SPN 1121 Elementary Spanish
Section: _____ Meeting Time: _______ Days: __________ Bldg: ________ Rm: ________ Instructor: ___________________Office: __________ Office Hours: ___________Telephone: ________________E-Mail:_________________
Course Description:SPN 1121, Elementary Spanish, is the second of a three-semester sequence of courses designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of Spanish.The course emphasizes the four communicative skills of listening, reading, speaking, and writing in a culturally authentic context.Basic grammar skills are also introduced.Students will make oral presentations, read short texts, and write brief compositions in Spanish.
Required Course Materials:Harcourt-Brace Publishers:Dímelo Tú, Fourth Ed.and workbook
Student Lab Manual
Optional:Harcourt-Brace CD ROM - Encuentros- may be purchased at bookstore
It is highly recommended that the student also purchase a good English-Spanish dictionary.
Objectives:In this course you will expand your knowledge of the culture, history, and daily lives of the Spanish-speakingpeople of the world.By the semester’s end you will be able to read, write, and speak Spanish on a basic level.You will also learn to identify current and past contributions made by Spanish-speaking peoples to world literature, art, music, science and commerce.
Attendance:In order for you to meet these objectives it will be necessary for you to attend class and language lab when they meet.Class meets five days per week--four days with the instructor, and one day in language lab.*(Classes that are not scheduled to meet five days per week will adjust this schedule appropriately.)You will be allowed up to four (4) unexcused absences with no questions asked.Excused absences are the following: participation in a scheduled event as a member of a university-sponsored athletic/scholastic team (official absence form required); religious holidays; accident or illness (accident report or FSU health center/doctor’s note required); or a death in the immediate family.
***Students enrolled in classes that meet for more than 50 minutes during a session are reminded that each 50 minute-period counts as a single class.For example if you were to miss a class that meets MW or TR from 6:45 to 8:25 you would miss the equivalent of two 50-minute periods or two classes.
***Students are responsible for making up all work missed during absences.Students may not make up graded work for unexcused absences.
*Each unexcused absence after the first four will reduce the final grade number - to be calculated on a scale of 100% - by two (2) percentage points.Excuses for absences must be submitted within two (2) weeks of the time of return.
Disabled students:Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) and bring a letter to the instructor from the SDRC indicating a need for academic accommodations.This should be done the first week of classes.This syllabus and other course materials are available in alternative format upon request.
Evaluation:Except in the case of excused absences or extreme extenuating circumstances the following will be the policy of this class:1) late assignments will not be excepted, 2) there will be no make-ups of quizzes or exams, 3) no quizzes or exams will be given early.A passing grade for SPN 1120, 1121 or 2200 is a C- (70).The final grade in this course will be determined from the following components:
Homework/Participation: ..............15%Grading Scale:
(Includes workbook and video
assignment sheets and cultural requirement*)94-100A 74-76C
Writing/Compositions (3)...............15%90-93A-70-73C-
Speaking/Orals (3)..........................15%87-89B+67-69D+
Quizzes...........................................25%84-86B64-66D
Midterm..........................................15%80-83B-60-63D-
Final...............................................15%77-79C+00-59F
*Each student must attend 1 event that focuses on Hispanic Culture.
Spanish Language Program Director:Dr. Jo Stepp-Greany302B DiffenbaughTelephone:644-4938
TA Offices001 Dodd Hall644-1506
*This class meets five (5) days per week, four days per week in the classroom and one day in the language lab on the first floor of Diffenbaugh.
** Please be aware of the fact that this syllabus is a “flexible” syllabus and, due to pedagogical considerations, it may be necessary to modify it during the course of the semester.Any changes, however, will be minimal.
ACTIVIDADES
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Week Of:ClaseTextWorkbookSpecial
Assignments
7-11
de eneroClase 1Repaso,
Cap 1-3
Clase
2Repaso, Cap 4-7
Clase
3Capítulo 8/1pp.133-148
Clase
4Capítulo 8/1
Clase
5Capítulo 8/1
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Week Of:Clase CapítuloWork bookSpecial Assignments
14-18
de enero
Clase
1Capítulo 8/2
Clase
2Capítulo 8/2
Clase
3Capítulo 8/3
Clase
4Capítulo 8/3_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week Of:Clase CapítuloWork bookSpecial Assignments
21-25
de enero
Clase
1Holiday- Martín Luther
King
Clase
2Quiz, Capítulo 8
Clase
3Capítulo
9/1pp. 149-166
Clase
4Capítulo
9/1
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
28
de enero-
1
de febrero
Clase
1Capítulo 9/2Oral
evaluation 1 due
Clase
2Capítulo 9/2Oral
evaluation 1 due
Clase
3Capítulo 9/3
Clase
4Capítulo 9/3
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Week
Of:
4-8
de febrero
Clase
1Capítulo 9/3Composition
1 due, p. 333
Clase
2Quiz, Capítulo 9
Clase
3Capítulo 10/1pp.167-182
Clase
4Capítulo 10/1
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
11-15
de febrero
Clase
1Capítulo 10/2
Clase
2Capítulo 10/2
Clase
3Capítulo 10/2
Clase
4Capítulo 10/3
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Week Of: ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
18-22
de febrero
Clase
1Capítulo 10/3
Clase
2Quiz, Capítulo 10Oral
evaluation 2 due
Clase
3Capítulo
11/1pp. 183-197Oral
evaluation 2 due
Clase
4Capítulo 11/1
Clase
5Capítulo 11/2-
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
25
de febrero-
1
de marzo
Clase
1Capítulo 11/2
Clase
2Capítulo 11/2 y 11/3
Clase
3Capítulo
11/3Composition
2 due, p. 401
Clase
4Capítulo 11/3
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Week Of:
4-8
de marzo
Clase
1Repaso
Clase
2Midterm, Capítulos 8-11,
Pasos 1, 2 y 3
Clase
3Capítulo 12/1 pp.
199-212
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
18-22
de marzo
Clase
1Capítulo 12/1 y 12/2
Clase
2Capítulo 12/2
Clase
3Capítulo 12/2
Clase
4Capítulo 12/3
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Week Of ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
25-29 de marzo
Clase
1Capítulo 12-3
Clase
2Quiz, Capítulo 12pp.
213-230
Clase
3Capítulo 13/1
Clase
4Capítulo 13/1 Composition
3 due
Clase
5Capítulo 13/1 y 13/2refer
to pp. 434, text
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial
Assignments
1-5
de abril
Clase
1Capítulo
13/2
Clase
2Capítulo 13/2
Clase
3Capítulo 13/3
Clase 4Capítulo 13/3
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial
Assignments
8-12
de abril
Clase
1Quiz, Capítulo 13pp.
231-246
Clase
2Capítulo 14/1
Clase
3Capítulo 14/1Oral
evaluation 3
Clase
4Capítulo 14/2Oral
evaluation 3
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Week Of:ClaseCapítuloWorkbookSpecial Assignments
15-19
de abril
Clase
1Capítulo 14/2
Clase
2Capítulo 14/2 y 14/3
Clase
3Capítulo 14/3pp.
247-249
Clase
4Capítulo 14/3
Clase 5REPASO
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*Final Exam for SPN 1121 will be on Monday, 22
April from3:00-5:00 p.m.Rooms
TBA
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Academic
Honor Code
Honors Statement:The Academic Honor system of Florida State University is based on the premise that each student has the responsibility (1) to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in the student’s own work, (2) to refuse to tolerate violations of academic integrity in the University community, and(3) to foster a high sense of integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University community.
Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor Code published in The Florida State University Bulletin and the Student Handbook.
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I have read and thoroughly understand the expectations of the syllabus for SPN 1121.
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(Signature of Student)(date)
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(Printed Name)