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Spanish 227 Spoken Spanish IDr. Linda ZeeWhite Hall 226223-2461
[email protected] hours MWF 10:30-11:00, Th 1-2:00 and by
appointmenthttp://www.utica.edu/academic/ssm/language/index.cfm
Description: Conducted in Spanish, will further develop the
audio-lingual skills that thestudents have acquired in their early
Spanish language training. Emphasis will be placed onmaintaining
ideas and concepts in actual conversation situations, taken from
topics of mostinterest to students.
The class will be conducted entirely in Spanish. There will be
daily interaction inSpanish (lecture presentations, conversation,
questions, exercises, games, etc.) that has asits primary purpose
the acquisition of communicative skills in the language. The goal
of thiscourse is to facilitate communication in Spanish. Students
will view and discusscontemporary movies and video clips, read
on-line and Xeroxed texts, all in Spanish. Newvocabulary will be
introduced and studied. Students will discuss movies, current
events andpersonal or social issues. Students will also participate
in small group activities and give oral
presentations.
Prerequisite: Spanish 202 or equivalent
Required materials:a GOOD Spanish-English dictionary. On-line
translation programs are notoriously incompleteand inadequateaccess
to on-line materials (class blog, NULU)
Classroom behavior and expectations:
1. Be on time. Arriving late is rude and disrespectful to me and
to the rest of the class. 3 late arrivalsequals 1 absence.
2. Spanish is a spoken language and the only way for me to know
if and when you re speaking is ifyoure here in class. Therefore
there is an attendance policy:
* you have 3 unexcused absences [excused absences are for
College-sanctioned events and mustbe accompanied by prior
notification]
* after 8 absences I reserve the right to automatically fail
you, and you should drop the class.
3. CELL PHONES OFF!!! LEAVE IT VISIBLE ON TOP OF YOUR DESK.If I
see you texting, I will consider it an insult [since youre
obviously not paying attention to me] and atestament to your
rudeness and immaturity.
4. Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses and will be
punished accordingly--F/F for cheating onyour
transcript/vivisection [look it up].
5. NO GUM SNAPPING! It really gets on my nerves and it will
probably cause me to subconsciouslyhate you and lower your grade.
Why risk it?
6. Please come to class prepared, or stay home. DONT EMAIL ME
ASKING FOR THEASSIGNMENT OR MATERIAL COVERED. THATS WHAT THE BLOG
PAGE IS FOR. ITS NOTON ...ANGEL.
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7. I have a somewhat dry, somewhat snarky, somewhat obnoxious
sense of humor. Get used to it.
GRADING:
40% participation: are you actively contributing to the
conversation either in your group orto the class as a whole? Do you
repeat what someone else just said or are you furthering
thediscussion? Do you consistently make the same errors or are you
learning, self-correctingand advancing?25% presentations: use of
vocabulary, proper verb tenses, coverage of the material10%
vocabulary and journals: you should maintain a daily (or 3 times a
week) log of newwords learned and hopefully put into practice; you
should summarize the material discussedin class, what you thought
of the topics presented by others, what you may have disagreedwith
or not gotten an opportunity to express. All in Spanish.15%
in-class writings: there will be occasional brief, spontaneous
writing exercises,depending on the topic at hand20% final report:
the culmination of your hard work and effort. More details to
come.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION:A 93+ C+ 77-79A- 90-92 C 74-76B+ 87-89 C-
70-73B 84-86 D+ 67-69B- 80-83 D 64-66
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Subject to modifications and revisions. My
plan is to alternate betweensmall groups/pair work and larger class
discussions.Mondays: an assigned theme or topic that you will have
to prepare for by looking up relevantvocabulary and having in mind
how you will talk about the topic.Wednesdays: discussions of
articles on NULU
Fridays: viewing part of a film or video and discussing or
voicing over
1/25 Introduction to the class
1/28 Mi familia1/302/1
2/4 Un tour del campus2/62/8
2/11 Una memoria de mi niez o infancia (formas del
pasado)2/132/15
2/18 Cmo se hace.. (mandatos)2/202/22
2/25 La biografa de alguien (formas del pasado)2/27
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3/4 El argumento de una pelcula, programa o novela (formas del
pasado)3/63/8
3/11 Un viaje (verdadero o imaginario) (formas del pasado)
3/133/15
3/18 Vacaciones3/20 Vacaciones3/22 Vacaciones
3/25 Reflejando desde el futurocmo ha sido mi vida3/27 PCA?3/29
PCA?
4/1 Un cuento infantil
4/34/5
4/8 El encuentro con alguien famoso (despus de una
entrevista)4/104/12
4/15 Mi pueblo/ciudad4/174/19
4/22 Si yo fuera(El da despus de mi cumpleaos)
4/244/26
4/29 Detalles de un porteo/un argentino (o una.)5/15/3
5/6 presentaciones finales5/8 presentaciones finales
