Long Beach City College Spanish 10: Spanish For Spanish Speakers Course Syllabus Fall 2011

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1 Long Beach City College Spanish 10: Spanish For Spanish Speakers Course Syllabus Fall 2011 Instructor: Dr. Cynthia A. Quintero Section: Time: T & TH 11:00-1:15 PM Class Location: LAC T1309 Office Hours: M & W: 9-10:45A.M.; T: 1:30-2:45 P.M. Office: M-201A cquintero@lbcc.edu Telephone: REQUIRED TEXTS: Samaniego, et al., El mundo 21 hispano. 3 rd Ed., Houghton Mifflin Samaniego, et al., El mundo 21 hispano: Cuaderno de actividades para hispanohablantes, 3 rd Ed., Houghton Mifflin RECOMMENDED TEXTS: Spanish/English Dictionary Spanish Dictionary COURSE DESCRIPTION: Spanish 10: Spanish For Spanish Speakers is designed to increase each student s writing competency. Emphasis will be placed upon the building of organizational and writing skills in Spanish. Students will also work on the formalization of writing skills and stylistic concerns. The main class activities will be discussions of specific cultural issues regarding Spain and Latin America that will later on be developed into full-length essays. In addition to the formal writing exercises, students will review some of the more complex grammatical points. This course has another important goal: for students to become knowledgeable about Spain and Latin American history, geography, and society through selected readings and to understand the social, economic, political, and cultural problems faced by Spanish speaking countries. Spanish 10 will cover Units 4-6 of El mundo 21 hispano. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. Development of writing skills: essay, creative writing, note-taking. 2. Development of reading skills: vocabulary building, analytical reading, and contextual reading. 3. Development of oral and aural comprehension skills: paired and group activities. 4. Introduction of Word Processing in Spanish. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of Spanish 10, students will be able to: 1. Understand the complexities of the Hispanic world through readings, discussions, and presentations. 2. Connect and analyze the relationship of all parts of the sentence, putting together grammatical knowledge and new lexicon. 3. Identify and apply the components of a well-organized essay. 4. Present a cultural topic to the class in oral form. 5. Apply critical thinking skills to the analysis of the readings, the structure and objectives of the essays, and the development of a solid thesis. 6. Learn to use the Modern Language Association format for papers. 7. Learn to cite secondary sources and compile a Bibliography. 1

2 COURSE REQUIREMENTS The successful student in Spanish will: Attend all class sessions Follow the course syllabus Study the appropriate grammar sections and complete the reading and workbook assignments at home Be prepared everyday to participate and contribute to class discussions Hand in all assignments and compositions on time late homework/compositions will not be accepted Take exams as scheduled there will be no make-ups ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION (10%) Attendance is mandatory for this course Attendance and Participation are critical to successful completion of this course. Participation includes your willingness and preparedness to express and share ideas and to cooperate in group activities. Attendance and Participation grade will be calculated in strict percentage basis. More than two (2) absences will lower your Final Grade by 5% per absence; three (3) consecutive absences or five (5) in any order will result in a W before the withdrawal deadline. If you arrive late or leave early that is considered half an absence. If a personal or medical emergency keeps you from attending class, you must provide the professor with written documentation that is valid for the day(s) missed. No texting will be allowed during class time. The Attendance & Participation grade will be affected if students are found to be texting. HOMEWORK (10%) Assignments are designed to complement and reinforce the work done in class. Completing the exercises and readings from the text and the activity book before coming to class will only benefit and ease the learning process, while failing to do so will only make it more difficult for you to keep up with the work. As such, it is critical that all assignments be completed and submitted on a timely basis. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED! NO EXCEPTIONS. COMPOSITIONS (20%) As part of your homework this semester, you will write three (3) compositions on topics related to the readings studied in class. All compositions must be written in formal academic Spanish, paying special attention to grammar, vocabulary, and accents. The organization and development of interpretive ideas is extremely important. The compositions will be evaluated along four parameters: organization, grammar/accents, fluidity, and content. In keeping with the emphasis of this course on the attainment of grammatical accuracy and the development of proper writing skills, you will be expected to turn in polished work that reflects the use of a dictionary and a grammar manual, as well as careful thought to organizational matters and ideas. All drafts must be typed using 12-inch font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, and one-inch margins following the MLA Style Format. The final composition must be accompanied by all of the work done before the final product. Composition topics will be given when assigned. NO LATE COMPOSITIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! ORAL PRESENTATION (10%) All students will prepare and deliver one (1) oral presentation 8-10 minutes in length. Topics will vary and will be related to readings presented in class. Preparation for the oral presentation includes: preparing an outline of the presentation, which will have to be distributed to all students before the presentation; students can prepare either a poster board or PowerPoint to present their topic to the class. Students will not be allowed to read straight from note cards. Doing so will negatively affect the overall grade. Remember that material not generated by you must be cited appropriately or it will be considered to be plagiarism. Failure to meet your scheduled presentation date will result in an automatic 10% reduction to the final course grade. EXAMS (30%) 2

3 Unit exams are cumulative and comprehensive in nature. There will be three (3) exams Unidad 4, Unidad 5, Unidad 6 covering reading, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and accents. Information for these will be given upon completion of each unit. FINAL EXAM (20%) The Final Exam will focus on Units 4-6 and will cover all components studied throughout the semester. Information for the Final Exam will be given at least one week before the scheduled exam date. GRADE DISTRIBUTION & GRADING SCALE ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION 10% HOMEWORK 10% COMPOSITIONS (3) 20% ORAL PRESENTATION (1) 10% EXAMS (3) 30% FINAL EXAM 20% 100% A = B = C = D = F = NOTE: THIS SYLLABUS IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND THE PROFESSOR. YOUR AGREEMENT TO STAY IN THIS CLASS CONSTITUES AN ACCEPTANCE OF ITS TERMS. Withdrawal Policy The Withdrawal Policy is set forth in the Long Beach City College Schedule of Classes. Students are responsible for dropping or adding courses officially within the preset dates. Be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to secure the required signatures. Note: There is no smoking, food, or drink allowed in the classroom. Turn-off your phones/pagers/ipods before you enter the classroom. There will be no texting while you are in class. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Long Beach City College deadlines and important dates August 15 September 5 September 20 September 29 November 11 November December 8-16 Start of Fall Semester Labor Day, Campus Closed Flex Day, Campus Closed Graduation Application for December Graduation Veteran s Day, Campus Closed Thanksgiving, Campus Closed Final Exams 3

4 LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE COURSE CALENDAR Spanish 10: Spanish For Spanish Speakers Tentative Course Outline Semana En clase Exámenes/Composiciones 1 Introducción a la clase Participio pasado, presente Perfecto de indicativo, Unidad 4: Lección 1: Costa Rica Modo imperativo 2 Lección 2 y 3: Colombia Subjuntivo en claúsulas nominales Introd. al análisis literario: El ambiente Repaso: Acentuación 3 Lección 4: Venezuela Composición #1 Final Pronombres relativos Historia: Los incas 4 Introd.: El subjuntivo, claúsulas Cuaderno: Unidad 4 adjetivales. Acentuación (repaso) Vocabulario Perú 5 Unidad 5: Lección 1 Examen #1: Unidad 4 Letras problemáticas: h / y Lección 2: Ecuador Presente subjuntivo (cont.) 6 FLEX DAY, NO CLASSES Lección 3: Claúsulas adverbials que requieren subjuntivo Futuro y condicional de verbos Regulares e irregulars 7 Julio Cortázar: Continuidad de los parques Ortografía: hay / ay / ahí Historia: La colonización del Cono Sur. 8 Imperfecto de subjuntivo Composición #2 Final 4

5 Análisis literario: El realismo mágico Acentuación (repaso) Asunción y Buenos Aires 9 Subjuntivo (expresiones impersonales) Claúsulas con si Tradición oral 10 Unidad 6: Lección 2 Cuaderno: Unidad 5 Palabras parónimas Uruguay 11 Análisis literario: El ensayo Examen #2: Unidad 5 Repaso: Subjuntivo Claúsulas adverbials (cont.) 12 Imperfecto subjuntivo: claúsulas Principales 13 Unidad 6: Lección 3 Composición #3 Final Otros tiempos perfectos La tradición oral 14 Lecciones 3 & 4 Presentaciones orales Palabras parónimas Pablo Neruda: La Fruit Co. 15 Palabras homófonas Presentaciones orales Secuencia de tiempos verbales Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo Chile: tierra de arena, agua y vino 16 Futuro y condicional perfecto Presentaciones orales de subjuntivo Cuaderno: Unidad 6 17 Repaso: Gramática y lecturas Examen #3: Unidad 6 13/12 EXAMEN FINAL: Tuesday, December 13, 2011: 10:40 A.M.-1:15 P.M. 5