UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM
SYLLABUS
SPANISH 1B Fundamentals
Winter 2017
JULIO TORRES, DIRECTOR OF SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM
E-mail: [email protected]
Mailbox: Humanities 322
Office: Humanities 322H
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Manuel del Alto
[email protected]
HH 365
Mondays and Thursdays from 2:00-2:50 and by appt
FINAL EXAM: Tue,Mar21,1:30-3:30pm
Please make travel plans accordingly!!
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BRIEF GUIDE TO THE SPANISH 1A FUNDAMENTAL COURSE
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Spanish 1 series is based on a communicative and task-supported curriculum that
helps students develop basic skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing) in Spanish
to engage in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication.
Students are also exposed to products and practices of Spanish-speaking countries
and Latino communities in the United States.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
1. Textbook: Conéctate: Goodall, Grant and Lear, Darcy (1st edition, 2016) McGraw-Hill: New
York. ISBN # 978-0-07-338525-9.
Audio material is available through ConnectPlus website that came with your textbook.
Tech Support:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
www.wordreference.com (on-line dictionary)
www.studyspanish.com (on-line resource for grammar practice)
www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php (on-line resource for additional grammar practice)
COURSE/UNIVERSITY POLICY:
1. Class Dynamics. I will attempt to balance a relaxed atmosphere, where students will be
willing to use the Spanish language without fear of criticism, with a need for academic
excellence. Try, however, not to get as comfortable with the class so as to not study enough;
some anxiety about academic performance is always helpful. On the other hand, avoid getting
so tense that you “freeze up”. Please, avoid monopolizing the class or otherwise creating an
uncomfortable atmosphere for your classmates. Remember that I am always available during
office hours to help you.
2. Academic Dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at the
University of California, Irvine. Cheating, forgery, dishonest conduct, plagiarism, and collusion
in dishonest activities erode the University’s educational, research, and social roles. They
devalue the learning experience and its legitimacy not only for the perpetrators but for the entire
community. It is essential that all members of the academic community subscribe to the ideal of
academic integrity and accept individual responsibility for their work. Please familiarize
yourself with the UCI Policy on Academic Honesty:
http://www.senate.uci.edu/senateweb/default2.asp?active_page_id=754 Note: Any incident
involving cheating, plagiarism, etc. will affect your course grade and will be reported to both
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the instructor’s as well as to the student’s Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
3. Students with Disabilities. Students with disabilities who believe they may need
accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Disability Services Center at
949/824-7494 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented
in a timely fashion. Students with a registered disability are encouraged to make an appointment
with the instructor.
4. Workload. Students with a large course- or workload and students with weak studying
skills/habits are not encouraged to take this class until they solve those problems first. Each
class will require approximately two hours a day of careful and systematic studying. Without
sufficient time and solid studying skills/habits, you will struggle to pass this class. You are
strongly advised to evaluate your particular situation carefully before deciding to stay in the
class.
5. Add/Drop Policy. The School of Humanities follows the university’s deadlines on adding
and dropping courses. A student may drop a course only during the first two weeks of the
quarter and may add a course only during the first three weeks. Students are responsible for
making sure they meet all deadlines. An exception to these policies may be requested only for
extenuating and documented circumstances outside the student’s control. See
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/ undergrad/current/add_drop.php
6. Grade Requirement to move on to next level. It is the School of Humanities’ policy that,
“within the beginning and intermediate foreign language instructional sequences, students must
earn a ‘C’, ‘P’ [73.0%], or better, in order to advance to the next level of instruction.”
COURSE COMPONENTS:
1. Attendance. To develop communicative skills in Spanish, class attendance is critical; and
therefore, it is mandatory. Regular class attendance is expected and essential for successful
completion of the course. Students may fail the course due to excessive absences.
You are allowed two absences per quarter. For each absence beyond the second one, your final
grade will be lowered 1.0 percentage point. Three “tardies” (arriving within the first ten
minutes) constitute an absence. Arriving 10 minutes late will be marked as an absence. Excused
absences are granted in the case of a verifiable emergency (e.g., medical or legal leave). You are
required to present proper documentation. It is your responsibility to make up all the work and
meet all required deadlines. You will sign an attendance agreement stating that you have
understood the attendance policy.
2. Participation. Being prepared for and participating in class activities are some of the most
important means of attaining the goals of this course. This course requires active participation in
Spanish, which involves arriving to class well prepared, participating in group activities and
class discussions, volunteering to answer questions or sharing ideas, and remaining on-task.
Using your laptop for surfing the web, checking email, sending instant messages, speaking to
classmates in English about unrelated class discussions or similar behavior is disruptive to class
and will negatively affect your participation grade. Participation grade will be evaluated during
the middle and end of the quarter using a Participation rubric. The instructor will calculate the
average of both grades.
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3. CONNECT Activities. You will see required activities from the Connect site. You must
complete all of the exercises assigned in the Connect site as indicated on the syllabus. Your
overall grade for each Capítulo (7 through 12) will be based on: a. completion of all exercises;
and b. the effort you put to completing the activities.
The activities are graded by Connect site and your instructor will get a percentage of your grade.
For the activities, you will have three attempts to resubmit activities with corrections from the
first attempt.
Overall Grade Scale (for each Capítulo):
100 points:
a. All or nearly all (maybe missed one or two) activities for that Capítulo were completed.
b. The effort to complete the exercises was EXCELLENT based on the high percentage scores
obtained (above 85%).
75 points:
a. The majority of the exercises for that Capítulo were completed.
b. The effort to complete the exercises was SATISFACTORY based on the percentages obtained
(70-80%).
55 points:
a. Less than the majority of the exercises for that Capítulo were completed.
b. The effort to complete the exercises was UNSATISFACTORY based on the percentages
obtained (less than 70%).
0 point:
a. None or close to none (only completed one or two) of the activities were completed.
4. Redacciones (writing tasks). You will complete a 300-350 word writing task with a first and
second-revised version. You will be graded on the first version and then you will re-write a
second version incorporating your instructor’s feedback from the first version. To encourage
you to write a good first copy, you can only receive a total of 3 additional points added to your
first version grade for your second version. The final grade will consist of the average of both
versions. If you fail to complete a second revised version, a total of 3 points will be deducted
from your first version.
5. Oral Exam: Interview. At the end of the quarter, you will take an oral exam that will consist
on a dialogue with a partner: (1) you catch up with a Spanish-speaking friend at UCI and talked
what you both did during the summer; or (2) you prepare a party for the arrival of a Spanishspeaking friend from Guatemala. You will not have a choice and will know your scenario the
same day of your exam. There will be more details to follow during the quarter.
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6. Prueba de verbos. During the quarter, there will be a total of 5 short verb quizzes based on
the homework for that day. This is a way to encourage you to memorize the different verb
endings throughout the quarter.
7. Pruebas. There will be three regular chapter quizzes. They will test reading comprehension,
listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar. There are NO MAKE-UPs for the quizzes.
If a quiz is missed due to a documented police, court or medical emergency of your own, the
next quiz will count double; permission to make-up the last quiz is given solely at the discretion
of the individual instructor.
8. Final Exam. This exam will reflect the overall emphasis given to most of the skills practiced
during the quarter. Please make sure to refer to the first page of the syllabus for date, time and
place of the final exam. It is your responsibility to resolve any scheduling conflicts you may
have due to work, other exams, etc., before that date.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
Participation
10%
CONNECT site
10%
Redacciones
15%
Verb Quizzes
5%
Pruebas
20%
Oral Exam
15%
Final Exam
25%
TOTAL = 100
GRADING SCALE:
The following scale will be used to determine your grade in the course.
A+ = 100.0 – 97 B+ = 89.99 – 87 C+ = 79.99 – 77
D+ = 69.99 – 67
A = 96.99 – 93
D = 66.99 – 63
B = 86.99 – 83
C = 76.99 – 73
A- = 92.99 – 90.0 B- = 82.99 – 80.0 C- = 72.99 – 70.0 D- = 62.99 – 60.0
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F = 59.99 – 00.0
PROGRAMA DE ESTUDIO
Semana 1: Del 9 al 13 de enero
Lunes
9
Introducción al curso
Martes
10
Capítulo 7: Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
El libro, leer p. 192-199
Connect site, Capítulo 7: Vocabulario
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Capítulo 7: Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
El libro, leer p. 200-205 (The imperfect)
Connect site, Capítulo 7: Estructura 1
Miércoles
Prueba de verbos 1 (The imperfect)
Jueves
12
Capítulo 7: Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
El libro, leer p. 205-208 (Indirect objects and indirect object pronouns)
Connect site, Capítulo 1: Video: Indirect Object Pronouns; Video: Indirect Object
Pronoun_Question; Estructura 2
Viernes
13
Capítulo 7: Los recuerdos y la nostalgia
El libro, leer p. 209-211
Connect site, Capítulo 7: Estructura 3
Semana 2: Del 16 al 20 de enero
Lunes
16
No hay clases - Día feriado
Martes
17
Capítulo 8: La ropa y la moda
El libro, p. 219-228
Connect site, Capítulo 8: Vocabulario
Miércoles
18
Repaso del pretérito
Jueves
19
Capítulo 8: La ropa y la moda
El libro, p. 230-233
Connect site, Capítulo 8: Estructura 1
Prueba de verbos 2 (Verbos irregulares en el pretérito)
Viernes
20
Capítulo 8: La ropa y la moda
El libro, leer p. 233-241 (The preterite and imperfect together)
Connect site, Capítulo 8: Video: El pretérito e imperfecto; Video: El pretérito e
imperfecto_quesiton; Estructura 2
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Semana 3: Del 23 al 27 de enero
Lunes
23
Capítulo 8: La ropa y la moda
El libro, p. 241-242 (Object pronoun placement with infinitives)
Connect site, Capítulo 8: Estructura 3
Martes
24
Sol y Viento (episodio 3)
Miércoles
25
Taller de lectura #1
Información sobre el formato de las lecturas en las pruebas
Práctica con una o dos mini-lecturas
Estructura/Formato de las Pruebas 1, 2 y 3
Jueves
26
Repaso para Prueba 1
Connect site, LearnSmart (Capítulos 7 y 8)
Viernes
27
PRUEBA 1 (Capítulos 7 y 8)
Semana 4: Del 30 de enero al 3 de febrero
Lunes
30
Capítulo 9: ¿Adónde te gustaría viajar?
El libro, leer p. 252-259
Connect site, Capítulo 9: Vocabulario
Martes
31
Capítulo 9: ¿Adónde te gustaría viajar?
El libro, leer p. 261-265 (Por o para)
Connect site, Capítulo 9: Video: Por o para; Video: Por o para_question;
Estructura 1
Miércoles
1
Capítulo 9: ¿Adónde te gustaría viajar?
El libro, leer p. 266-269 (Impersonal 'se')
Connect site, Capítulo 9: Estructura 2
Jueves
2
Capítulo 9: ¿Adónde te gustaría viajar?
El libro, leer p. 270-274 ('Se' for unplanned events)
Connect site, Capítulo 9: Video: 'Se' for unplanned events; Video: 'Se' for
unplanned events_preguntas; Estructura 3
Prueba de verbos 3 ('Se' for unplanned events)
Viernes
3
Taller de escritura - Writing task #1
Estrategias para las redacciones
Información sobre la redacción 1
Organizador gráfico para redacción 1
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Semana 5: Del 6 al 10 de febrero
Lunes
6
Capítulo 10: La vida profesional
El libro, leer p. 284-294
Connect site, Capítulo 10: Vocabulario
Martes
7
Capítulo 10: La vida profesional
El libro, leer p. 295-298 (The relative pronoun 'que')
Connect site, Capítulo 10: Estructura 1
Miércoles
8
Capítulo 10: La vida profesional
El libro, leer p. 299-303 (Informal 'tú' commands)
Connect site, Capítulo 10: Estructura 2
Prueba de verbos 4 (Informal 'tú' commands)
Jueves
Viernes
9
Capítulo 10: La vida profesional
El libro, leer p. 304-307 (Formal 'ud./uds.' commands)
Connect site, Capítulo 10: Estructura 3
✔ Entregar Redacción 1, versión 1
10
Sol y Viento (episodio 4)
Auto-evaluarse para la nota de participación I
Semana 6: Del 13 al 17 de febrero
Lunes
13
Taller de lectura #2
Martes
14
Repaso para Prueba 2
Connect site, LearnSmart (Capítulos 9 y 10)
Miércoles
15
PRUEBA 2 (Capítulos 9 y 10)
Jueves
16
Capítulo 11: ¡Estás en tu casa!
El libro, leer p. 316-324
Connect site, Capítulo 11: Vocabulario
Viernes
17
Capítulo 11: ¡Estás en tu casa!
El libro, leer p. 325-331 (The present perfect)
Connect site, Capítulo 11: Video: El presente perfecto; Video: El presente
perfecto_question; Estructura 1
Prueba de verbos 5 (The present perfect)
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Semana 7: Del 20 al 24 de febrero
Lunes
20
No hay clases - Día feriado
Martes
21
Capítulo 11: ¡Estás en tu casa!
El libro, leer p. 332-334 (Commands with object pronouns)
Connect site, Capítulo 11: Estructura 2
✔ Entregar Redacción 1, versión 2
Miércoles
22
Capítulo 11: ¡Estás en tu casa!
El libro, leer p. 335-338 (The present progressive)
Connect site, Capítulo 11: Estructura 3
Jueves
23
Taller de escritura - Writing Task #2
Estrategias para las redacciones
Información sobre la redacción 2
Organizador gráfico para redacción 2
Viernes
24
Capítulo 12: El deporte y el bienestar
El libro, leer p. 347-356
Connect site, Capítulo 12: Vocabulario
Semana 8: Del 27 de febrero al 3 de marzo
Lunes
27
Capítulo 12: El deporte y el bienestar
El libro, leer p. 357-360 (The present perfect with object pronouns)
Connect site, Capítulo 12: Estructura 1
Martes
28
Capítulo 12: El deporte y el bienestar
El libro, leer p. 361-363 (The present progressive with object pronouns)
Connect site, Capítulo 12: Estructura 2
Miércoles
1
Introduction to the Spanish subjunctive
Jueves
2
Capítulo 12: El deporte y el bienestar
El libro, leer p. 357-360 (The subjunctive: volition with regular verbs)
Connect site, Capítulo 12: Video: Subjuntivo con verbos de volición; Video:
Subjuntivo con verbos de volición_question; Estructura 3
Viernes
3
Sol y Viento (episodio 5)
✔ Entregar Redacción 2, versión 1
Semana 9: Del 6 al 10 de marzo
Lunes
6
Taller de lectura #3
9
Martes
7
Repaso para Prueba 3 (Capítulos 11 y 12)
LearnSmart (Capítulos 11 y 12)
Miércoles
8
Jueves
9
Información sobre el examen oral
Viernes
10
Repaso de vocabulario para examen oral
✔ Entregar Redacción 2, versión 1
Auto-evaluarse para la nota de participación 2
PRUEBA 3 (Capítulos 11 y 12)
Semana 10: Del 13 al 17 de marzo
Lunes
13
Examen Oral: Diálogo
Martes
14
Examen Oral: Diálogo
15
Examen Oral: Diálogo
Jueves
16
Examen Oral: Diálogo
Viernes
17
Repaso general para el examen final
Martes
21
Miércoles
EXAMEN FINAL (1:30-3:30)
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