INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 2A    (7/07)    (5 units)

SPANISH: INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION

SYLLABUS (Breeze-Martin, Spanish 2A, 20A)

        I. Required reading:
                      
Spanish 2A:  Fuentes:  Comunicacion y Gramatica/Lectura y  Redaccion,  3rd Edition, Rusch et. al. 2005 (bundled)

Spanish 20A:  Fuentes:  Comunicacion y Gramatica, 3rd Edition, Rusch, et. al, 2005

         II.  Recommended:  
   
Anything you see or hear in Spanish: Spanish language newspapers, radio, television, movies, podcasts, blogs, advertisements, magazines, other authentic materials from your household products and bills to your ATM machine.           
                         

III. Papers and Assignments:

Weekly homework, including workbook activities, reading, and/or writing assignments, project development for 2a, and basic research, reading and preparation for oral presentations and projects for 20a.

IV. Grading Standard:

Language learning for real communication is based on four integrated skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Grades are based on participation and skill demonstration of these skills in the classroom as well as on quizzes, chapter exams, and written and oral assignments. Please note that in order to participate and demonstrate your Spanish communications skills, you must be in class.

Students are expected to arrive on time (otherwise they are marked absent), come to class fully prepared – even if no formal homework is assigned, and stay throughout the class period with the intention of learning (and with cell phones turned off).

Students who are absent for any reason more than five full class periods during the semester limit their opportunity to demonstrate their proficiency and should, therefore, anticipate a reduction in grade, regardless of grades on written assignments and exams.

Students are expected to fully participate in class, submit assignments on time, and take responsibility for their own learning, including finding out from classmates about and/or submitting material missed due to absence.

No makeup work will be accepted after one week of assignment. There will be no opportunity for makeup of quizzes, oral presentations/projects or of oral portions of chapter exams.

Grading:  20A   (Sample only.   Actual total points may vary.)

In-class skill demonstration/participation:                                      100 points
(group activities, including pronunciation, comprehension/accuracy,
synthesis/alternative means of expression,
collaboration, leadership/mentoring.

Chapter exams (6 @ 50 points each)                                                300 points

Quizzes and assignments (15 @ 10 points each)                           150 points

Projects (2 @ 25 points each)                                                              50 points

Total possible:   600 points  

540 - 600 = A;  480 - 539 = B;  360 - 479 = C;   300 - 359 = D;   99>= F

Grading 2A:  (Sample only.  Actual total points may vary.)

Add to above:

Compositions (12 ranging from 25 - 50 points each)    400 points
Total possible:    1,000 points

900 - 1000=A; 800 - 899=B; 700 - 799=C; 600 - 699=D; 599>=F

V. Course Calendar:

To the extent possible, the class will be conducted in Spanish. All language proficiency skills will be developed, including oral communication, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and written self-expression. Course incorporates also Intermediate Conversational Spanish 20a.

While an attempt is made to integrate all language skills, the 2a/20a combination requires that the Tuesday segment of each class focus on speaking, listening and grammar, while the Thursday segment focuses on pre-reading and reading/writing activities, often  in a workshop setting.

Chapters are thematically organized and provide a variety of readings and activities to help students learn by doing.

Chapters 1 - 6 of the Fuentes text(s) will be covered this semester. Each lesson will be introduced with thematic vocabulary, followed by communicative guided drills, individual, small group and full group practice, activities and discussion, video, cultural readings and web research. For 2a, reading, writing and project assignments will be made from the Lectura y Redaccion component of the combined (bundled) text, handouts, workbook or library or web materials.

At least six hours of preparation time is anticipated each week.

(See instructor for current course calendar.)

 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2a INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 5 UNITS

This course incorporates Spanish 20a: Intermediate Spanish Conversation (2 units).

The primary objective of this course is to offer students an opportunity to review existing and acquire new communicative skills in Spanish while developing an awareness and appreciation of Hispanic cultures. The course is informed by the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century. These standards focus in five general areas:

  • Communicate in Spanish
  • Gain knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the Hispanic world
  • Connect with other disciplines and acquire information
  • Develop insight into the nature of language and culture
  • Participate in communities at home and around the world

To these standards, the course aims to meet the following goals:

Goal I: Students will be able to communicate in Spanish within the following parameters:

Objective A: Upon completion of the course, each student will be able to properly pronounce American Spanish, including vowels, diphthongs and consonants; identify cognates; know and apply the rules for stress and accentuation; and know the Spanish alphabet. The students will also know and apply Spanish punctuation marks, abbreviations, and understand and avoid spelling confusions, including in use of b and v; y, h and ll.

Objective B: Upon completion of the course, each student will be able to demonstrate the use of the following structures in context: regular, stem changing and irregular verbs; reflexive constructions; indirect and direct object pronouns; ir + a and infinitive;  present indicative; verbs like gustar; preterit; time expressions and adverbs; pluperfect; imperfect and preterit in contrast; ser and estar in contrast; past participles as adjectives; indirect objects; present perfect; lo que;  present subjunctive;  indirect and direct negative and affirmative commands; impersonal and passive se;  present perfect subjunctive; expressing doubt, belief, denial, about present, future and past events; forming complex sentences; por and para.

Objective C: Upon completion of this course, each student will be able to demonstrate his/her abilities in understanding and producing basic Spanish, within the constructs of Objective B, in thematic areas including: university life; our customs; Spain past and present; pre-Columbian America;  immigrants;  the United States as fusion of cultures; and new democracies.

Goal II: Students will have compared and contrasted the various cultures of the United States, Spain and Latin America.

Goal III: Students will connect their Spanish language and culture study to other disciplines, such as geography, social studies, political science, history, fine arts, science, and literature.

Goal IV: Students will have gained insights into the structure of English and how it compares or relates to the Spanish language structure. Because language and culture are inextricably woven, students will also have gained insights into the nature of culture.

Goal V: Students will have participated in Latino/Hispanic communities around the world and at home as they conduct research, explore the web, and attend Day of the Dead field trip to San Francisco and optional field trips.

 

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