without a cultural context, therefore, cultural aspects will be an integral part of this course. 3.The class will be taught in SPANISH. Students who feel they need more input in English are directed to the text, which has all grammar explanations in English; they may also visit the instructor during office hours. 4.As students you are responsible for your education. The responsibility of the instructor is to facilitate activities, to clarify confusion, to help students succeed, but the professor cannot make you learn that is up to you! Course Evaluation Chapter Exams 40% Final Exam 10% In-class Participation 5% Vistas etext 10% Vistas websam 10% e-portfolio* 15% Chat sessions Panorama Cultural Video
Audio Journals 10% Grade Distribution A 94-100 % C+ 78-79 F 59 and below A- 90-93 C 74-77 B+ 88-89 C- 70-73 B 84-87 D+ 67-69 B- 80-83 D 60-66 ** Mid-Term grades will be reported as Satisfactory or Non-Satisfactory. Grades reported as Satisfactory will encompass those grades within the range of 70% and above (C- to A). All other grades will be reported as Non-Satisfactory. Course Format PARTICIPATION: Students are expected to participate orally and in writing in class. Because of the importance of participation, only two absences will be allowed. All other absences will result in a penalty of 1% of the final grade per absence. Class activities include oral, written, reading, and listening activities. Students will be observed and evaluated on an individual basis as well as in small group activities. ASSIGNMENTS: Students are expected to prepare assigned activities before class so that they may participate effectively on an individual level and on group activities. Written assignments are due at the beginning of the class period. Online assignments must be completed by 12 am on the date due. Late work will not be accepted. ***There is one STANDING ASSIGNMENT: Students must complete ALL exercises assigned in each of the sections in the e-text and WebSAM. The assignments are spread over various sections of the E-text and WebSAM, as follows: E-text (e-course) There are five sections in the e-text: Contextos, Fotonovela, Estructura, Adelante, Panorama. WebSAM There are 3 manuals integrated in the websam: Workbook, Lab Manual, and Video Manual. The Video Manual contains the sections Fotonovela, and Panorama Cultural Video. Students are to complete the exercises that correspond to the Fotonovela in the Video Manual. NOTE: Homework: Do the work that is assigned. While sometimes you may not understand why a lot of repetition and use are required, there is a reason. Repetition and writing out language help one both visualize the language and retain the material. All the practices in the workbooks and on the computer are there to assist you in language acquisition. ORAL ASSESSMENT: Oral assessment will be derived primarily from your audio journals. In order to receive feedback on an individual basis you will be required to record a short (1 minute), bi-weekly journal entry in Spanish. Students will receive a Question Prompt. A Question Prompt is a question written by the instructor related to the content and communicative goals of the lesson. Students will have to answer the question orally in order to demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively in Spanish. The instructor will be listening for pronunciation and structural elements in the developing language skills of the student. As part of the grade for this assignment, students will do a selfevaluation of their journal entries, and will record their comments. On occasion, students will listen to each other s audio entries and provide feedback.
You will be asked to record one journal entry per chapter. You should attempt to utilize the vocabulary and grammar of current chapter whenever possible. Always work towards creating a logical order between the words you use in order to convey meaning, i.e., create more than just lists of words or numbers, try to tell a story. Recording Procedure 1. Say the date, journal entry (Lección X), and greetings. 2. Record your journal entry. 3. LISTEN to the recording, and then save the file. Make sure your file has the extension mp3. ***More information will be given in class. e-portfolio As a capstone project for this course, students will develop an electronic portfolio. The portfolio will be integrated in the form of a webpage. The goal of the portfolio is for students to demonstrate the achievement of a certain degree of language proficiency, as defined by the ACTFL guidelines in each of the lessons in the textbook, which are identified as Communicative Goals. There are three main objectives of the portfolio: to demonstrate your ability to communicate in writing in Spanish to demonstrate your ability to communicate orally in Spanish to show cultural awareness of the Hispanic world Students will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the webpage. A training session will be conducted during the first two weeks of the semester. More information regarding the artifacts for the portfolio will be given in class. EXAMS: There will be 6 chapter exams and a final exam. There will be no make-up exams. Your final exam is scheduled: Tuesday, May 23, 10:30 12:30, Confer Hall 127 No final exam will be given before the officially scheduled time. Important Dates to Remember Exam Dates lec 1 2/20, lec 2 3/7, lec 3 3/22, lec 4 4/18, lec 5 5/2, lec 6 5/12 ***Journal Entries, Workbook, Lab Manual and Video Manual are due the days of the chapter exams. * How to access the audio on the Internet to do your Lab Manual (Dial-up connection only): Please be advised that working with a Mac computer will be easier. 1. Go to On campus community on the Gustavus Web page. 2. Click on Academics 3. Once there go to Culpeper Language Center 4. Click on Online courses 5. Click on Spanish 6. Click on VISTAS 7. Choose the lesson number. *** There is a link from my webpage under Online Materials
Spring 2006 class calendar Week (class days) Date Work 1 (4 días) 6-10 Febrero Culpeper (7) 2 (4 días) 13-17 Febrero Chat-Culpeper (17) 3 (4 días) 20-23 Febrero Examen Lección 1 (20) Lec 1 Lec 1 Lec 1 / 2 4 (2 días) 27 Febrero 3 Marzo Lec 2 5 (4 días) 6-10 Marzo Chat-Culpeper (6) Examen 2 (7) Lec 2/3 6 (4 días) 13-17 Marzo Lec 3 7 (4 días) 20-24 Marzo Chat-Culpeper (21) Examen 3 (22) 8 (0 días) 27-31 Marzo MidTerm Grades (29) Spring Break (25 2) Lec 3 / 4 Lec 4 9 (4 días) 3 7 Abril Lec 4 10 (3 días) 10-14 Abril Chat-Culpeper (12) Easter Recess (14 17) Withdraw Deadline (13) 11 (2 días) 17-21 Abril Examen 4 (18) Fall Registration 18-26 MayDay (19) Lec 4 / 5 Lec 5 12 (4 días) 24-28 Abril Lec 5 13 (4 días) 1 5 Mayo Chat-Culpeper (1) Examen 5 (2) 14 (4 días) 8 12 Mayo Examen 6 (12) 15 (3 días) 15-17 Chat-Culpeper (17) 1 día de estudio (Reading Day 18) Examen final: Martes 23 de mayo 10:30 12:20 Confer Hall 127 Lec 5 / 6 Lec 6 Repaso