SPA 101, 102,111 Syllabus, 04122008_1.doc

SPA 101, SPA 102 & SPA 111, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 http://www.asu.edu/languages/spa/ug/ld/index.html Arizona State University School of International Letters and Cultures Spanish Faculty Lower Division Spanish Program SPA 101/102/111 Student name: __________________________ Semester: _____________________________ Line number: ____________________________ Instructor's name:________________________ Instructor's phone/office:__________________ Instructor's email: _______________________ Office hours: ____________________________ Important Information: Placement You belong in Spa 101 if you: 1. have never taken Spanish language courses before; or, 2. have studied Spanish for two years at the High School level; or, 3. have taken Spanish 101 before but did not get a passing grade. If you do not fulfill any of these requirements, you should not be in Spa 101. Please, talk to your instructor for more information. You belong in Spa 102 if you: 1. successfully passed Spa 101; or, 2. you obtained between 260-325 (internet exam) or between 18-25 (in computer lab LL065) on the Spanish Placement Exam. If you do not fulfill any of these requirements, you should not be in Spa 102. Please, talk to your instructor for more information. You belong in Spa 111 if you: 1. have taken Spanish language courses for two (2) years in high school; or, 2. you have NOT taken Spa 101 or Spa 102; or, 3. you received between 179-325 (Internet version) or 11-25 (Computer Lab version) on the Spanish Placement Exam. If you do not fulfill any of these requirements, you should NOT be in Spa 111. Please talk to your instructor for more information. Concerns: If you have any questions or concerns about this course, and you have already talked to your instructor, please see the Lower Division Spanish Program Coordinator. Please go to: http://www.asu.edu/languages/spa/ug/ld/index.html. Note: None of the Spanish Lower Division courses (Spa 101, 102, 111, 201, 202) are offered for Honors credit. If you have specific physical, psychiatric or learning disabilities and require accommodations, please let your instructor know early in the semester so that your learning needs may be met appropriately. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to Disability Resources for Students located in the Matthews Center. course objectives The overall goals of SPA 101, 102 and 111 are seen in terms of students performing linguistic tasks successfully, gaining self-confidence, relying on themselves and classmates, developing their ability to create with language, expanding their risk-taking in real-life communicative situations, and gaining greater insight into the varied perspectives offered by the study of the Hispanic culture. The language students practice in class is realistic - what they would speak and read in a Spanish-speaking environment. In-Class Learning Classes meet two or three times a week, depending on the schedule you have chosen. Class time is devoted to developing and enhancing your speaking skills through communicative activities using the grammatical structures and vocabulary that you will have practiced on the computer (Blackboard) before coming to class. Therefore, your instructor will not provide extensive grammar and vocabulary instruction. Instead, the instructor?s role in the classroom is that of a ?communication facilitator.? If you need help with grammar and/or vocabulary see your instructor during office hours (and take advantage of the free tutoring available on campus). However, please do not expect your instructor to repeat a class that you have missed nor to answer questions about on-line assignments that you have never covered yourself on-line. Do this work first and then see your instructor if you have any questions. Finally, please keep in mind that you are responsible for having the required materials for class. Computer-Enhanced Learning (Blackboard) Span 101, 102 and 111 are hybrid courses, that is, in order to receive the FOUR credit hours for the course, you MUST attend class three hours per week AND also complete the fourth credit hour as a VIRTUAL HOUR. During the virtual hour, you MUST complete all activities of WorkBook and Lab Manual as assigned to you by your instructor on Blackboard. This use of technology will help you achieve more one-on-one interaction with your classmates, and your instructor during class time because you will prepare for class ahead of time. Learning Spanish by means of a computer-enhanced course will provide the following advantages:   Self-pacing: you can take the time you need to do the online portion of the course. Immediate feedback: you will receive your results immediately, which will allow you to learn from your mistakes. Easy access: you can complete online activities from any computer which accesses the Internet through a reliable internet browser.   SPA 101 ? Fall 2009 & SPRING 2010 PLAZAS Communicative goals Greetings and leave-takings Introductions Exchanging personal information Identifying quantities Asking and answering questions Identifying people and things in the classroom Indicating relationships Describing everyday activities Talking about academic courses Telling time, days of the week, months, seasons and weather Defining and asking about family relationships Indicating ownership and possession Describing people and things Indicating nationality Describing daily activities Expressing possession, age, and physical states Expressing likes and dislikes Describing basic actions, places and activities Expressing plans and intentions Expressing knowledge Describing features of your home Describing household chores Making commands Stating locations Describing feelings Describing actions in progress Identifying parts of the body Describing daily routines Talking about what you just finished doing Talking about illness and health conditions Describing people, things and conditions Pointing out people and things Talking about foods Making comparisons Ordering food in a restaurant Describing past events Talking about shopping Making emphatic statements about possession Talking about singular and/or completed events in the past Describing ongoing and habitual actions in the past SPA 102, FALL 2009 & SPRING 2010 - PLAZAS Communicative objectives Talking about holidays, events and activities Describing changes in emotion Inquiring and providing information about people and events Narrating in the past Stating indefinite ideas and quantities Talking about periods of time since an event took place Talking about transportation and lodging Simplifying expressions with indirect and double object pronouns Talking about getting around in the city Giving directions and expressing desires Making informal requests Talking about relationships Talking about receptions and banquets Describing recent actions, events and conditions Describing reciprocal actions Qualifying actions Talking about work-related activities Make statements about motives, intentions and periods of time Expressing subjectivity and uncertainty Expressing desires and intentions Expressing emotions and opinions Hypothesizing and expressing doubts and uncertainty Talking about television and other forms of popular culture Talking about anticipated actions Talking about unplanned or accidental occurrences Describing completed actions and resulting conditions Talking about future events Expressing conjecture and probability Making statements in the past Talking about hypothetical situations SPA 111, FALL 2009 & SPRING 2010 ? PLAZAS Communicative objectives Greetings and leave-takings Introductions Exchanging personal information Identifying quantities Asking and answering questions Identifying people and things in the classroom Indicating relationships Describing everyday activities Talking about academic courses Telling time, days of the week, months, seasons and weather Defining and asking about family relationships Indicating ownership and possession Describing people and things Indicating nationality Describing daily activities Expressing possession, age, and physical states Expressing likes and dislikes Describing basic actions, places and activities Expressing plans and intentions Expressing knowledge Describing features of your home Describing household chores Making commands Stating locations Describing feelings Describing actions in progress Identifying parts of the body Describing daily routines Talking about what you just finished doing Talking about illness and health conditions Describing people, things and conditions Pointing out people and things Talking about foods Making comparisons Ordering food in a restaurant Describing past events Talking about shopping Making emphatic statements about possession Talking about singular and/or completed events in the past Describing ongoing and habitual actions in the past Talking about holidays, events and activities Describing changes in emotion Inquiring and providing information about people and events Narrating in the past Stating indefinite ideas and quantities Talking about periods of time since an event took place Talking about transportation and lodging Simplifying expressions with indirect and double object pronouns Talking about getting around in the city Giving directions and expressing desires Making informal requests Talking about relationships Talking about receptions and banquets Describing recent actions, events and conditions Describing reciprocal actions Qualifying actions Talking about work-related activities Make statements about motives, intentions and periods of time Expressing subjectivity and uncertainty Expressing desires and intentions Expressing emotions and opinions Hypothesizing and expressing doubts and uncertainty Talking about television and other forms of popular culture Talking about anticipated actions Talking about unplanned or accidental occurrences Describing completed actions and resulting conditions Talking about future events Expressing conjecture and probability Making statements in the past Talking about hypothetical situations Required Texts SPA 101, 111, 102 (Fall 2009) - (Spring 2010) Robert Hershberger, Susan Navey-Davis, Guiomar Borrás. Plazas, 3rd edition. Customized edition for ASU (package includes Heinle iLrn Access Card and other required items). Boston: Thomson/Heinle, 2008. Workload Students should be aware that that each class session will require approximately two hours a day of careful and systematic studying outside of class. 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 this class. Attendance policy Class attendance is mandatory. Regular class attendance is expected and essential for successful completion of the course. If your class meets twice a week, you are only allowed to miss two classes. If your class meets three times a week, you are allowed to miss three classes per semester. For each absence beyond the ones allowed, your final course grade will be lowered by 1.0 percent. Student athletes, band members, and members of other such university organizations should bring an original letter from their supervisor of their specific department by the fifth day of instruction indicating the dates they will miss class. If you are absent for any reason, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL GIVEN IN CLASS.  Call or e-mail a classmate for the information needed to perform adequately the next day. If you are absent you MAY NOT use your absence as an excuse for not being prepared or not turning in your homework Classmates? information Name: Name: Telephone: Telephone: E-mail: E-mail: Classes/exams are NOT canceled before/after any holidays. If you do not want to affect your grade or miss your quiz/exam, make sure you make travel arrangements accordingly. Academic Integrity According to the Student Academic Policy, ALL work completed in Lower Division Spanish classes must be the work of the student. The following constitute a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy and will be sanctioned accordingly: Cheating on Exams (crib sheets, electronic devices, classmates or any other form). Plagiarism Assistance from any individual on the following: Compositions Quizzes/Exams Workbook Cultural Activities Use of any form of translation programs or electronic translators. Sanctions Any student who violates the academic integrity policy will receive 0 on the assignment in question. If the assignment is an exam, the student may NOT drop the 0 as the lowest exam score. The second offense will result in 0 for the entire assignment category (i.e. exam, composition, etc). The third offense will result in a final grade of XE in the course. For more information please refer to: Student Academic Integrity Policy: http://www.asu.edu/studentlife/judicial/integrity.html EVALUATION CRITERIA Daily Oral Participation________________________________________ 10% Chapter Exams (3) ___________________________________________ 30% Quizzes ______________________________________________ 5 % Homework ______________________________________________ 5 % Compositions (3) ____________________________________________ 15% Oral Exams:   Mid term Oral Exam _________________________________________ 10%   Final Oral Exam   __________________________________________ 10% Final Written Exam ___________________________________________ 15% Grading scale: A+ 97-100; A 93-96; A- 90-92; B+ 87-89; B 83-86; B- 80-82; C+ 77-79; ; C 70-76; D 60-69; E 59-0 Extra Credit: No extra credit will be given under any circumstances. Daily Oral Participation (10%). Your daily oral performance and participation in class activities will constitute 10% of your final grade. This grade is determined by willingness to participate in individual, paired and group activities and by frequency of participation. Your instructor will evaluate participation twice per semester. Questions regarding your participation grades should be addressed to the instructor during office hours (or before/after class), where more detailed feedback and suggestions can be offered. SEEK HELP AS THE NEED ARISES. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! Please see the Participation Sheet for more details.   Chapter Exams (30%). There will be 3 regular chapter tests. They will test reading comprehension, listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and culture. Exams will emphasize information covered in class, in addition to assignments from the Student Activities Manual (iLrn) and Blackboard activities. Your instructor will drop the lowest test score. THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS.   Quizzes (5%) Quizzes may be given at any time and may cover any area due for that day. THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES. NOTE: There are NO MAKE-UPS for tests or quizzes. If a test or quiz is missed due to a documented police, court or medical emergency of your own, the next test or quiz will count double. Homework (5%) Your instructor will assign specific exercises, you must complete these exercises to receive credit for homework. Blackboard Activities. Your instructor may assign a variety of preparation and practice activities on Blackboard. You must complete all assigned Blackboard exercises to receive credit for homework. iLrn iLrn will provide you with additional opportunities to complete activities and continue to practice concepts developed in the textbook. You must complete all the iLrn exercises assigned by your instructor. You will best reinforce what you have learned by completing the exercises as you progress through the chapter. Generally, it is NOT effective to PROCRASTINATE! Remember you are responsible for your own learning. Compositions (15%). You will have three (3) composition assignments during the semester that will contribute to the development of your writing skills. You are advised to follow the writing process outlined in the Correcting Schema, as this will aid you in creating a better draft. Your composition assignments are due on the dates indicated by your instructor. After you hand in VERSION 1, your instructor will provide you with: (1) corrective feedback (please refer to your Error Awareness Sheet); and, (2) an overall evaluation in the form of a grade (please refer to the Composition Profile). After you receive your corrected VERSION 1, you should make the necessary changes and hand in VERSION 2 (stapled to VERSION 1 along with the grading sheet) to your instructor on the date assigned. VERSION 2 should include the changes/ improvements made according to the feedback given by the instructor. Highlight all corrections. Your final grade for one composition assignment will include the percentages of the grades received on EACH VERSION.  The grade you receive for VERSION 1 is worth 60% of your final grade, while the grade you receive for VERSION 2 will count for 40% of your final grade. Should you fail to turn in VERSION 2, the grade you obtained for VERSION 1 (60% of the grade) will be the ONLY one recorded. You will receive a 0 for the 40% for VERSION 2.   Your compositions are to be typed and double-spaced. Hand-written compositions will not be accepted. It is recommended that you use a computer and save your work, since this will make it easier for you to make your corrections. NO LATE COMPOSITIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. See the Correcting Schema for more details. Midterm and Final Oral Exams: (10% Mid-term; 10% Final). Situational dialogues in pairs or groups of 3 will be administered at midterm and at the end of the semester to assess oral proficiency. The instructor will hand each pair/group of students a card on which the topic to be discussed is written. The topics are similar in format and content to the paired and group exercises and activities practiced throughout the chapters. The class schedule gives the dates for the oral exams. THESE DATES ARE SET AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED. Please see Oral Exam Evaluation for more details. Final Written Exam (15%). This exam is designed to assess listening and reading proficiency in Spanish, as well as achievement and mastery of grammar and vocabulary covered in the course. The exam date is listed on the course schedule. THESE DATES ARE SET AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED. ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAM. A make-up exam is scheduled only for students with a verified time conflict with another final exam. If you must miss the final exam for ANY other reason, you must take an Incomplete in the course. You will have one year to take the final exam and remove the incomplete from your record. myASU Information for Students What is myASU? myASU is Arizona State University?s portal providing a personal webpage that you can customize and which also gives you access to online courses, resources and services. Logging on to myASU? Access the web and go to: HYPERLINK "http://my.asu.edu" \t "_blank" http://my.asu.edu Login using your ASURITE ID and password. (See last section if you do not have an active ASURITE ID. It is absolutely essential that you have one! Acquire one right away! Do not delay!) You will first be directed to your Home page. From this home page, you can see course announcements, calendars, send group or individual e-mails, access the address book, etc. You can customize your myASU portal by clicking on the CONTENTS button in the top right corner of the myASU page to select the modules you want displayed and clicking on the LAYOUT button to change colors and layout of the page. myASU Access The Home tab at the top of the pages takes you to your home page. The Courses tab at the top of the page takes you to a page listing all of the myASU courses you are enrolled in. The Organizations tab takes you to a page listing the sites of the organizations you belong to. The ASU Bookmarks tab takes you to a resource page with links to websites. ________________________________________________________________________ You can go to different areas of a course site by choosing from the buttons on the left. There is course content, and also the following buttons: Tools. Here you can access the following: -DIGITAL DROP BOX: This allows you to give your instructor documents digitally. To send a file to your Instructor, click on Send File and indicate the recipient. -CALENDAR: Here you can see what events your instructor has posted for the course (assignments, due-dates, tests, quizzes, projects, etc.). You can view the calendar by day, by week, by month or by year. Syllabus: Here you can access the syllabus and the correcting schema. Instructor Info.: This section contains information about your instructor (office hours, telephone numbers, etc.) Announcements: This page shows all of the announcements posted for the course. _________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Resources Support Contact Information For myASU problems/questions go to the Customer Assistance Center ? Computing Commons Room 202, 480-965-6500 or email HYPERLINK "mailto:myasu-q@asu.edu" myasu-q@asu.edu . 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