Departamento de español y portugués, UCSB Español V - Invierno 2015

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1 Instructor s information will be available on the GauchoSpace site for the course Departamento de español y portugués, UCSB Español V - Invierno 2015 Required material: 1. MÁS, 2nd Edition (libro de texto) and Connect Plus access key (online activities and resources) 1 2. Cajas de cartón, by Francisco Jiménez. (ISBN-10: , ISBN-13: ) Semana Lunes Martes Miércoles Jueves 1 5 enero 6 enero 7 enero 8 enero 2 12 enero 13 enero 14 enero 15 enero 3 19 enero 20 enero EXAMEN 1 21 enero Taller de redacción 22 enero 4 26 enero 27 enero 28 enero 29 enero 5 2 febrero 3 febrero 4 febrero 5 febrero EXAMEN febrero Taller de redacción 10 febrero 11 febrero 12 febrero 7 16 febrero 17 febrero 18 febrero 19 febrero 8 23 febrero 24 febrero 25 febrero 26 febrero EXAMEN marzo 3 marzo 4 marzo 5 marzo 10 9 marzo 10 marzo 11 marzo 12 marzo Final exam: Saturday, March 14 th, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. No other finals may be scheduled to conflict with language finals, and due to university policy, there can be no changes to the date or time of the final exam. Keep in mind in planning your work schedule, travels, and other personal activities and make the necessary arrangements. 1 You can buy access to the ebook and online activities for MÁS: ESPAÑOL INTERMEDIO online through Connect Plus; Connect Plus includes an ebook version of the text + the online activities. Go to McGraw-Hill shop site at and enter the correct ISBN number

2 Departamento de español y portugués, UCSB Español V, Invierno 2015 Instructor s information will be available on the GauchoSpace site for the course FECHA enero MÁS (texto) PREPARACIÓN PARA LA PRÓXIMA CLASE (check ConnectPlus for the online homework activities. There are online homework assignments due almost every day) 5 Presentación / Ejercicio diagnóstico Leer Minilectura, p Cortometraje / Minilectura: Quedadas masivas Estudiar: Palabras, pp Palabras: Los medios y la tecnología Cultura, p Cultura/Preparación para Cajas de cartón Estudiar: Estructura Estructura 13: El presente de subjuntivo Estructura 13: El presente de subjuntivo Estructura 14: Mandatos formales e informales 15 Cajas de cartón (Bajo la alhambrada y Soledad) EXAMEN 1 Estudiar: Estructura Taller de redacción Cultura, p Cortometraje / Cultura: La música popular Cajas de cartón (De dentro hacia fuera y Un milagro ) Entregar Redacción 1, 1ª versión Palabras: La calidad de vida Estructura 15: El subjuntivo Estructura 15: El subjuntivo en cláusulas Estudiar: Palabras, pp Estudiar: Estructura 15 Estudiar: Estructura 16 febrero 2 Estructura 16: El se impersonal Leer: Cultura, pp Estructura 16: El se impersonal / Cultura 4 5 Cajas de cartón (El ángel de oro y El aguinaldo) EXAMEN 2 9 Taller de redacción Leer Cultura, p Cortometraje / Cultura: La lengua española Estudiar: Palabras, pp Palabras: La identidad y la experiencia en otro país Leer: Cultura, pp Cajas de cartón (Muerte perdonada y El costal de algodón), Entregar Redacción 2, 1ª versión Cultura: América / Estructura 17 Estructura 17: Palabras indefinidas, negativas 19 Estructura 18: Cláusulas adjetivales Estudiar: Estructura 17 Estudiar: Estructura 18

3 23 Estructura 18/ Introducción a la lectura 24 Lectura: El año que viene estamos en Cuba 25 Cajas de cartón (Cajas de cartón y El juego de la patada) 26 EXAMEN 3 marzo Taller de redacción Minilectura/ Cortometraje Palabras: El medio ambiente Estructura 19: Futuro y futuro perfecto Leer: El año que pp Leer: Minilectura, p. 188 Estudiar: Palabras, pp Estudiar: Estructura 19 9 Estructura 19: Futuro y futuro perfecto Estudiar: Estructura 20 Entregar Redacción 3 (hay que revisar la redacción con un tutor de CLAS o tu profesor(a) durante sus horas de consulta antes de entregarla) 10 Estructura 20: Las cláusulas adverbiales Leer: Cultura, p Estructura 20 / Cultura: La economía sustentable 12 Cajas de cartón (Tener y retener y Peregrinos inmóviles) 14 EXAMEN FINAL 8:00-11:00 AM

4 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Spanish 5 Required texts: 1. MÁS, 2nd Edition (libro de texto) and Connect Plus access key (online activities and resources) 2. Cajas de cartón, by Francisco Jiménez. (ISBN-10: , ISBN-13: ) Buy access to the ebook and online activities for MÁS: ESPAÑOL INTERMEDIO online through Connect Plus; Connect Plus includes an ebook version of the text + the online activities. Go to McGraw- Hill shop site at and enter the correct ISBN number Course Description: The second-year Spanish program at UCSB is to help students consolidate their basic knowledge of Spanish language while developing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course introduces the subjunctive mood and new vocabulary in current and interesting topics, as well as functional phrases and grammar structures with an emphasis on real communication in meaningful cultural contexts. By the end of the quarter you will have learned vocabulary to allow communication in topics including mass media and technology, leisure and quality of life, national identity, economy, and environmental problems. The major grammar points covered to support communication on those topics are the present subjunctive, indicative and subjunctive contrasts in nominal, adjectival and adverbial clauses, formal and informal commands, impersonal se, negative and indefinite words, and the future and future perfect. A note about reading in this course Reading a novel outside of class is a major component of this course. The novel is accessible to the intermediate-level student of Spanish with the support of reading guides and vocabulary lists. Nevertheless, reading will be challenging at first and you should expect to dedicate approximately 2-3 hours of time to reading each chapter. Specific reading strategies will be discussed in class so that reading in Spanish can become more automatic and, ultimately, rewarding. Attendance: Due to the nature of language learning in general, class attendance is mandatory since it is absolutely critical for developing communicative abilities in Spanish. At the same time, it is understood that things such as illness, weddings, funerals, job interviews, family emergencies, etc. may prevent your attendance. Therefore, you will be allowed a total of three absences during the quarter. These are not free days, so plan accordingly. Starting with the fourth absence, regardless of the reasons for the first three, ONE percentage point will be subtracted from the final calculated course grade for every additional absence. Late arrivals and early departures may also count as absences. BE PROMPT! If health or personal issues will prevent your regular attendance, you should not take this class since your final grade will be severely affected. Active participation: Your in-class participation involves a number of variables, including, but not limited to, the following: Your use of Spanish in the classroom Your participation in all in-class activities and online activities through GauchoSpace Your cooperation during group and pair-work Your respect and attitude toward the instructor and your peers Since the class requires active participation, ABSOLUTELY NO TEXT MESSAGING OR WEB BROWSING is permitted during class. Doing so will severely affect your participation grade.

5 Online activities: Connect Plus offers additional practice with vocabulary, grammar and listening comprehension, to be done by students outside of class. In order to have access to Connect Plus you will need an access key (usually packaged with your textbook, or available for purchase online). Go to the Connect Plus site ( and create an account. In order to enroll in your course you will need a URL that will be provided to you by your instructor. There is homework due on ConnectPlus almost every day. You are responsible for completing all activity assignments on Connect Plus by the due date at time listed on the website. Make sure you click on the next assignments tab so that you don t miss any assignments. Compositions: There will be three short compositions, with two drafts each for the first two. For the third essay you will be required to go to CLAS or office hours. These compositions should be typed, double-spaced, spell-checked, and words long. Accent marks and Spanish special characters must be typed too. Compositions that do not meet these requirements will not be graded. The first draft of each composition will count for 60% of the grade; the second (final) draft will count for 40% of the grade: the two scores combined constitute the final grade for that particular composition. The first and final drafts cannot be exactly alike. If no rewriting is done by the student, no credit will be given for the final draft. No help may be obtained outside of class (friends, more proficient speakers or former instructors). If you would like feedback on your writing assignments, you must use the Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS). If you use this tutorial service, request the yellow confirmation card from your tutor and attach it to your assignment when you turn it in. The compositions are due the day indicated on the syllabus. No compositions will be accepted late. Cheating and Plagiarism: All instructors in the Spanish and Portuguese language program will follow University policy concerning cheating and plagiarism, including when evaluating compositions. The following practices, among others, are considered instances of plagiarism: copying and pasting from outside references or electronic sources paraphrasing or translating without acknowledging the source using online translators in any capacity (e.g. not even as dictionaries)

6 getting revising/rewriting help from more advanced speakers other than the tutors at CLAS or your instructor All instructors in the Spanish and Portuguese department are professionals trained in language teaching and linguistic competence. They can EASILY recognize work that is not your own. Know what plagiarism is: ignorance will not excuse the offense. If you have any questions about plagiarism, please ask your instructor and consult the Academic Conduct guidelines by Judicial Affairs: You are allowed to use an online dictionary (not online translators) such as wordreference.com. The only acceptable revision help is with the Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS). Please take a moment to see when composition drafts are due so that you can schedule to meet with a CLAS tutor for revising help. In the event that a student is found to have committed plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty, he/she will receive a ZERO on the assignment. Furthermore, under University policy, the instructor is obligated to report the incident to the Office of the Dean of Students, whose office will investigate the incident and decide what additional sanctions will be applied. Testing and grading: All of the exam dates are included in the syllabus. There are NO makeup exams except under extraordinary circumstances, and those must be approved by the Lower Division Coordinator. The final exam will be cumulative and will include a final composition. The grading policy follows. It is important to remember that no grade is given. Instead the student earns points which will be objectively calculated on a 100 point scale. There is no extra credit. The following are the cutoff points for each grade: A+ 98 B+ 88 C+ 78 D+ 68 A 93 B 83 C 73 D 63 A- 90 B- 80 C- 70 D- 60 Grade Breakdown: Exams: 3@ 15% each 45% Online activities (ConnectPlus) 10% Compositions 5% each 15% Active participation 5% Final exam 25% (comprehensive) Pass/No Pass option: Students fulfilling the language requirement are strongly discouraged from taking Spanish classes Pass/No Pass. A grade of C or better is required to pass with this option and no student with a final percentage lower than 73 will be assigned a grade of Pass. Possible Spanish Majors: Intermediate Spanish classes are designed to present the tools necessary for learning Spanish. Students do not automatically become either fluent or proficient by completing this program as language acquisition must occur outside the classroom. Students hoping to become proficient and/or major or minor in Spanish are strongly encouraged to participate in an Education Abroad or Immersion program. No Make-up exam policy: No make-up exams will be given for personal events, including weddings, graduations, interviews, etc.