First Year Spanish I SPAN 111 MTWR Fall 2016

First Year Spanish I
SPAN 111 MTWR Fall 2016
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Overview
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Spanish 111, the first semester in UNR’s Basic Spanish Language Program
where you will cover up to Chapter 6 of Puntos de partida, 9th edition. What follows is basic
information about the course, information that you should understand thoroughly. This course is
for students who have had no prior experience with Spanish. Students who have studied Spanish
before coming to UNR and want to continue must take the online placement exam. Refer to:
http://www.unr.edu/cla/wll/11-spanish-BSLP_policy.html
Materials
TEXTBOOKS
§ Puntos de Partida, 9th edition
§ Access to Connect Spanish: http://www.mhhm.com/
§ A good Spanish-English dictionary
You can buy your complete package (loose-leaf color copy of text, e-book, Connect
Spanish access code) for $215 (check current price) at the ASUN bookstore.
WEBSITES
§ Puntos de Partida free Online Learning Center www.mhhe.com/puntos9
§ Basic Spanish Language Program: http://www.unr.edu/cla/wll/11-spanish-BSLP.html
§ The course and all materials are available through WebCampus Learn
HOMEWORK
Within WebCampus, you will complete online exercises in Connect Spanish that
pertain to the material covered in class. In addition you will complete LearnSmart to
help you review. Instructions on accessing Connect Spanish will be provided to you
by your instructor.
Grade Breakdown
Tests:
Final:
Writing:
Oral Use of Spanish
Cap. 1
Cap. 2
Cap. 3
Cap. 4
Cap. 5
Cap. 6 +
(5)
Culture Presentation in class
Descriptive (Connect)
Entrevista Oral (Connect)
40%
10%
10%
10%
TAREA - Connect
Automatic Activ. 15%
LearnSmart
2%
Writing Activities 8%
25%
Participación:
-Self-evaluation
-Participation in
Community events
put on by the
Spanish Club; a
minimum of 3
5%
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Grading Scale
A
100-93
A92-90
B+
89-87
B
86-83
B82-80
C+
79-77
C
76-73
C72-70
D+
69-67
D
66-63
D62-60
F
59-0
Course Goals
There are various goals of Spanish 111. The first is to develop basic communicative skills in Spanish as
a second language. These include, but are not limited to, the following sample abilities:
• describing yourself and your extended and immediate family
• talking about time, days of the week, seasons of the year, and the weather
• describing university life and shopping experiences
• talking about events in the present and planned future events
• discussing likes and dislikes
A second objective is to acquire basic knowledge about cultural differences between the U.S. and the
Spanish-speaking world. Some examples are:
• geography and culture of the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and
Costa Rica
• differences in daily schedules, shopping and dressing, living accommodations, student life, and
family activities/roles.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
As a means of assessing for success in this course, the student will focus upon the following objectives:
1. Describe yourself and your extended and immediate family
2. Talk about time, days of the week, seasons of the year, the weather, likes and dislikes
3. Describe university life and shopping experiences
4. Produce written and spoken dialogue in the present and planned future.
5. Articulate in writing your understanding of significant dialectical variants of the Spanish
language.
6. Identify geography and culture of selected Spanish-speaking countries.
7. Compare U.S. and Hispanic/Latin cultures in regards to daily schedules, shopping and dressing,
living accommodations, student life, and family activities/roles.
Statement of Disability Services: Any student with a disability needing academic adjustments or accommodations
is requested to speak with me or the Disability Resource Center (Thompson Building, Suite 101; Phone: 784-6000) as
soon as possible to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
Statement on Audio and Video Recording: “Surreptitious or covert video-taping of class or unauthorized audio
recording of class is prohibited by law and by Board of Regents policy. This class may be videotaped or audio
recorded only with the written permission of the instructor. In order to accommodate students with disabilities,
some students may be given permission to record class lectures and discussions. Therefore, students should
understand that their comments during class may be recorded.”
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Course Syllabus
Día
Cap
Semana 1
8/29
1
Actividades en clase
Páginas
Tarea (due)
Introducción al curso;
Introduction to Connect Spanish
8/30
El alfabeto
Saludos
7-8
Download and print the
syllabus & Course
Components
8/31
Introduction to the Verb ser
8-9
**Check university final exam
schedule for final exam date and
time; confirm with instructor
9/1
Semana 2
9/5
9/6
9/7
9/8
Semana 3
9/12
9/13
2
9/14
9/15
Semana 4
9/19
9/20
9/21
9/22
Semana 5
9/26
9/27
9/28
9/29
Semana 6
10/3
10/4
10/5
10/6
3
¡Aquí se habla español!
10-11
Día Festivo: Día del Trabajo (No hay clase)
Los números; El verbo hay
Los gustos
El horario
Salu2 ¡Salu2 desde Los Ángeles
Discuss & Sign up for Cultural Presentations
12-13
14-15
16-17
19
EXAMEN 1 - Capítulo 1
(¿start capítulo 2?)
En la clase; Las materias
Pronunciación
Gramática 1: Singular Nouns – Gender & Articles
Due Sunday 9/11 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 1
26-29
28-31
32-35
Gramática 2: Nouns & Articles – Plural forms
Gramática 3: Present Tense of –ar verbs
Gramática 4: Asking Yes/No questions
A leer: Del mundo hispano
A escribir # 1 (Process writing from text p. 55 or
equivalent; in class only, see instructor for details)
35-37
38-44
45-47
53
55
Salu2 ¡Qué bacán!
Un poco de todo
EXAMEN 2 - Capítulo 2
(¿start capítulo 3?)
La familia; Los números
50-51
48-49
Gramática 5: Adjectives & Description
66-70
Gramática 6: Present Tense of the Verb ser
Gramática 6: Present Tense of the Verb ser
Gramática 7: Possessive Adjectives
Gramática 8: Present Tense of -er /-ir Verbs
72-76
72-76
77-80
80-85
A escribir #1
Due Sunday 9/25 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 2
60-65
Cultural presentation #1 La geografía del
mundo hispano (1 group) –use information on pgs.
20-21 as a starting point.
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Día
Cap Actividades en clase
Semana 7
10/10
Gramática 8: Present Tense of -er /-ir Verbs
10/11
A leer: Del mundo hispano
A escribir #2 (Process writing from text p. 93 or
equivalent; in class only, see instructor for details)
10/12
Cultural presentation #2 México (1 group) –use
Páginas
80-85
Tarea (due)
A escribir #2
91
93
information on p. 90 as a starting point.
Un poco de todo
Salu2 Padres modernos (if time permits)
10/13
Cultural presentation #3 Guatemala (1 group) –use
information on p. 122 as a starting point.
Semana 8
10/17
10/18
86-87
88-89
Due Sunday 10/16 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 3
EXAMEN 3 - Capítulo 3
(¿start capítulo 4?)
4
10/19
10/20
Semana 9
10/24
De compras
¿De qué color es?
98-100
101-103
Los números a partir de 100
Stress & Written Accent Marks
Gramática 9: Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns
Cultural presentation #4 Honduras (1 group) –use
information on p. 122 as a starting point.
103-106
Gramática 10: Tener, venir, poder, preferir, querer;
111-115
107-110
Due Sunday 10/23 11:59 pm
Descriptive Oral (Connect)
Idioms with tener
10/25
Gramática 11: Destination; Future Actions (ir+a+inf.)
10/26
A leer: Del mundo hispano
A escribir #3 (Process writing from text p. 125 or
equivalent; in class only, see instructor for details)
Un poco de todo
Salu2 ¡Moda, moda, moda! (if time permits)
10/27
Semana 10
10/31
5
11/1
11/2
11/3
Semana 11
11/7
11/8
11/9
11/10
116-118
A escribir #3
123
125
118-119
120-121
Due Sunday 10/30 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 4
EXAMEN 4 - Capítulo 4
(¿start capítulo 5?)
Los muebles; ¿Qué día es hoy?
¿Qué día es hoy?; Las preposiciones
Gramática 12: Hacer, oír, poner, salir, traer, ver
130-132
132-135
136-141
Gramática 12: Hacer, oír, poner, salir, traer, ver
Gramática 13: Present Tense of Stem-changing Verbs
Gramática 13: Present Tense of Stem-changing Verbs
Gramática 14: Reflexive Pronouns
136-141
142-146
142-146
147-151
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Día
Semana 12
11/14
11/15
Actividades en clase
Páginas
Gramática 14: Reflexive Pronouns
A leer: Del mundo hispano
Cultural presentation #5 El Salvador y Nicaragua (2
groups) –use information on p. 156 as a starting point.
Salu2 Vivir con la familia
A escribir #4 (Process writing from text p. 159 or
equivalent; in class only, see instructor for details)
Un poco de todo
11/16
11/17
Semana 13
11/21
11/22
6
11/23
11/24
Semana 14
11/28
11/29
11/30
12/1
Semana 15
12/5
12/6
12/7
12/8
Semana 16
12/12
EXAMEN 5 - Capítulo 5
(¿start capítulo 6?)
¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?; Los meses y las estaciones
Las preposiciones
Día Festivo: Día de Acción de Gracias (No hay clase)
Tarea (due)
147-151
157
159
A escribir #4
154-155
152-153
Due Sunday 11/20 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 5
164-167
168-169
Gramática 15: Present Progressive
Gramática 16: ¿Ser o Estar?
Gramática 16: ¿Ser o Estar?
Gramática 17: Comparisons
170-174
175-181
175-181
182-187
Gramática 17: Comparisons
A leer: Del mundo hispano
A escribir #5 (Process writing from text p. 195 or
equivalent
Costa Rica Cultural presentation #6 (1 group) use
information on p. 192 as a starting point.
Repaso; Catch-up
Salu2 En la Mitad del Mundo
182-187
193
195
Un poco de todo y repaso
188-189
Due Sunday 12/4 11:59 pm
Entrevista oral (Connect)
A escribir #5
192
190-191
Due Sunday 12/11 11:59 pm:
Connect & LearnSmart Ch. 6
12/13
Repaso
Final Exam Week 12/15 – 12/21
EXAMEN FINAL
RECOMMENDATION
FOR STUDYING:
**Check MyNevada and the university’s final exam schedule for the final exam date
and time; the confirm with your instructor
• Multiple Choice Cumulative Exam focusing on grammar from Chapters 15 plus grammar, vocabulary, reading, and listening focusing on Chapter 6.
•
You might take the final in a laboratory using WebCampus or
using a paper/pencil scantron.
•
If your instructor will be using a scantron, you will need to purchase
it the bookstore: GRADE MASTER FORM #25420
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REDO ALL OF YOUR
LEARN SMART
ACTIVITIES FOR
CHAPTERS 1-6
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University of Nevada, Reno
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