Contact Instructors: HERE
 

Course Description:

SPN 2200, Intermediate Spanish, is the third 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:

D.C. Heath and Company: D.C. Heath and Company:  Mundo 21 and workbook

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-speaking peoples 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 four days per week with the instructor. 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 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 accepted, 2) there will be no "make-up's" of quizzes or examinations, 3) no quizzes or exams will be given early. A passing grade for SPN 2200 is a C- (70).

The final grade in this course will be determined from the following components:
 

Homework/Participation: 15%  (Includes workbook and video assignment sheets)  Writing/Compositions: 15% (Includes three major writing assignments)  Speaking/Orals: 15%  (Includes three oral presentations)  Quizzes: 25% Midterm: 15%  Final Exam: 15%

Grading Scale: 94-100 A  90-93 A-  87-89 B+  84-86 B  83-80 B-

77-79 C+  74-76 C  70-73 C-  67-69 D+  64-65 D  60-63 D-  00-59 F

Course Director:

Dr. Jo Stepp-Greany     302 Diffenbaugh Building     Telephone: 644-4938

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.

• This class meets four (4) days per week in the classroom.

• Please be aware of the fact that this 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.

• It is possible that students in this class may be recorded or video taped in the course of the semester for purposes of evaluation of either class assignments or of the teacher.

Week Of: 10-14 de mayo

Clase Text Workbook Special Assignments

Clase 1 Review, Cap.15.1 Dímelo , 203-204 Mundo 21, G99-G101

Clase 2 Review, Cap.15.1 Dímelo

Clase 3 Review, Cap.15.2 Dímelo , 214-215 Mundo 21, G102-G105

Clase 4 Quiz, Conditional and Past Subjunctive

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Week Of: 17-21de mayo

Clase Capítulo Special Assignments

Clase 1 Unidad 1.1 pp. 15-48

Clase 2 Unidad 1.1

Clase 3 Unidad 1.1

Clase 4 Unidad 1.1/1.2
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Week Of: 24-28 de mayo

Clase 1 Unidad 1.2 *(Skip pp. 49-52 in text)

Clase 2 Unidad 1.2 Composition 1 due-

Clase 3 Unidad 1.2 refer to pp. 55-57, 70, 71

Clase 4 Quiz, Unidad 1.1 y 1.2

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Week of: 31de mayo- 4 de junio

Clase 1 Holiday - Memorial Day

Clase 2 Unidad 1.3 Oral Evaluation 1 due

Clase 3 Unidad 1.3 Oral Evaluation 1 due

Clase 4 Unidad 1.3 Oral Evaluation 1 due
 
 

Unidad 2: Functions/Context: Imaginitive descriptions/talk about historical and contemporary Spaniards Cultural Topics: History and issues concerning Spain Gramar: Preterite/Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns/gustar/infinitives/conditional tense  Composition 2: Due 22 June  Exam I: Unidades Unidades 2.1, 2.2 y 2.3, Thursday, 24 June.

Week Of: 7-11 de junio

Clase Unidad Workbook Special Assignments

Clase 1 Quiz, Unidad 1.3

Clase 2 Unidad 2.1

Clase 3 Unidad 2.1

Clase 4 Unidad 2.1 pp.49-82

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Week Of: 14-18 de junio

Clase Unidad Workbook Special Assignments

Clase 1 Unidad 2.2

Clase 2 Unidad 2.2

Clase 3 Unidad 2.2

Clase 4 Unidad 2.3 _____________________________________________________________________________________

Week Of: 21-25 de junio

Clase 1 Unidad 2.3 Composition 2 due,

Clase 2 Unidad 2.3 pp. 110-111, 116-117

Clase 3 Repaso

Clase 4 Exam I, Unidades 2.1, 2.2 y 2.3
 
 

Unidad 3:  Functions/Context: Pre-reading/contrast and analogy  Cultural Topics: Colonial Hispanic America and Independence  Grammar: Preterite and Imperfect/Possessive adj. and pronouns/indef.and negative expressions/por - para Oral Evaluation 2: -- topic to be announced by instructor  Quiz # 4: Capítulos 3.1 y 3.2, Thursday, 8 July. Quiz 5: Capítulos 3.3 y 4.1, Thursday, 22 July.

Week of: 28 de junio- 2 de julio

Clase 1 Unidad 3.1

Clase 2 Unidad 3.1

Clase 3 Unidad 3.1

Clase 4 Unidad 3.1/3.2

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Week of:  5- 9 de julio

Clase 1 Unidad 3.2 pp. 83-118

Clase 2 Unidad 3.2 Oral Evaluation 2 due

Clase 3 Unidad 3.2 Oral Evaluation 2 due

Clase 4 Quiz, 3.1 y 3.2 Oral Evaluation 2 due

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Week of: 12-16 de julio

Clase 1 Unidad 3.3

Clase 2 Unidad 3.3

Clase 3 Unidad 3.3

Clase 4 Unidad 3.3/4.1 pp. 119-152
 
 

Unidad 4:  Functions and Context: Describing functions/Discuss historical and contemporary Hispanic figures.  Cultural Topics: The Caribbean/Spanish-American War/Cuban Revolution  Grammar: Past Participles/Present Subjunctive/Commands  Oral Evaluation 3: Topic to be announced by instructor  Exam II: Capítulos 3 y 4, (especially 4.2 and 4.3), Thursday, 5 August.

Week Of: 19-23 de julio

Clase 1 Unidad 4.1 *(Skip pp. 171-176)

Clase 2 Unidad 4.1

Clase 3 Unidad 4.1 Composition 3 due Clase 4

Clase 4 Quiz, 3.3 y 4.1 pp. 152-53, 160-61

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Week Of: 26-30 de julio

Clase 1 Unidad 4.2 Oral Evaluation 3 due

*(Read p. 188, "Conozcamos al músico" and answer only "A" p. 192.)

Clase 2 Unidad 4.2  Oral Evaluation 3 due

Clase 3 Unidad 4.2 Oral Evaluation 3 due

*(Skim read pp 189-192 for information to answer questions)

Clase 4 Unidades 4.2/4.3

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Week Of:

2-6 de agosto Clase 1 Unidad 4.3 pp.119-152

Clase 2 Unidad 4.3 Oral Evaluation 3 due

Clase 3 Unidad 4.3 / Repaso Oral Evaluation 3 due

Clase 4 Exam II, Unidades 3 &4 (Especially 4.2 and 4.3) Oral Evaluation 3 due

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***Exam II for SPN 2200 is on Thursday, 5 August, 1999

NOTE: If any discrepancy is found between this on-line version of the syllabus and the paper version distributed in class, bring it to the attention of the instructor immediately for clarification and/or correction.
 

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