COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Name & Number
Course Description
Instructor’s Name
Instructor’s Office #
E-mail Address
Textbooks & Materials
Required
Learning Outcomes
SPAN 1412.400
Semester &
Fall 2016
Beginning Spanish II
Year
Continued development of basic Spanish language skills in listening,
speaking, reading, and writing within a cultural framework. Students
acquire the vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary to
communicate and comprehend at the high beginner to the low
intermediate level.
Dr. Sara Gottardi
Office Phone #
940-498-6451
160 D
Office Fax #
N/A
[email protected]
Office Hours
MWF 8:00-9:45
TR 2:00-3:00
I also have online office hours you can access
through Canvas’ Conferences link
Jarvis, et al. ¿Cómo se dice? 10th ed. w/ Connect. Cengage, 2015.
ISBN: 978-1-305-23699-8
Currently this packet is used for 1412 and 2311. The Connect access
included in your NCTC book packet is for 24 months.
Students who successfully complete SPAN 1412 will meet the following
learning outcomes:
1. Engage in conversations using level-appropriate grammatical
structures including narrating events that take place in the past.
2. Demonstrate understanding of level-appropriate spoken Spanish
produced by Spanish speakers of diverse origins.
3. Write simple to moderately complex sentences using levelappropriate grammatical structures and organize them into
cohesive paragraphs.
4. Read and comprehend level-appropriate authentic texts.
5. Identify and discuss traditions, customs, and values of the
Hispanic world.
6. Compare and contrast the traditions, customs, and values of the
Hispanic world with characteristics of their own culture.
Core Objectives
Foundational Component Area: Language, Philosophy, and Culture
*Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking,
innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of
information
*Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development,
interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual
communication
*Social Responsibility (SR)- to include intercultural competency,
knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in
regional, national, and global communities
*Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect
choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making
Grading Policy & Procedures
Scholastic Integrity
Participation
Discussions (4)
iLrn
Oral exams (2)
Exams (3)
Final exam
Cultural project
8%
10%
8%
14%
25%
15%
20%
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
0-59%
A
B
C
D
F
Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a
test, plagiarism, and collusion. See Student Handbook “Student Rights
& Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.
Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion,
or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor
may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular
assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)]
The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the
planned action to his Department Chair. The Department Chair shall
report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who
shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further
action. This may involve either probation or suspension of the student
or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed
necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the
action shall be taken through that office.”
Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following
student actions:
Attendance Policy
1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as
your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas,
opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to
document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving
credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information,
quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source
without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it
makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the
student gives credit.
If you must miss class, be aware you can turn in your work by the start
of the missed class period and still receive full credit. NO late work is
accepted. If you must be absent the day of an exam, please arrange to
make it up ahead of the exam date. Arriving late, leaving early, and
stepping out of the classroom affect your participation grade. Missing
class means you receive no participation points for that day regardless
of the reason for the absence. Please contact a classmate for
information that you missed and review the day’s presentation in
Canvas. Students who miss more than 6 absences may be
administratively dropped. 3 tardies equal one absence. At the
professor discretion, excessive tardiness may be counted as an
absence.
ADA
Statement
North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission
or access to its programs. The College is committed to providing equal access to its
students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services
and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department. Students are
responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance. Students
with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment,
learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services.
Disability Accommodations
The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who
have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning,
such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury.
Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced
environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.
On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville
Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-6684209. Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call
940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.
North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter
of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).
http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices/Disabilityservices/DisabilitiesFacul
tyResources.aspx
EEOC
Statement
Participation
Discussions
iLrn
(Connect)
Oral exams
North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.
It is your responsibility to review the materials and homework for the upcoming
class period. The assigned readings and homework are meant to give you information
and practice on the topics that will be reviewed in class. Class time is for practice and
application of what you studied. If you have questions or do not understand
something, you need to notify me in advance so that I can help you. In class, I will be
looking for your active and knowledgeable participation. You must be able to participate in
an active and knowledgeable manner in order to receive full participation points each day.
We will make extensive use of paired and group practices, so your ability to participate is
essential. You are supposed to make mistakes so that you can see what areas you have
dominated and which you still need to work on absorbing. Please see the Participation
rubric for more details on grading.
Your discussions must be posted online in Canvas by the start of the class period. Any late
submissions will not be accepted. Be sure to carefully review all of the grading criteria in
the rubric in order to receive full points. Discussions must be written in Spanish. This
means you must compose in Spanish from the start and not write first in English and then
translate. Translated material will not receive any credit. I want to see your authentic
writing ability, so avoid consulting dictionaries or translators.
iLrn houses your online workbook. Be sure to submit activities by the start of class on the
due date in order to receive credit. Please be aware that iLrn does not currently have an
app for mobile devices and is not very mobile friendly at this time. The designers are
working on this issue.
You will have two oral exams during the semester. There will be in-class practices before
the exam date so that you can practice with different partners. Remember that the oral
exam is about producing language on the spot and not rehearsing fully memorized
scripts. Each person will receive individual grades.
Cultural
project
Exams
Other
Pertinent
Information
Tobacco-Free
Campus
Course
Calendar
The cultural project will be turned in and evaluated online. You must turn in your work by
the start of the class period. Work turned in late will not receive credit. Pay careful
attention to the grading rubrics to know how you will be graded.
There will be a total of three exams, each covering the material from two lessons. Due to
the nature of language learning, all of the exams will be cumulative in nature even if the
focus is on the two specific lessons. This means you are still responsible for remembering
vocabulary, conjugations, and material from prior chapters for each exam.
Grades: Your grades will be kept up to date in Canvas. I usually have work graded by the
following class period. All grading rubics are available for view alongside assignment
information so that you will know the criteria used to evaluate you.
Technology: Remember that while Canvas is mobile friendly, iLrn is not quite there yet.
You should plan to complete your online work from a computer.
NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes,
electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco on campus property. NCTC is aware that
tobacco use influences underage students, which cumulates unsightly tobacco litter and
interferes with assuring clean air for all who come to NCTC. NCTC recognizes the health
hazards of tobacco use and of exposure to second hand smoke. Information on a tobacco
cessation program is available for students, faculty, staff who wish to stop using tobacco
products. We would like to "thank you" for your help in making our campuses TobaccoFree. For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Vice President of Student
Services at 940-668-4240.
The last day for a W is November 3
En clase
Tarea
Laboratorio
Lesson 7
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5 CO: CT, COM, SR y PR
Recognize the pronunciation differences between English and Spanish
Use Lesson 7 vocabulary to talk about travelling
Use the gustar construction to express and discover personal preferences
Identify and produce ordinal numbers
Identify direct objects and rewrite sentences using the direct object pronoun
Identify and use the preterite tense to describe completed actions in the past
Listen to a video with speakers from Panama
Read a magazine article in Spanish
Research cultural information about Costa Rica, Panama, or Puerto Rico
Write a short paragraph in Spanish
Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and questions
Week 1
Presentaciones
Accent rules
22-Aug
Pronunciation
El alfabeto
Review accent rules and
pronunciation
Vocabulario
Leer p. 212
Set up iLrn (Connect) account
Vocabulario
24-Aug Los números
ordinales
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 180
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Visit the Canvas
site and iLrn for
our course and
familiarize
yourself with it. If
you have
questions, contact
me.
Take the review
quiz
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 212 y 202
26-Aug Repasar los
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
objetos directos
Week 2
Vocabulario
29-Aug Los objetos
indirectos
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 202 y 205
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Los objetos
31-Aug indirectos
Gustar
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 202 y 205
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Leer pp. 202, 205
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
7-Sep
Gustar (cont 2)
Leer pp. 210-211
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
9-Sep
El pretérito
regular
Leer pp. 210-211
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
12-Sep
El pretérito
regular
Week 3
2-Sep Gustar (cont)
Week 4
El pretérito
regular
14-Sep Lectura
Práctica
auditiva
16-Sep Examen #1
Pick your partner
and topic for the
cultural project
Create your plan
for the cultural
project and
upload it to
Canvas
Hacer el examen de práctica #1
Practicar para el Examen #1
Repasar para el Examen #1
Vocabulario
Leer p.232
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Buscar
información
adicional sobre
Costa Rica o
Panamá y hacer la
Discusión
Week 5
Lesson 8
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6 CO: CT, COM, SR y PR
Use Lesson 8 vocabulary to talk about errands
Identify direct and indirect objects and rewrite sentences that replace both with pronouns
Memorizeand use irregular and stem-changing preterit conjugations
Use the preterite to give and obtain informaiton about completed actions in the past
Distinguish the differences between por and para
Listen to a video with speakers from Puerto Rico
Read a magazine article in Spanish
Research cultural information about Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela or Chile.
Write a short paragraph in Spanish
Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question
Compare and contrast a work of art from their country with one from the US
Vocabulario
Los objetos
19-Sep
directos e
indirectos
Vocabulario
Los objetos
21-Sep
directos e
indirectos
23-Sep
Ser, Ir y Dar
Por/Para
Vocabulario
Leer p.232
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Leer p. 235 y pp.238-239
Hacer la tarea de iLn
Leer p. 236
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Week 6
Los verbos con
26-Sep
cambio de raíz
Leer p. 236 y pp.240-241
Estudiar para el Examen #1
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Los verbos con
cambio de raíz
28-Sep Los adverbios
Práctica para el
examen oral #1
Leer pp. 248-249
Repasar la lección
Video
Práctica
auditiva
30-Sep
Repasar
Práctica para el
examen oral #1
Repasar para el Examen oral #1
Week 7
3-Oct Examen oral #1
Subir el borrador
del artículo 1 a
Canvas
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 260-262
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Subir el borrador
del artículo 2 a
Canvas
Buscar
información
adicional sobre
Puerto Rico y
Lesson 9
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6 CO: CT, COM, SR y PR
Use Lesson 9 vocabulary to talk about daily routines
Memorize and use reflexive consturctions to describe daily routines
Memorize and use irregular preterit conjugations to give and obtain
information about completed actions in the past
Use the "Hacer tiempo que" construction to describe how long it has
been since an action was completed
Listen to a video with speakers from Cuba
Read a magazine article in Spanish
Write a short paragraph in Spanish
Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question
Compare and contrast a food and music video from your country with
equivalents from the US
Vocabulario
5-Oct
El reflexivo
7-Oct
Vocabulario
El reflexivo
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 260-262
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Leer pp. 256-257, 260-262 y 264265
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Week 8
10-Oct El posesivo
Leer pp. 266-269
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
El pretérito
12-Oct
irregular
Leeer pp. 208y 270
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
14-Oct
Hacer tiempo
que
hacer la Discusión
de Puerto Rico
Subir el borrador
del artículo 3 a
Canvas
Hacer el examen de práctica
Week 9
Video
Practica
17-Oct
auditiva
Lectura
Practicar para el examen de
práctica
19-Oct Examen #2
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 290-293
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Buscar más
información sobre
Cuba o la
República
Dominicana y
hacer la Discusión
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6 CO: CT, COM, SR y PR
Use Lesson 10 vocabulary to talk about houses and apartments
Identify and use the imperfect tense to describe repeated actions in the
past
Interpret the difference in meaning between concoer and saber in the
preterit and imperfect tenses
Listen to a video with speakers from Venezuela
Read a magazine article in Spanish
Write a short paragraph in Spanish
Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question
Incorporate cultural information from your country and the two past
tenses and create a fictional story about what your group does when
they visit your country
Vocabulario
21-Oct
El imperfecto
Vocabulario
Leer pp. 290-293
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Vocabulario
El imperfecto
Leer pp. 290-293 y 296
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Vocabulario
El imperfecto
Leer pp. 292-295
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
28-Oct El imperfecto
Leer pp. 292-295
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
El pretérito vs
el imperfecto
Leer pp. 292-295
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
2-Nov
El pretérito vs
(3 Nov last
el imperfecto
day for W)
Leer p. 306-307
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
El pretérito vs
el imperfecto
Leer p. 306-307
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
24-Oct
Week 10
26-Oct
31-Oct
Week 11
4-Nov
Week 12
Video
Practica
7-Nov
auditiva
Lectura
Repasar para el Examen oral #2
9-Nov Examen oral #2
Escribir el bosquejo de la
composición
11-Nov
Taller de
escritura
Revisar la composición y traer
una versión impresa (printed)
Subir el borrador
del artículo 4 a
Canvas
Buscar
información
adicional sobre
Venezuela y hacer
la Discusión de
Venezuela
Subir el borrador
del artículo 5 a
Canvas
Taller de
14-Nov
escritura
Week 13
Lesson 12 y 13
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 y 5 CO: CT, COM, SR y PR
Use Lesson 13 vocabulary to talk about clothing
Identify and use the imperative form to elicit action from others
Identify, interpret, and use the se impersonal construction to emphasize
actions
Listen to a video with speakers from Chile
Read a magazine article in Spanish
Write a short, narrative essay in Spanish
Demonstrate listening comprehension of aural paragraph and question
Read and evaluate the class' cultural projects to identify your favorite
one
Vocabulario
de Ud. y Uds.
Vocabulario
Repasar pp. 344
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
18-Nov
Los mandatos
de nosotros
Leer pp. 370-371
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
21-Nov
Los mandatos
de tú
Leer pp. 370-371
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
16-Nov Los mandatos
Week 14
Los mandatos
23-Nov
de tú
28-Nov
Week 15
Week
16
Revisar la composición y traer la
versión final impresa
Vocabulario
Leer p. 344
El se
impersonal
Leer p. 350
Hacer la tarea de iLrn
Votar por el mejor proyecto
Subir el borrador
del artículo 6 a
Canvas
Subir la versión
final del proyecto
cultural
Leer pp. 384-385
Lectura
Escritura
30-Nov
Práctica
auditiva
Hacer el examen de práctica
1-Dec Repaso
Repasar para el Examen final
Votar por el mejor
proyecto cultural
para el 1 de
diciembre
Examen final el 5 lunes, 5 de diciembre de las 11:00-12:50