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Students will be able to function at the intermediate-mid level on the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. This means they will be able to participate in simple, direct conversations on topics beyond daily activities and personal life. Linguistic tasks students will be able to perform are: obtain and give information, synthesize information, narrate stories, defend personal opinions and challenge opposing perspectives. Students will be able to initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation with a number of strategies appropriate to a range of circumstances and topics.
A variety of authentic reading selections will provide the students with many opportunities to read and express themselves clearly and creatively orally. Also, throughout the semester, there will be brief grammar reviews on all tenses in the subjunctive. Students are expected to use the grammar points covered in class during their oral and written exams.
Tentative Schedule
Subject to change during the semester. Adequate notice of changes will be given.
agosto
24
Introducción al curso
Actividades comunicativas
Tarea para la próxima clase: Take CAPE test. You will need an invitation to take this test. It will come in an email but PLEASE NOTE, the email will NOT be from me but rather an administrator. The subject heading will read: Spanish Reading/Grammar Test has been added to your dashboard. Read and sign the syllabus. Know present tense conjugations.
26
Gramática: Tiempo presente
28
Gramática: Tiempo presente
GOBIERNO AMERICANO
31
Lean y estudien el vocabulario: Principios de la democracia americana, pág. 12-15
septiembre
2
Lean y estudien el vocabulario: Sistema de gobierno, pág. 15 – 19
Gramática: Mandatos Vocab quiz #1, pág. 12-19
4
Gramática: Mandatos
9
Lean pág. 20-24 y Derechos y responsabilidades, p. 24-28
Estudien el vocab pág. 20-28
11
Repaso: Capítulo 1 pág. 12-28
Vocab quiz #2, pág. 20-28
14
Examen #1
Tarea: composición #1 para entregar (hand in) en dos clases (no la próxima). Tema: El gobierno de `Yololandía (not a real country). Write a composition on the form of government in Yololandia, a country where You Only Live Once and you have to live it to the max. Pleasures, thrills and no limits is the philosophy of the government. Chapter one questions will be a good guide to help you with the type of information to include in your composition + a healthy imagination. Write only in the present tense.
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Gramática: Pretérito / Imperfecto
18
Gramática: Pretérito / Imperfecto
Entregar composición #1
HISTORIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
21
Lean y estudien el vocabulario: Período colonial y la independencia, pág. 29-33
Gramática: Pretérito / Imperfecto
23
Lean y estudien el vocabulario: Los años 1800 y Historia americana reciente y otras, pág 33- 38
Gramática: La voz pasiva
Vocab quiz #3, pág. 29-38
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Gramática: La voz pasiva
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Gramática: La voz pasiva
30
Más trabajo con gramática: La voz pasiva
Tarea: composición #2 para entregar en dos clases. Tema: ¿Por qué quieres hacerte ciudadano de EU? For this composition you are to play the part of an hispanic immigrant living in the US who is about to take the citizenry test. As part of the test you must write a convincing composition to US government officials explaining why you want to be an American citizen. Write about the quality of life, civil rights denied to you, government & societal disfunction that you experienced (past tense) in your native country. Feel free to make up a brief story of government persecution that caused you to abandon your country. Use information learned in class to explain why you like the system of government in the US.
octubre
2
Examen #2
CIVICA INTEGRADA
5
Lean y estudien el vocabulario: Geografía, Símbolos patrios y Días de fiesta pág. 39-44
Estudien el vocabulario pág. 39-60
7
Repaso: Capítulos 2-3: La historia de los Estados Unidos y La cívica integrada, pág. 39-44
Vocab quiz #4, pág. 39-60
Entregar composición #2
9
Día de repaso
12
Examen final: Examen de ciudadanía oral
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The grading scale will be as follows:
A 4.00 (94-100) B 3.00 (84-86) C 2.00 (74-76) D 1.00 (60-66) A- 3.67 (90-93) B- 2.67 (80-83) C- 1.67 (70-73) F 00 (below 60) B+ 3.33 (87-89) C+ 2.33 (77-79) D+ 1.33 (67-69)
Instructor Course Policies
Classroom attendance is taken every day and is required. The Department allows only two unexcused absences. For every absence over two, one point will be taken from your final average. Excessive absences may result in failure. Do not come to class late. Class will always start on time. Arriving late on 3 occasions = one absence. Arriving late on the day of a vocab quiz (late = after the 3rd word of the quiz is given) means you will receive a 0% for the quiz. See the current Student Handbook for the college’s attendance policy especially as it pertains to excused absences
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Institutional and Program-Level Policies
All exams will follow the Final Exam Schedule. Students scheduled to take three or more final examinations on one day may request to arrange their examination schedule, so no more than two exams occur on one day.
Requests for early or late exams are considered only under extreme circumstances. Prior to the exam period, the student must file a written request on the Early/Late Exam Form available in the Student One Stop Center, Academic Records, and on the WC portal. The form must be signed by the Instructor and the Academic Dean, approving the alternate exam time. This process must be completed prior to the scheduled exam period.
Undergraduate: FA26 Final Exam Schedule
Out-of-class Work Expectation A minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time for traditional face-to-face courses. For online and hybrid courses, the combination of face-to-face time and out-of-class work should be equal to 3 hours per credit hour per week. |
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