Spanish 102, Fall Quarter 2006 (12:30 PM-1:20 PM M-F)

Instructor: Autumn Knowlton

Office- A 245C         

Office hours- Monday and Tuesday, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, or by appointment

E-mail address- aknowlto@bcc.ctc.edu

            Welcome to Spanish 102!  The key to making our class time successful is coming to class with a good attitude, so that everyone is comfortable speaking up and making mistakes.  I hope you take advantage of my office hours and access to e-mail to keep in touch with me about any questions or concerns. 

            Since this is a Spanish class, the entire class will be conducted in Spanish.  A little English may be used to explain a difficult grammar point, but that is an exception.  I also expect you to speak in Spanish while class is in session.  This gets easier with practice, and by the end of the quarter you should notice an improvement in your conversation skills. 

            The concepts covered in Spanish 102 are quite a bit harder than what is covered in 101, and this is partly because many students enter the class not being familiar with grammar in English.  For a thorough explanation that relates English and Spanish grammar, I recommend English Grammar for Students of Spanish.  I am also happy to go over grammar in English before or after class, or during my office hours.   

Required materials (available in the BCC bookstore)

Imágenes (textbook), 2003

Audio CD

Workbook and lab manual

Audio CDs to accompany lab manual

Interactive CD ROM

Optional materials

Spanish-English dictionary (I recommend Larousse)

501 Spanish Verbs

English Grammar for Students of Spanish

GRADES

Participation                          15%

Homework/workbook           15%

Quizzes (4)                             30%

Short compositions (2)          5%

Final exam                             15%

Presentation (1)                    10%

Skits (4)                                  10%

Participation

Your active participation in class is an important element of your grade.  I ask that you come to class with a positive attitude and, while I generally expect you to speak Spanish all of the time, I understand that you might need to use a word or two of English at times.  If you finish an activity and have time to chat, please speak in Spanish.  Even though a few minutes of Spanish doesn’t seem like much, it can give you a good idea of everyday words that you need to learn to carry on a conversation in Spanish.

You earn up to 5 participation points a day, and you lose points for being late and for speaking in English for more than a sentence or two.

** Extra credit**

There are two ways to earn extra credit to apply towards your participation grade.  You can do up to one of each.

1) You can watch a movie in Spanish from a Spanish-speaking country to make up for 10 participation points (2 classes).  In order to receive credit, you need to type up a summary of the movie (about 3/4 page) and include 5 new words that you learned in Spanish.  Your summaries have to be turned in by the last day of class.

2) You can attend an event related to the Spanish-speaking world and type up a summary of the event.  If you have a question about whether the event is applicable or not, please ask me.

Homework

In the syllabus I have assigned specific activities from the workbook that we’ll go over in class, and on the day of every quiz you have to turn in all of the workbook and lab manual activities (listening section after the workbook) for that chapter.  You will lose 5 points for every day that you turn in your workbook and lab manual late.  All assignments that are to be turned in are in bold on the syllabus.

Quizzes

There will be a quiz at the end of each chapter.  If you know you’ll miss class the day of the quiz, you have to contact me before the quiz is given in order to make arrangements to take it.   I will drop the lowest quiz grade of the four. 

Compositions

There are two short composition assignments on the syllabus.  The instructions are written in the textbook on the page indicated.  The compositions should be typed and double-spaced.  It is a good idea to write even your first draft in Spanish, instead of translating it from English.     

Final exam

At the end of the quarter, you will take a comprehensive exam on material covered in Chapters 5-8.  I will give you a study guide to help prepare you, and we will spend some time in class reviewing.

Skits

After every chapter you will organize skits in Spanish in groups of 3-5 people.  You will have one class period  to prepare, and groups will present the following day.   You need to use Spanish as you are preparing the presentations.

Presentations

At the end of the quarter each of you will make a presentation of 3-5 minutes about a topic related to the Spanish-speaking world.  You can present in pairs, but each individual has to speak for a minimum of 3 minutes.  You will be graded on content, pronunciation, grammar, organization, and visual aids.  We can go over a draft of your presentation during my office hours if you have questions about grammar or content. 

OTHER MISC. INFORMATION

Academic dishonesty

Stealing, cheating, and plagiarizing other students’ work will not be tolerated.  All students caught plagiarizing will be reported to the Dean of Student Services.

BCC Disability Statement

Students with disabilities who need additional classroom accomodation are required to meet with the Director of Disability Student Services, B 132, phone (425) 564-2498, to establish their eligibility for accomodation.  In addition, students who require accomodation in classes must review those requirements with each instructor during the first week of the quarter.

On-campus resources

Tutoring: Visit www.bcc.ctc.edu/tutoring or see the tutor coordinator in C 162 to sign up for individual tutoring.  Also, group tutoring sessions usually begin the second week of class.  Both options are free.

Language labs: Both the Open Lab (N 250) and the Library Media Center (D 124) have the Imágenes CDs installed on selected computers, but you need to bring your CDs with you to run the programs.

Tentative Schedule

(This schedule is subject to change, including the dates of quizzes.)

Date        In class                     Study                                       Homework

18/9	Introduction to the class	“Vocabulario esencial” (132)	Write a one-page autobiography to turn in tomorrow.
19/9	Intro to Chapter 5 How to tell time	“Gramática para la comunicación” (GPC) (135-137)
20/9	Stem-changing verbs	Vocabulario (142-143); read “¿Lo sabían?” (131 & 151).	Workbook p 64 Act 3 and 4
21/9	Stem-changing verbs		WB p 66 Act 7
22/9	Clothes and fabrics Las sensaciones		Text p 156 Act 40- Write a composition of at least 350 words for Monday using these directions.

25/9	por versus para	GPC (148-149); read “Lectura” (153-155).	Text- p 156 Act 39 WB pp 69-70 Act 12, p 76 Repaso
26/9	Discuss Chile Review for quiz		Bring workbook and lab manual for Chapter 5 tomorrow.
27/9	Quiz (Chapter 5)
28/9	Skits	Vocabulario (161)
29/9	Intro to Chapter 6 100-1,000,000	Read the letter on p 160; Vocabulario (163)

2/10	Prepositions of location	GPC I (164-165)	WB p 80 Act 7
3/10	Preterit	Read “¿Lo sabían?” (161)	WB pp 77-78 Act 3
4/10	Preterit	GPC II (166-167)	WB p 78 Act 4
5/10	Prepositions Prepositional pronouns	Vocabulario (173)	WB p 83 Act 12
6/10	Modes of transportation	Vocabulario (174)

9/10	The family	GPC I (179-180); read “¿Lo sabían?” (175 and 178).
10/10	Indirect objects	GPC II (181)	WB p 84 Act 14 and 15
11/10	NO CLASS
12/10	Affirmative and Negative Words		WB pp 84-85 Act 17
13/10	Review for quiz		Bring WB and LM for Chapter 6 on Monday.

16/10	Quiz (Chapter 6)
17/10	Skits	Vocabulario (194-195)
18/10	Intro to Chapter 7 How to make a phone call	Vocabulario (197)
19/10	Hotels	GPC  I (198-199)
20/10	Irregular stems in the preterit		WB p 92 Act 13

23/10	Spelling and stem changes in the preterit	GPC II (200)	WB p 93 Act 4
24/10	Changes in meaning in the preterit	GPC III (200)
25/10	Hace in time expressions	Vocabulario (208-209)	WB p 92 Act 6
26/10	Travelling The airport	GPC I (212)
27/10	More Affirmative and Negative Words	GPC II (212-214)	WB p 95 Act 10 Text p 220 Act 34- Write a composition of at least 350 words for Monday using these directions.

30/10	Direct Object Pronouns		WB p 96 Act 11, p 97 Act 13
31/10	NO CLASS
1/11	Movie
2/11	Movie	Read “Lectura” (WB p 102).	WB p 104 Act 23
3/11	Discuss “Lectura” Review for quiz		Bring WB and LM for Chapter 7 on Monday.

6/11	Quiz (Chapter 7)
7/11	Skits	Vocabulario (226)
8/11	Intro to Chapter 8 Ordinal numbers	Vocabulario (227)	WB p 109 Act 1
9/11	Rooms in a house	GPC I (228-230)
10/11	The subjunctive		WB p 109 Act 3

13/11	The subjunctive	Vocabulario (234, 235, 236)	WB  p 110 Act 4
14/11	Furniture, appliances, etc.	GPC I (239); read “¿Lo sabían?” (238)
15/11	Ya and todavía	GPC II (239-240)
16/11	The subjunctive	Read “Lectura” (244-247)	WB p 112 Act 7-9 WB p 113 Act 11
17/11	“No quiero” Review for quiz		Bring WB and LM for Chapter 8 on Monday.

20/11	Quiz (Chapter 8)
21/11	Skits
22/11	Presentations
23/11	NO CLASS
24/11	NO CLASS

27/11	Presentations
28/11	Presentations
29/11	Presentations
30/11	Presentations
1/12	Review for final

Final exam- Wednesday, December 6 from 11.30 AM- 1.20 PM